DESIGNING FOR ALL THE RS

(VR/AR/SR/MR/HR/ETC.)Nikola Ranguelov

OCULUS RIFTaka the “Facebook VR”

Mark Zuckerberg - Facebook CEO @ Oculus Connect 3 opening keynote

Mark Zuckerberg - Facebook CEO @ Oculus Connect 3 opening keynote

Mark Zuckerberg - Facebook CEO @ Oculus Connect 3 opening keynote

OCULUS CONNECT 3 FUTURE OF FACEBOOK MESSENGER IN VR KEYNOTE VIDEO CLIP - SOURCE: CNET/FACEBOOK

https://youtu.be/s2U9lXEnHns

HTC VIVEHow’s that any different than the Oculus Rift?

HTC VIVE + GOOGLE TILT-BRUSH ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROJECT:

https://youtu.be/LBJPIgNXUDI

PLAYSTATION VRWhat used to be Sony’s “Project Morpheus”

PSVR - ENTERTAINMENT - HOW SCARY IS THE RESIDENT EVIL 7 KITCHEN VR EXPERIENCE (ONLY PLAYED FIRST 30 SECOND VIDEO CLIP):

https://youtu.be/fcLl-DZGLZ8

GOOGLE DAYDREAMIt’s a mobile VR platform combining all of the things above, learn more

about it here: https://youtu.be/lo3GTYSFhzw

GEAR VRSamsung & Oculus’ version of Google Cardboard

GOOGLE CARDBOARDCheapest way to give VR a go …

P.S. don’t let the name fool you - there are some plastic “cardboards” too!

MICROSOFT HOLOLENSAugmented Reality … Until you turn off the lights, then it’s basically VR :)

https://youtu.be/pLd9WPlaMpY

METAThis one’s wired augmented reality headset

instead of $3000 it costs $1000 today but calls for a high powered PC here’s what a grand gets you: https://youtu.be/Ez0xwRgtA3w

MAGIC LEAPNo, you won’t have to walk around with THAT…

“Optical systems engineer Eric Browy looks through a photonics verification test rig in Magic Leap’s optics lab” - WIRED

PHOTO CREDIT: PETER YANG

GOOGLE GLASSRemember Google’s last stab at AR?

APPLE VRWhat Tim Cook has stated so far & what rumors have been circulating

on the internet for the decade of iPhone event, later this year…

WHAT ABOUT THESE GUYS?Holding off until they feel very confident that they’ve made something that

is “truly family friendly” …

INTEL “PROJECT ALLOY”Look there’s the MR - Intel calls it MERGED reality, many others refer to

mixed reality - first demo video clip: https://youtu.be/phUg9yijqPs

LUCASFILMExperimenting and getting user feedback just like everyone else in this

brave new medium is doing - https://youtu.be/yd8giIbPtxA

SOCIAL / SHARED REALITYCross-platform too - HTC Vive, Oculus Rift & Playstation VR can all

connect together - example: https://youtu.be/romB8e5nMp8

“HYPER REALITY” (BEYOND VR/AR/SR)Reason to book a trip to NYC soon and visit Utah sometime next year:

https://youtu.be/_QIbI4Wtgug

High Fidelity enables everyone - educators, makers, entrepreneurs and enthusiasts - to deploy and

interconnect shared VR environments https://highfidelity.io/

DESIGNING FOR VR/AR

Nick Donaldson - Epic Games VR Masterclass

A PRACTICAL USE FOR VIRTUAL REALITY IN THE MODERN CLASSROOM:

HTTP://WWW.MOMENTDESIGN.COM/PEER/

MIKE ALGERVR DESIGNER FOR GOOGLE

HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/ID86HEV-VB8(MIGHT WANT TO SUBSCRIBE - ALL HIS VIDEOS ARE INCREDIBLE!)

The future … as technologies converge… I thought I was “so clever” seeing VR & AR converging and then I heard Michael Abrash, Chief Scientist of Oculus, in an interview with Mark Zuckerberg for Vanity Fair, saying the same thing back in 2015:Oct 8th 2015 Vanity Fair interview link: https://youtu.be/VQaCv52DSnY

My Blog Post from April 4th 2016: http://www.nikolaranguelov.com/2016/04/04/why-vr-and-ar-will-converge-and-its-only-a-matter-of-time/At least I knew that I’m not crazy for thinking what I thought that way :)

MICROSOFT HOLOLENS AR + HTC VIVE VR: A RECIPE FOR MIXED/MERGED/SOCIAL/SHARED REALITY

https://youtu.be/2MqGrF6JaOM

MICROSOFT HOLOLENS AR + HTC VIVE VR: ONE MORE EXAMPLE IN CASE THE CONCEPT VIDEO WASN’T CONVINCING ENOUGH:https://youtu.be/XPYb2IsZL68 - fantastic proof of concept by Drew Gottlieb, read his full article here: http://drewgottlieb.net/2017/01/31/mixing-reality-with-vr.html

RECOMMENDED READING

USER/USABILITY TESTING FOR VR

https://www.fishbowlvr.com/

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