The future of Virtual Reality Apps

Liju Pillai@perfomatix

liju@perfomatix.com

OVERVIEW⦿What is Virtual Reality?⦿History of Virtual Reality.⦿Types Of Virtual Reality.⦿Why now?⦿Who is doing it ?⦿Applications Of VR.⦿So how do I do it?⦿Future Of Virtual Reality.⦿Some interesting details.⦿Demo

Virtual reality is a computer generated world with which the user can interact

History of VR

1950 Sensorama by Morton H Eilig

In 1961, Philco Corporation engineers developed the first HMD known as the Headsight.

TYPES OF VR SYSTEM

⦿Immersive Virtual Reality⦿Augmented Virtual Reality⦿Video Mapping Virtual Reality

AUGMENTED VR• AR integrate the computer-generated virtual objects

into the physical world.

• This involves literally augmenting reality with virtual information.

VIDEO MAPPING VR

⦿The user watches a monitor that shows his body's interaction with the world.

⦿The element of interaction depends on a number of factors like speed, range and mapping.

Why Now?⦿Hardware and Content⦿Advancement in mobile devices◼Processor◼Display

⦿Content generation⦿Motion sensing⦿Stereoscopic and 3D sound⦿Commercial vs Consumer

Who is doing it now?

Google CardboardHTC SteamVR

APPLICATIONS OF VR⦿Game⦿Tourism⦿Training and Education⦿Architectural Visualization⦿Health Care⦿Movies⦿Automobile

So how do I do it ?⦿Hardware availability ?⦿Programing skills?⦿SDK⦿Gaming Engines◼Unity◼Unreal Engine etc

⦿Content creation

FUTURE OF VR

Hardware maturity in 1-2 yearsContent providersAlready low price

Phone manufacturers will give free VR headsetConsumer adoption And ….

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