VR AND EMPATHYVR FOR IMPROVING THE BLACK EXPERIENCE
VR OVERVIEW-PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
1. ORIGINATION
2. PURPOSES
3. CURRENT VR STATE
4. PROJECTED FUTURE OF VR
About ME -in @2015, Built my first VR Demo for Oculus DK2 using Unity3D on Mac for my MA Thesis: Mitigating Unconscious Bias with Virtual Reality
-Debuted at LCC PostGrad Exhibition Nov. 2015
-UX Specialist
-Collaborated with UAL for VR Demo--Unconscious Bias in Health Industry
-Currently, AR/VR Academy student in Silicon Valley
-Brand Ambassador for Oculus
Empathy & VR
Empathy + Emotional Response + Cognition
Chris Milk
Empathy & VR: Chris Milk
Empathy & VR: University of Barcelona
VR Simulations for Police TrainingVirTra
VR & Empathy: Headsets
Oculus Rift CV1Headset
Built-in headphones
Position Tracker Sensor
Xbox Controller
Remote
$599
HTC ViveHeadset
Position Tracker Sensor
Motion Controllers
$799
HTC ViveMobile VR Headset
Touchpad
$99
*requires Android phone SG6, SG6 Edge, SG7, Note 4
Samsung Gear VR Powered by Oculus
Google CardboardMobile Ready Cardboard + Lens
$15+
* Requires Android
WebGL
WebGL (Web Graphics Library) is a JavaScript API for rendering interactive 3D computer graphics and 2D graphics within any compatible web browser without the use of plug-ins.
GETTING STARTED
FREE GAME ENGINES
GETTING STARTED:
User Interface
UNITY 3D WorkflowSET-UP your Unity 3D Projects with specific hardware compatible plugins like GoogleVR or the Oculus sdk
Understanding the USER INTERFACE
Knowing where to look for ASSETS to develop your game
BUILD your game for specific hardware (oculus, samsung gear, cardboard, vive, etc)
VR EXPORTHEADSET aka HMD (Head Mount Display):
Compatible MOBILE DEVICES - Androids of iOs
BROWSER - WEB GL (Codes-- ReactVR, A-Frame, etc)
PLAY! DEMO, prototype, games, environments, videos, stories….
MY PROJECT
I built a life-sized interactive prototype that proposed how VR games that mitigated unconscious bias could be played in an everyday workspace.
This was debuted at the UAL: London College of Communication’s PostGrad Exhibition in November 2015
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