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What You Wanted to Know About Virtual Reality Diego Rivera-Gutierrez and Stevie Carnell Virtual Experiences Research Group, University of Florida

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Page 1: Virtual Reality What You Wanted to Know Aboutocalamug.org/resources/meeting-notes/2016/vr-presentation.pdf · What is Virtual Reality? Other uses for VR Psychology research - conduct

What You Wanted to Know About Virtual Reality Diego Rivera-Gutierrez and Stevie CarnellVirtual Experiences Research Group, University of Florida

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What is Virtual Reality?Its Definition and Applications

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What is Virtual Reality?

“Halo screenshot”, GhostRobo (YouTube)

www.anandtech.com

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What is Virtual Reality?

Other uses for VR

● Psychology research - conduct psych studies in VR

● Games - create an immersive game● Training and Education - train or learn

a skill in VR● Art - Interactive Art exhibit ● Data Visualization - navigate multi-

dimensional data● Telepresence - present the user in an

another time or location (e.g. teleconference

● Phobia Treatment - exposure therapy to fear (e.g. fear of heights)

● Architectural and Design evaluation - explore a 3d model of a structure

● VR and Journalism

money.cnn.com

Museum of Stolen Art, Ziv Schneider

Virtual Tour Guides. USC ICT

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Formal Definitions of Virtual Reality

Merriam-Webster’s definition: “an artificial environment which is experienced through sensory stimuli (as sights and sounds) provided by a computer and in which one’s actions partially determine what happens in the environment”

“Computer-generated digital environment that can be experienced and interacted with as if that environment were real” (Jerald, 2015)

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The Ultimate Display

Proposed by Ivan Sutherland (1965)

HoloLens demoMinecraft

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Elements of Virtual Reality

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Stereoscopic Displays

Source: http://developer.zspace.com/docs/ui-guidelines/Content/intro.php

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Stereoscopic Displays

Source: http://www.wareable.com/vr/virtual-reality-vs-augmented-reality-which-is-the-future

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Stereoscopic Displays

Stereoscope (1870s) View-Master (1966)

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Head-Mounted Displays (HMDs)

Ivan Sutherland (1965) Ivan Sutherland (1968)

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Modern HMDs

Oculus Rift HTC Vive

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Tracking

■ GPS■ Mechanical■ Acoustic■ Inertial■ Magnetic■ Visual

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Consumer tracking devices

Leap Motion Oculus Controller (not included, not out yet) Vive controllers (included)

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Companies in VR

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Getting Started in Virtual Reality

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Getting Started in VR: Game Engines

● Unity○ OS: Mac, Windows○ Cost: free personal edition○ Royalties: royalty-free

● Unreal Engine○ OS: Mac, Windows, Linux○ Cost: free ○ Royalties: 5% on all games + apps

● CryEngine○ OS: Windows○ Cost: pay what you want○ Royalties: royalty-free

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Google Cardboard + Unity

● Getting Started Guides○ Android○ iPhone

● Download the following:○ Unity○ Google Cardboard SDK○ Android SDK (as needed)

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Unity Terminology

● Assets● Projects and Scenes● Scripts● Game Objects

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General Unity Resources

● Asset Resources○ Unity Asset Store ○ Sketchup 3D Warehouse○ Importing Assets

● Recommended Unity Tutorials○ Intro to Unity○ First few lessons of the Survival Shooter Tutorial○ Some VR tutorials

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Developing for Google Cardboard

● General Guidelines● Input

○ Cardboard trigger○ External controllers

● Deploying

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Questions