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What Is Virtual Reality (VR)?
24rd anniversary revisionJune 2016Honolulu mini-Maker Faire
Jerry Isdale, [email protected]
Basic Definition
Virtual Reality is a computer generated immersive environment that allows users agency and engenders presence.
Immersive, Agency, Presence ?
Marketing and Press stretch definitions into wide spectrum of uncertainty.
Some Word Definitions
Immersion - perception of being physically present in a non-physical world
Presence Feeling of being There, Realism
Agency having control of view and actions
Haptics sense of touch
Proprioception sense of body position
Affordances perceived action possibilities
Reality-Virtuality Continuum of Mixed Reality
Milgram et al, revised by Ron Azuma, etc
Augmented Reality
CGI over Real World
Mixed Fantasy Framework
Stapleton et al Applying Mixed Reality to Entertainment IEEE
Computer Dec 2002
Agency in VR
Agency == Interactivity
Surround Images/Video passive viewer position (look around, dont move)
Surround Video with teleporting (limited move)
Immersive Environment free motion, limited object interaction (move some objects)
Immersive Environment with full agency and interaction (move, destroy, build)
Affordances what can you do?
Head Mounted Displays HMDs
CastAR Projection HMD
Domes, CAVE
Visual Depth Perception
Static MonocularOcclusion, Size, Perspective, Shading
StereopsisBinocular stereo
Motion Parallax
Oculomotor cuesAccomodation (eye shape)
Convergence (eye pointing)
Tracking
Position + Orientation
Head, Controllers
Eye TrackingFovial Rendering
Hands & Body
Gestures
Audio
Very important to experience
Environmental, Effects, Mood Music
SpatializationInteraural time/intensity
Pineal shape
Speech Generation
Speech Recognition
Haptics
TactileTemperature, curvature, vibration
Kinematic ForceForce feedback
Exoskeleton
Motion Platforms
World Design
3D Modeling
World Assembly
BehaviorsAfforances (perceived) action possibilities; what can you do?
VR EnginesUnity, UnReal, CryEngine, Lumberyard, WorldViz, etc
Storytelling, Narrative Cues
Usability Design
Lots of Literature on Building Worlds Research it!Brenda Laurel
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=vr+world+design
VR Applications
Games
Education/Training
Travel/Tourism
Architectural/Engineering Design
Information VisualizationKnowledge Management
VR Business
Not Games
WhatIsVR 2016 - [email protected]