keram's 2016 vr q4 roundup

V/M/AR 2016HIGHLIGHTS

VIRTUALREALITY.TO | #VRToronto | @VRToronto

ORGANIZATIONTHE KHRONOS™ GROUP ANNOUNCES CONSORTIUM OF MAJOR PLAYERS IN VR INDUSTRY WORKING TOWARDS OPEN STANDARDS, STANDARDIZED, DRIVER-LEVEL API: OCULUS, VALVE, OSVR, NVDIA, EPIC, AMD, ARM, LUNAR G AND MORE

GVRA.com - organization will foster dialogue between public and private stakeholders in VR around the world and make education and training material available to the public. Members include StarVR, Google VR, VIVE, Oculus, SAMSUNG


BEST VR EXPERIENCES:• GOOGLE EARTH VR (VIVE)• HIGH FIDELITY FACIAL FEATURE AWARE, FULL

3D AUDIO, OPEN SOURCE, APACHE LICENSE CLIENT AND SERVER (HTC VIVE, OCULUS RIFT, HYDRA PRIOVR, LEAP MOTION)

• ALTSPACE• SOUNDSTAGE (VIVE)• MODBOX (VIVE)• TILTBRUSH (VIVE)• QUILL (OCULUS)• GOOGLE ARTS AND CULTURE (CARDBOARD)

DEVELOPMENTUNITY 5.4.3 EVR PUBLIC BETA – IN VR EDITOR

(ADOBE FOLLOWING SUIT)

WEBVR: HTTPS://WEBVR.INFO (STARTED 2014)

- MARCH 1, 2016, THE MOZILLA VR TEAM AND THE GOOGLE CHROME TEAM ANNOUNCED THE VERSION 1.0 RELEASE OF THE WEBVR API PROPOSAL. IN DEC GOOGLE ANNOUNCED THE RELEASE OF WEBVR SUPPORT IN THE BETA VERSION OF CHROME FOR ANDROID/GOOGLE DAYDREAM. OCULUS LAUNCHED THE FIRST PREVIEW OF CARMEL, THEIR OWN WEBVR-ENABLED BROWSER. SAMSUNG INTERNET BROWSER SUPPORT.

LEAP MOTION “ORION” - PART HARDWARE, PART SOFTWARE- LOWER LATENCY. LONGER RANGE. BETTER, FASTER HAND RECOGNITION. VASTLY IMPROVED ROBUSTNESS TO CLUTTERED BACKGROUNDS AND AMBIENT LIGHT

GOOGLE + IMPROBABLE = SPATIALOSSPATIALOS CAN CREATE A SWARM OF HUNDREDS OF CONVENTIONAL GAME ENGINES THAT OVERLAP TOGETHER TO CREATE A HUGE, SEAMLESS WORLD.HTTPS://SPATIALOS.IMPROBABLE.IO/


https://webvr.info/

https://webvr.info/

https://webvr.info/

HARDWAREOSVR HDK 2 ($399 /$299 XMAS SALE)• OPEN SOURCE HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY FOR OSVR- WORKS WITH

STEAMVR AND OSVR EXPERIENCES• DUAL DISPLAY 2160X1200 LOW PERSISTENCE OLED SILVER SCREEN

WITH 441 PPI RUNNING AT 90 FPS,• INDIVIDUAL EYE FOCUS FOR PERSONALIZED USE WITHOUT GLASSES• RECOMMENDED FOR DEVELOPERS AND ENTHUSIASTS. NOT A

CONSUMER READY PRODUCT

FOVE ($599 - JAN 2017)• 2560 X 1440 DISPLAY• 42% MORE PIXELS THAN OTHER PC VR HMDS• 7,000+ - INTERNET CAFES IN JAPAN AND KOREA PARTNERED WITH

FOVE• SDK


MORE HARDWARE NEWS

• META 2 ($ 949.00 DEV KIT - WONT SHIP IN 2016)

• MAGIC LEAP - MISDIRECTION / WETA• FARADAY CARS (KEEP PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE) • MAKES MICROSOFT LOOK GOOD

CAMERA• ORAH FROM VIDEO-STITCH NOW SHIPPING TO CANADA• GOPRO HERO 5



SPECTACULAR• SNAPCHAT SPECATACLES• $130 SUNGLASSES WITH A

CAMERA INSIDE AREN'T SOLD ONLINE OR IN STORES

• MUST FIND A BOT OR BUY ON CRAIGSLIST/EBAY FOR TWICE THE PRICE

• HOW QUICKLY AR DISRUPTS – POKEMON GO TOOK A COUPLE OF DAYS


2017

• ASR DEVICES LIKE AMAZON ALEXA AND GOOGLE HOME • + VR + NEWS GATHERING• + AD HOC GREEK TRAGEDIES FROM YOUR BED• AI• PYTHON

GOOD READS


FIVARS – WITHOUTABOX.COM

JUNE 25-27TH, 2017

SEPTEMBER 15-17, 2017

HTTP://CONFERENCE.VIRTUALREALITY.TOHTTP://FIVARS.NET


THANK YOU!

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