virtual reality: history & state of the art
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VIRTUAL REALITY FOR SCIENCE & EDUCATION
LECTURE 1: 11 SEP 2015
Virtual Reality
History & State of the Art
HELLO WORLD
Robin de Lange - CV
Bachelor
Physics
Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence
MSc. Media Technology
EDUCATION
Robin de Lange - Education
Extended cognition Augmented Reality
Andy Clark Doug Engelbart Paul Smart
Unity3D: Projects
Unity3D: Projects
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20732302/ARBieb.wmv
Robin de Lange - CV
Bachelor
Physics
Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence
MSc. Media Technology
EDUCATION WORK
Owner tutoring company
Video production MOOC & SPOC
Initiator Lyceo CodeWeken
Graduation project
• Augmented Reality
prototype
• Raise discussion
• PhD proposal
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20732302/Demo
%20ARMath.wmv
March 2013: Oculus Rift
Hack the Brain: Project Brainstorm
• Live EEG data visualization for Oculus Rift
• Together with Eva Delincakova & Bert Spaan @ Hack the Brain
hackathon
Focus of research
• In what ways can we use VR to explain
complex problems?
• What are the obstacles and opportunities of
VR in the field of education?
Virtual Reality for Science & Education
• Elective course as part of research project
• Received LUF – Gratama grant for this
project
#introduceyourself
A Brief History of VR
Sensorama
• 1955 by Morton Heilig
• Experience Theater
• Multi-sensory
• No financial support
A Brief History of VR
Headsight
• 1961 by Philco Corp.
• First Head Mounted
Display
• Magnetic tracking system
• Live stream from camera
system
A Brief History of VR
The Ultimate Display
• Paper by Ivan Sutherland
• 1965
• Concept of a virtual world,
created by a computer
• Note: before any GUI
“A display connected to a digital
computer gives us a chance to
gain familiarity with concepts not
realizable in the physical world. It
is a looking glass into a
mathematical wonderland. “
A Brief History of VR
LEEP Cyberface
• 1989
• By Eric Howlett
• First commercial HMD
• Very wide angle stereoscopic
optics
A Brief History of VR
Nintendo Virtual Boy
• 1995
• Monochromatic display
• No head-tracking, fixed position
• Commercial failure
• From VR hype to disappointment
A Brief History of VR
Oculus Rift
• 2012: Kickstarter campaign
• Much wider FOV
• Low latency tracking
• Aimed at consumer market
• Benefits from developments in
computer hardware
• Acquired by Facebook in 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhcOMOWRMnA
A Brief History of VR
Google Cardboard
• Gift at 2014 Google I/O
• Open source design
• Starting from $2
• Start of mobile VR
• Magnet as input button
A Brief History of VR
State of the Art
• VR Ecosystem emerged
• By 2018 > $5bln. market
• Dozens of headsets
• All sorts of input devices
• Content developers
• 360 / spherical video cameras
• Video stitching software
• Blogs, consultants, business
analysts, etc
http://greenlightvr.com/vr-ecosystem-map
Hardware for the course
Oculus Rift DK1 & DK2 Gear VR Google Cardboard
+ MORE?
Hardware for the course
Razer HydraLeap MotionControllers
+ MORE?
DEMO
VR: Next generation gaming?
• Oculus Rift started as a gaming
device
• Interactive
• Navigate through virtual world
• Non-linear story-telling
VR: Immersive Cinema?
Development of spherical cameras
Enormous increase in content
• Embodied Vision 2015: relation between cinema and VR
• How is editing different in spherical video?
• How to draw focus to certain parts of the scene?
• Where to hide the crew?
• Experiments with cinematic effects in VR: green screens, stop-motion,
split-screens, the dolly zoom and timelapses
• Interactive cinema with gaze detection
VR: Future of Theatre?
VR: Interactive story-telling?
VR: A new medium
• A new medium with different rules and characteristics
• ‘The last medium’ suggested by some
• A reproduction of our perceptual experience of the world
• Other media can be simulated in VR
• A new language will emerge in the following years
• Strongly influenced by existing media
• Different rules for different experiences
Course objectives
• Explore the potential of this new medium for science &
education;
• Obtain skills to create interactive VR content using e.g.
Unity3D and 360˚ film technology;
• Create a VR prototype that has potential value for education,
science communication and/or research.
Course work
Final project (50%)
• Groups of 1-3 people
• Create VR prototype with e.g. Unity3D or Ricoh Theta
• Possibility to present on symposium on 22 January
• Collaboration with teacher or researcher is encouraged
Essay assignment (30%)
• Related to project
• Precise instructions will follow
Course contribution (20%)
• Few small assignments with feedback
• Activity in class and on Slack
Slack
• Channel overview
• Posts and comments
• Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.
• Liking posts
• Direct messaging & Private channels
• Mobile app
Lecture 1: Homework assignment
• Join Slack and the different channels.
• Upload a photo
• Write a short introduction of yourself in #introduceyourself
• Study (and experience) the projects in #inspiration
• Do some research on your own and post if you find
something interesting
HARDWARE USE