VR is the ultimate reality
- What is VR ?
- What is the current state of the VR market ?
- How to create VR applications ?
- What's the future ?
London - Oculus Rift VR Meetup
12-13 December 2013
4. • Simplify VR (software)!
• So YOU can spend more time creating apps!
• MiddleVR for Unity
5. Plan
• What is Virtual Reality ?!
• VR applications!
• MiddleVR for Unity!
• Future
6. What is VR ?
• VR is reborn ?!
• VR never died !!
• Market!
• 2013 Europe: 100M$!
• Peugeot: 7M€ since 99!
• Renault: 3M€ new VR system!
• 2018: Between 400M$ and 1B$!
• Because VR is used to improve reality!
• Saving time, money and lives
7. What is VR ?
• Growing because of!
• Proved usefulness & ROI!
• Democratization!
• Projectors!
• Trackers!
• HMDs
13. “VR works because
reality is virtual”
Lawrence Stark
• Perceive reality through
(imperfect) senses!
• Drugs / dreams create
perception!
• Allegory of the Cave (Plato)
Natural reality vs Virtual Reality
19. Training
• Military, surgeons, firefighters,
mine safety, oil & gas platforms,
nurses, building industry!
• Practice actual gestures!
• Repeat until master!
• Analysis, replay!
• Practice rare/dangerous
situations!
• Easy accessibility!
• Reduced costs!
• Save material
21. Current VR Games
• Very early stage!
• Similar to origin of radio & TV!
• People accept low quality because new and not
paying!
• Rift is not (yet) a complete VR platform!
• “Just” display, missing interaction devices!
• Missing hand & head position tracking, joystick
22. Current VR Games
• We don’t know how to make simple VR games!
• Adding as much hardware as possible won’t work!
• Presence is fragile!
• Adapting existing games!
• Automatic drivers conversion can’t deliver on promise!
• “Can be played with any game using keyboard/
mouse”