Perceiving information

Attention

- 50 years ago...

A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.

- Herbert A. Simon

History

- It all started in 1950s

1956: Sensorama - 3D phones

History

 

1961: Headsight - the user's head position tracking

History

 

1968: Sword of Damocles

What is VR?

 

 

Holography != Virtual Reality

Definition

for

Virtual Reality

• Artificial computer generated world that can be experienced and interacted.

 

• The term has come to refer to experiences where the user or player uses special equipment to immerse themselves and completely block out the real world.

Definition

for

Virtual Reality

( < 30 secs challenge)

How to get the feel?

VR is "embodiment"

• Feeling of agency and control that you have with your body. 

 

• Knowledge exists in mind - body - soul 

Rubber-hand illusion

Stats

University of Maryland

-> Overall confidence on response is higher in HMD than flat screen

Stats

STRI VR

-> Recall accuracy is more than 12% in HMD

Focus Points

DELTA

Ref: https://youtu.be/W4-aWYiXzCA

Focus Points

DELTA

D - Design
 

https://vrscout.com/news/ford-sketches-future-cars-in-vr/

Focus Points

E - Expertise and Education
 

DELTA

https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2019/02/k-12-teachers-use-virtual-and-augmented-reality-platforms-teach-coding-perfcon

Focus Points

L - Logistics (AR&VR)
 

DELTA

Focus Points

T - Try before you buy
(AR)

DELTA (AR&VR)

Focus Points

A - Analytics and Anatomy
 

DELTA

Use cases

DICE

D - Dangerous

I - Impossible

C - Counter productive

E - Expensive

Ref: https://youtu.be/W4-aWYiXzCA

Use cases

DICE

D - Dangerous

Use cases

DICE

I - Impossible

Use cases

DICE

C - Counter perspective

Use cases

DICE

E- Expensive

Tit-bit on WebXR

Extending the reality - VR/AR/MR

A-frame

Entity-component

based system

Live Demos

Example 1

Example 2

Example 3

 

 

 

➔https://bhuvanameenakshi.github.io/Pongal_WebVR_wishes/index.html

 

➔https://bhuvanameenakshi.github.io/Lost_Paradise/index.html

 

➔https://bhuvanameenakshi.github.io/World_Lost/index.html

 

➔https://bhuvanameenakshi.github.io/Cancer-awareness-campaign/index.html

 

➔https://bhuvanameenakshik.github.io/AR.js/three.js/examples/mobile-performance.html

 

My contributions

Please jot down

1. Mozilla Research - https://research.mozilla.org/mixed-reality/

2. Wiki - https://wiki.mozilla.org/India/WebVR/

3. Github - https://github.com/webvr-india/volunteer-contributions/

4. Etherpad - https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/webvr-india

5. Join A-Frame slack: https://aframevr-slack.herokuapp.com

6. MozActivate activity:

https://activate.mozilla.community/developer-engagement/webvr-camp/

https://wiki.mozilla.org/India/MozActivate

We are(VR) social

Follow us on Twitter:

@aframevr

@mozillavr

@mozillareality

 

Join WebVR Slack:

https://webvr.slack.com

 

Join A-Frame Slack:

https://aframevr.slack.com

 

Stay in touch

@bhuvanakotees1

bhuvanameenakshi@gmail.com

https://in.linkedin.com/in/bhuvana-meenakshi-a67b58103

https://github.com/BhuvanaMeenakshiK

That's all folks!!