The Painful introduction to Virtual Reality
@omershapira
it's kinda hard
You'll figure it out.
Design something good first.
Virtual Reality is like all these things I know
Virtual Reality is like
_______?
What Defines A Medium?
- STANDARDS
- DELIVERY METHODS
- UNIFORM CONSUMPTION IMPLEMENTS
- FILM
- TELEVISION
- CONSOLE VIDEO GAMES
- PRINTED LITERATURE
- RECORDED MUSIC
- INDOOR THEATRE
- MAGICK
- HUMOR
- HORROR
- ROLE PLAYING
- INTERIOR DESIGN
- LANGUAGE
Media
Not Media
Virtual Reality is not a Medium.
Virtual Reality is an Achieved Result.
the onion dot com
what Forms Reality?
Photo: Ian Stannard
Vision
Image: Discovery Magazine
Hearing
oh yeah and all of these senses
Squab Goals
what Forms Reality?
- SPATIAL RECKONING (EXTERNAL)
- BODY RECKONING (INTERNAL)
- CONTINUITY (TEMPORAL)
DUNNO, BUT HERE'S A GOOD MODEL:
The Brain is a Sense Integrator
The McGurk Effect
The Brain Fuses Low-Level Signals
Signal Fusion Helps correct Incomplete Data
WE NEED A FEEDBACK LOOP TO CORRECT COURSE.
The Brain Makes Assumptions With Incomplete Data
IF YOU CAN’T EAT A DRESS, AND A DRESS CAN’T EAT YOU, THE BRAIN DID NOT EVOLVE TO GIVE A FUCK ABOUT ITS COLOUR.
@raganwald
Sickness
CoNTRADICTING A Frame of Reference introduces a dilemma
(our brain hates dilemmas)
Designing Realities
Designing Realities Is Like ________
Designing Realities Is Like Cooking?
use Body Intuition
Here, near, far
perspective
EVE: Valkyrie
Design without a headset
The team
- 1 designer (u wear the blindfold)
- 2 post-it friends
- 1 sketching friend
- 1 camera friend
the rules
- only the blindfolded speak
- only speak with blindfold on
- Only lift the blindfold twice
- k now Have fun
@omershapira
The Painful Introduction to Virtual Reality (REDUX)
By Omer Shapira
