Intro to VR Workshop

[MSDN@USF] Intro to VR Workshop

Speaker: David Suarez

https://www.facebook.com/groups/MSDNUSF/

Transcript

1. Intro to Virtual Reality Speaker: David Suarez President, MSDN@USF
2. Microsoft Student Partners •What is VR? •Types of VR •History of VR •VR today •Applications of VR •Google VR in Unity Agenda
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4. Microsoft Student Partners Virtual Reality can be defined as: •Any simulated environment, real or imagined •Interaction with human senses •Reactive to human input (hands, controller, etc.) Often grouped with mixed reality, augmented reality What is VR?
5. Microsoft Student Partners •Most popular way is through head mounted displays (HMDs) How does it work? L R
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8. Microsoft Student Partners •Head tracking • gyroscope, accelerometer and a magnetometer •Motion tracking • Full body tracking •Eye tracking • Depth of field more realistic How does it work? L R
9. Microsoft Student Partners •What is VR? •Types of VR •History of VR •VR today •Applications of VR •Google VR in Unity Agenda
10. Microsoft Student Partners VR vs AR vs MR •Virtual Reality (VR): Non-immersive or immersive •Augmented Reality (AR): Real world with simulated objects •Mixed Reality (MR): Merging of real and virtual worlds Types of VR
11. Microsoft Student Partners Types of VR VR AR MR
12. Microsoft Student Partners •What is VR? •Types of VR •History of VR •VR today •Applications of VR •Google VR in Unity Agenda
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15. Microsoft Student Partners (1962) Morton Heilig – Sensorama & Telesphere mask 1950–1970 (1968) Ivan Sutherland – first HMD
16. Microsoft Student Partners 1970–1990 (1985) Jaron Lanier – Data glove (1986) NASA – Virtual environment display system
17. Microsoft Student Partners Sega, Nintendo, Forte started creeping into our homes…and failed 1990–2000 Forte VFX1 Sega VR Nintendo Virtual Boy
18. Microsoft Student Partners •2007: Google Streetview •2010: Palmer Luckey designs Oculus Rift, Magic Leap is founded •2013: Valve low-persistence displays and SteamSight •2014: Facebook buys Oculus, Sony announces PlaystationVR, Google announces Cardboard •2015: HTC and Valve announce HTC Vive 2000-2015
19. Microsoft Student Partners 2015-present •There are over 230 companies building VR technologies • Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Sony, HTC, and Samsung have dedicated AR/VR groups •VR is more immersive and cheaper than ever before
20. Microsoft Student Partners •What is VR? •Types of VR •History of VR •VR today •Applications of VR •Google VR in Unity Agenda
21. Microsoft Student Partners Today’s hardware Oculus Rift - $599 Sony PlayStation VR - $399 HTC Vive - $799 Samsung Gear VR - $79 Google Daydream View - $79 Magic Leap HP OMEN X VR PC Pack Microsoft HoloLens Fove VR Qualcomm VR820
22. Microsoft Student Partners More companies •Canon •GoPro •Avegant (CA) •Tesseract (India) •Common Floor (India) •Merge VR (TX) •Razer
23. Microsoft Student Partners •What is VR? •Types of VR •History of VR •Hardware in VR •Applications of VR •Google VR in Unity Agenda
24. Microsoft Student Partners Applications of VR • Fine Arts/Music/Concerts • Interior Design • Archaeology • Architecture • Marketing • Social Media • Shopping/Retail • Videogames • Cinema/Entertainment/Sports • Healthcare • Education/Training • Grade school • Military • Space • Flight/vehicle • Medical
25. Microsoft Student Partners •Health & safety • Virtual reality sickness •Privacy • Surveillance, tracking our activities & movements •Philosophical & ethical • Matrix, life as a simulation Concerns and challenges
26. Microsoft Student Partners •What is VR? •Types of VR •History of VR •Hardware in VR •Applications of VR •Google VR in Unity Agenda
27. Microsoft Student Partners Demo tutorial time (Windows/Android) Using Unity, Google VR SDK, Android SDK, JDK to build Google Cardboard applications Google VR development with Unity
28. Microsoft Student Partners Download and install the following (Android): 1. Unity 5.6 beta: https://unity3d.com/unity/beta 2. Google VR SDk for Unity (download ZIP): https://github.com/googlevr/gvr-unity-sdk 3. JDK: https://goo.gl/bqGHkA 4. Android SDK: https://goo.gl/Y4Emvt 5. Android SDK tools fix: https://goo.gl/eTjsHH We’ll be going through this guide together: https://developers.google.com/vr/unity/get-started iOS users can follow instructions here: https://developers.google.com/vr/unity/get- started-ios Google VR development with Unity
29. Microsoft Student Partners Thank you Speaker: David Suarez President, MSDN@USF facebook.com/groups/MSDNUSF