HTC VIVE, FOVE AND MORE MY LITTLE JOURNEY OF VR DEVELOPMENT

RICHARD HOFFMANN AREA 1 & IND13

BIO

• Virtual Reality Game Designer

• Founder & Ambassador IND13.com

• Independent Game / Apps Developer

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BIO

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VFX1 (1994)

DK1 (2013-2014?)

TRUE HOLODECK EXPERIENCEHTC VIVE ONLY TRUE 360

• Pros:

• True Holodeck experience in 360

• More then (just) a couch 180

• Scalable rooms (small & big)

• Front Camera

• Cons:

• Setup Time

GEAR VR + STEM = 100% WIRELESS AWESOMENESS

OTHER WIRELESS ALTERNATIVE

• Second best 360 Experience in my opinion with Sixense STEM

• The Lightsaber demos was really impressive

• Possibly cheaper then Vive & High Performance PC

• Can be used with PC as well, but remember the HMD Cable!

http://sixense.com/wireless

BEST EXPERIENCE BY FAR!

HTC VIVE GAME JAME 2015 LONDON

• Space InVRaders

• Gun-Kata Style FPS (Gun and Lightsaber)

• Defend the Stargate from Robots

FOR VIVE, PSVR, OCULUS TOUCH & STEM

OUR NEXT PROJECT

• Mech Ace Arena - Stay tuned!

360 DRAWINGS

SCULPTURAL DRAWING

• Glen Keane – Step into the Page (Disney Animator)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSbkn6mCfXE

FEEDBACK FROM THE PROS

HTC VIVE ESPORT FEEDBACK

• HTC Vive - eSports

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ7oxzzmRQs

I NEED ONE NOW! WHERE DO I GET IT NOW?

HTC VIVE

• HTC Vive pre-orders starting Feb 29th 2016• still shipping in April

• Take my Money! Now!

MORE DESKTOP HMDS … WITH EYETRACKING!

QUO VADIS DESKTOP VR

• Eye Tracking: FOVE & Star VR

• Star VR first 210° wide field of view HMD

• 2x 5.5" Quad HD Panel

• FOVE

• 100° field of view

• 1x WQHD (2560 x 1440) 5.7"

CONSOLE NEXT…

QUO VADIS CONSOLE VR

• PSVR aka Project Morpheus

• 1x 5.7“, 1080p, 90 Field of View

• Glasses Friendly HMD so far

• Nintendo Virtual Boy 2.0?

• XBOX One?

• Oculus Rift with Xbox One Gamepad

• HoloLens for $3000 so far

QUO VADIS GOOGLE CARDBOARD

QUO VADIS SMARTPHONE VR

• Cardboard clones everywhere…

• Pocket size Homido, GoblinVR

• Google Announced own Plastic Case

• Positon Tracking on Gear VR…

• Apple Tim Cook Statement - January 26, 2016

• Virtual reality is not 'a niche' and 'has some interesting applications’

• Selling View-Master VR Starter Pack $29.95

WE LIKE SHOPPING - VR ‘R US

APPLE VR SHOPPING LIST

• Acquisitions of Metaio, Faceshift, Emotient & Flyby Media

• Flyby Media worked with Google's "Project Tango" Smartphone with 3D Sensors

• Apple patents VR Mobile Cases filed in September 2008

VR FROM YOUR PC TO CARDBOARD

TRINUS VR

• Play Desktop Games on your Smartphone (Cardboard etc)

• Low Cost Oculus ‘replacement’ today

• Best with fast WIFI or USB Cable

• Half Life 2 or

• Elite Dangerous

VR FROM YOUR PC TO CARDBOARD

TRINUS VR

• Play PC games on your Smartphone

READY PLAYER ONE - VR BOOK TO MOVIE

QUESTIONS ANYONE?

Q&A