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Virtual Reality
Robert Lyne
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What is Virtual Reality?
● In today's terms, VR is the term used to describe a 3D, computer generated environment which can be explored and interacted with by a person
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History of VR
● 1956 - Cinematographer Morton Heilig created Sensorama, the
first VR machine
● 1985 - Jaron Lanier and Thomas Zimmerman founded VPL
Research, Inc.
● 1997 - Georgia Tech and Emory University researchers used VR
to create war zone scenarios for veterans receiving exposure
therapy for PTSD
● 2012 - the Oculus Rift received $2.4 million on kickstarter
● 2014 - Facebook bought the Oculus VR company for $2 billion
VPL Research
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Current VR
● Classified in 3 groups - mobile, tethered or standalone
Mobile- A smartphone is put inside of a shell with lenses that form your phone into a vr device
Tethered- Corded headset where processing is done from a seperate computer
Standalone- No wires, processing done within the headset itself
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Degrees of Freedom (DOF)
● 3DOF tracks the direction you are looking● 6DOF tracks where you are looking and your forward/backward, side to side
and up and down movement
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Biggest Players in VR
● Oculus - Go, Quest, Rift S● HTC - Vive, Vive Pro, VIve Cosmos● Sony - PS VR● Samsung - Gear VR● Google - Daydream, Cardboard● Nintendo - Labo VR kit
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VR in Business and Medical Field
● VR industry expected to be worth $117B by 2022● Growth expected to come from business and education adoption, not gaming
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VR in Education
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Desensitization
● Virtual reality games in which there are high levels of violence or training exercises for the military in which soldiers engage in simulated combat scenarios which include killing.
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Privacy and Data
● Need to be extra careful with tech which function with cameras always on● Neither Oculus’ Privacy Policy nor Terms of Service specifically address how
data captured or derived from the headsets’ cameras is used, stored, or transmitted
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Social Isolation
● Addictive and life like environments● People may find a VR world to be inviting than the real world
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Working Through Ethical Theories
● Kantianism ○ Ethical in a single person environment○ Non-Ethical in a multiplayer environment
● Act Utilitarianism ○ Ethical, pleasure and benefits outweigh the negatives
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Conclusion
● VR is be used in industries other than gaming● We are still in the infant stages of VR
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Sources
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Lang, Ben. “Here's What Facebook Says About Camera Privacy on Quest & Rift S.” Road to VR, 6 Aug. 2019, www.roadtovr.com/oculus-quest-camera-privacy-rift-s-facebook/.
Statista Research Department. “VR Device Shipments by Vendor Worldwide 2017-2019.” Statista, 22 Apr. 2020, www.statista.com/statistics/671403/global-virtual-reality-device-shipments-by-vendor/.
“What Is Virtual Reality?” Virtual Reality Society, www.vrs.org.uk/virtual-reality/what-is-virtual-reality.html.
Young, Chris. “Virtual Landscapes: 13 Fascinating Future Uses for VR and AR.” Interesting Engineering, Interesting Engineering, 28 Feb. 2020, interestingengineering.com/virtual-landscapes-13-fascinating-future-uses-for-vr-and-ar.