Open virtual reality

Author

Bolas, Mark ; Hoberman, Perry ; Thai Phan ; Luckey, Palmer ; Iliff, James ; Burba, Nate ; McDowall, Ian ; Krum, David M.

fYear

2013

fDate

18-20 March 2013

Firstpage

183

Lastpage

184

Abstract

The ICT Mixed Reality Lab is leveraging an open source philosophy to influence and disrupt industry. Projects spun out of the lab´s efforts include the VR2GO smartphone based viewer, the inVerse tablet based viewer, the Socket HMD reference design, the Oculus Rift and the Project Holodeck gaming platforms, a repurposed FOV2GO design with Nokia Lumia phones for a 3D user interface course at Columbia University, and the EventLab´s Socket based HMD at the University of Barcelona. A subset of these will be demonstrated. This open approach is providing low cost yet surprisingly compelling immersive experiences.

Keywords

computer science education; educational courses; educational institutions; helmet mounted displays; smart phones; user interfaces; virtual reality; 3D user interface course; Columbia University; EventLab Socket based HMD; ICT mixed reality lab; Nokia Lumia phones; Oculus Rift; Project Holodeck gaming platforms; Socket HMD reference design; University of Barcelona; VR2GO smartphone based viewer; inVerse tablet based viewer; open virtual reality; repurposed FOV2GO design; Art; Educational institutions; Electronic mail; Head; Industries; Sockets; Virtual reality; B.4.2 [Input/Output and Data Communications]: Input/Output Devices-Image display; H.5.1 [Information Interfaces and Presentation (1.7)]: Multimedia Information Systems-Artificial, augmented and virtual realities;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Reality (VR), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Lake Buena Vista, FL

ISSN

1087-8270

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4795-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VR.2013.6549423

Filename

6549423