Xtended Realities

What options does a VR designer have to allow players to move beyond their limited play area? This week we discuss some of the best (and worst) solutions available, and what we think works best.

Xtended Realities is a podcast production of ICVR - a software development studio based in Los Angeles, CA that specializes in VR/AR & emerging tech. 

00:48 - Explaining the VR locomotion problem 2:56 - Keeping the player in one place 5:46 - Cockpits and vehicles 10:33 - Controller-based movement 18:16 - Teleportation 23:02 - Self-propelled movement 24:18 - Treadmills and other hardware 29:55 - Redirected Walking https://www.roadtovr.com/researchers-exploit-natural-quirk-of-human-vision-saccade-hidden-redirected-walking-vr-gtc-2018/ 31:36 - Massive Playspaces 36:58 - Lightning Round

This week we saw final specs & some of the first reviews of not 1 but 3 new headsets - the Valve Index, Oculus Quest, and Oculus Rift S. We compile all this info and share it with you in this week's podcast.

Xtended Realities is a podcast production of ICVR - a software development studio based in Los Angeles, CA that specializes in VR/AR & emerging tech. 

00:49 - Valve Index 01:21 - Valve Index - Price 07:29 - Valve Index - Display

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SI_3jlAV9M 10:53 - Valve Index - Lenses

https://www.roadtovr.com/valve-index-hands-on-preview-valve-vr-headset/

https://uploadvr.com/valve-index-hands-on/ 15:50 - Valve Index - Audio 18:29 - Valve Index - Ergonomics 20:24 - Valve Index - Modability 25:54 - Valve Index - Controllers

Denny Unger Statement: https://www.reddit.com/r/ValveIndex/comments/bj9ypg/to_anyone_complaining_about_the_display/em7bm22/ 28:52 - Oculus Rift S

https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/30/18523941/oculus-rift-s-review-vr-headset-price-specs-features

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMbgFRCfd2w&t=190s 32:34 - Oculus Quest

https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/30/18523000/oculus-quest-review-vr-headset-price-specs-features 36:03 - Lightning Round

In this episode we finally cover some of our favorite VR content! It's a bit of a mix of older, more recent & upcoming content - both games & immersive entertainment. Most of the experiences we picked are stuff we really enjoyed and wanted to share with the community.

Xtended Realities is a podcast production of ICVR - a software development studio based in Los Angeles, CA that specializes in VR/AR & emerging tech. 

• 01:26 - Space Junkies
• 09:00 - Iron Wolf VR
• 09:36 - Orbus VR
• 11:29 - Vacation Simulator
• 16:14 - Flight & Space sims
• 23:59 - Vox Machinae
• 29:37 - Blade & Sorcery
• 34:08 - Protocol VR
• 38:10 - Cinematic VR
• 46:51 - Boneworks
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ2lzV2LLwM
• 49:40 - Lightning Round

In this episode we break down all the latest XR news from the 1st half of April. We cover the Nintendo Switch Labo VR, the Valve Knuckles/Index Controllers driver update, PS5 hardware news & how it affects PSVR, Tiltbrush for Oculus Quest, and AR at Coachella.

Xtended Realities is a podcast production of ICVR - a software development studio based in Los Angeles, CA that specializes in VR/AR & emerging tech. 

01:20 - Nintendo Switch Labo VR

https://www.roadtovr.com/nintendo-switch-vr-labo-kit-announcement-april-release/

07:48 - Valve Index/Knuckles Controllers Update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JRYKY9ZDRU

14:51 - Sony PS5 & PSVR

https://www.wired.com/story/exclusive-sony-next-gen-console/

24:54 - Tilt Brush for Oculus Quest

https://tech.fb.com/google-announces-tilt-brush-for-oculus-quest/

27:18 - AR at Coachella

https://vrscout.com/news/coachella-ar-interactive-stage/

29:42 - Lightning Round

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This week's Podcast is about all things Augmented Reality. We take a look at the current state of the market, currently released & upcoming AR glasses, current content, and speculation about the future.

This is a podcast production of ICVR - a software development studio based in Los Angeles, CA that specializes in VR/AR & emerging tech. 

1:14 - Current State of the AR market

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/15/niantic-raises-245-million.html https://news.crunchbase.com/news/last-week-in-venture-invisible-computing-super-visions-and-miles-of-fibers/

5:05 - Microsoft Hololens 2

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens/buy

9:54 - Magic Leap

13:05 - Apple AR Glasses

https://www.macrumors.com/2019/03/08/apple-ar-glasses-launch-2020-as-iphone-accessory/

16:41 - Google Glasses

https://next.reality.news/news/google-glass-engineers-patent-application-points-potential-google-ar-headset-0195799/

17:49 - Out & Upcoming Content

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nikkibaird/2019/03/25/the-four-definitive-use-cases-for-ar-and-vr-in-retail/#319a51ad69c2

https://digiday.com/marketing/snapchats-programmatic-ar-ads/

https://www.mobilemarketer.com/news/campaign-of-the-year-michael-kors-ar-ads-on-facebook/541689/

https://medium.com/@tomemrich/advertising-enters-the-next-dimension-e7672afca05a https://blog.vertebrae.com/building-a-better-path-to-purchase

27:48 - Future of the AR Market

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Valve has teased their new VR headset, the Valve Index, and it's the hottest news of the week! We break down everything we know so far about this headset and speculate on how it will impact the market. ICVR is a software development studio based in Los Angeles, CA that specializes in VR/AR & emerging tech. 

General Links:

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/valve_index

Upload VR on the Index: https://uploadvr.com/valve-teases-index-vr-headset-for-may/

https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/29/valve-is-building-its-own-high-end-vr-headset-called-index/

https://skarredghost.com/2019/03/30/valve-index-teased-hands-tracking/

https://skarredghost.com/2018/11/12/all-you-need-to-know-about-leaked-valve-vr-headset-is-half-life-3-2-coming/

02:06 Hardware IPD

03:04 Front Facing Cameras

07:48 FOV

09:10 Lenses

Reddit Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/vive_vr/comments/b7uaro/redditectives_have_almost_certainly_figured_out/

Valve Lense Patent: https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/bf/96/3e/a6a94ed8109fd1/US20180081092A1.pdf

18:17 Mystery Slot

20:05 Half Life VR?

22:38 Lightning Round

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Greetings XR Community! We. Are. Thrilled. to release our inaugural Xtended Reality Podcast! ICVR is a software development studio based in Los Angeles, CA that specializes in VR/AR & emerging tech.  This episode breaks down the biggest news coming out of GDC 2019, and gives our take on each announcement.

00:00 - Intro

00:43 - Google Stadia

Reveal: https://youtu.be/nUih5C5rOrA

10:20 - Oculus Rift S

Reveal: https://youtu.be/3vPz9KFXWTk

Palmer Luckey article: http://bit.ly/2Yxfb7n

Correction - 30% of people are excluded from sweetspot IPD (we said 70%)

Kotaku article: https://tcrn.ch/2Ub8hp2

20:16 - Epic Games Announcements

Full Epic video: https://youtu.be/s55Uob494Do

UE4 Video 1: https://youtu.be/Qjt_MqEOcGM

UE4 Video 2: https://youtu.be/9fC20NWhx4s

30:42 - Wrap up

Kotaku on Gabe Newell: http://bit.ly/2YwZjlq

Brainlink Pro site: http://bit.ly/2Yz58ys

Short on tech vs. humanity: https://youtu.be/UXX0TRtg5Vk

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