The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality Shownotes Casey Sapp, the CEO of VRTUL, an high-end underwater panoramic filming company, joins Azad to talk about the difficulties of creating VR experiences deep in the ocean. This is the final episode of the Research VR Podcast! Much thanks to all of our guests and listeners for being with us for the last 5 years! Episode begins at 11:50 if you'd like to skip over the announcements! Topics discussed: Dealing with syncing high FPS + high resolution cameras Dealing with lens distortion while filming underwater Difficulties of finding sharp, wet l ..read more

The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality Shownotes Jeff Powers, Cofounder of Occipital and Arcturus Industries joins Azad to discuss active depth cameras. Topics discussed: The market for depth cameras in 2014 for consumers, developers. Why they focused on mobile-first with the Structure sensor. Google's Tango project not being adopted. Building a developer friendly ecosystem for 3rd party companies. A general Perceptual layer in software that can take any input. The economies of scale with new and niche hardware. Did Tesla pick the right choice with cameras vs LIDAR? Building the Room V ..read more

The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality Shownotes Petr Legkov, Krzysztof Izdebski, and Azad Balabanian, the three cofounders of the podcast come back together to discuss the last four years of VR, the podcast, and their lives. Topics discussed: Why/how the podcast started revisiting old arguments retrospection on VR industry over 4 years Retrospective on: locomotion theories roomscale gaming not being the goal best value VR headset European tech glass ceiling focusing on learning Showlinks: HTC SKU's The new Patreon Support page recorded in March 2020 - Best of Research VR Podcast ..read more

The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality Shownotes Jessica Outlaw, a culture & behavior researcher and Rebecca Hyman, a mental health therapist to discuss human culture in-and-out of VR, VR marketing demographics, as well as representation in media. Topics discussed: Building non-violent cultures in VR VR's target demographics and identities The unreleased Intel VR HMD's marketing campaign The border between messing-around vs greifing/harassment Reddit's subreddit self moderation framework The basics of culture in a community Showlinks: Intel HMD commercial Intel Engineer twitter ..read more

The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality Cofounder and CEO of Sketchfab, Alban Denoyel joins Azad to talk about all things 3D on the web. Topics discussed: Why sketchfab was created Why the large tech companies can't compete against Sketchfab's community The importance of having downloading/remixing functionality Why it’s difficult to be build both a community and a store What’s the point of 3D reality capture? Sketchfab texture streaming article Sketchfab ground shadows Twitter feud between Alban and Azad recorded in Oct 2019 Best of Research VR Podcast episodes Twitter Guests: Al ..read more

The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality Google Earth, Hololens, and Disney VR pioneer Avi Bar-Zeev joins Azad to share his perspective of the 3D/VR industry over the last few decades and make predictions of the near future. Topics discussed & showlinks: working on early Disney's Aladdin’s Magic Carpet Ride VR experience (Road To VR article), solving early 3D graphics and texture size issues Location Based Entertainment business models not working early CRT VR monitors creating Google Earth (formerly Keyhole) and the KML format Al Gore's Digital Earth Avi Interview in Cartographica ..read more

The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality Jesslyn Tannady joins us to talk about CTRL-Labs's advancements in BCI's, finger tracking, and input methods for games and VR/AR. Topics discussed / showlinks: Holo-SEXTANT: an Augmented Reality Planetary EVA Navigation Interface CTRL-Kit, hand tracking and intent tracking Interesting use cases: Controlling robots in an intuitive way with intent Typing for VR/AR Palmaris Longus - vestigial muscle Content Aware Stretch meme using it as a game controller thoughts on Neuralink recorded in May 2019 Best of Research VR Podcast episodes Twitter Gues ..read more

The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality Cofounder and CEO of Sketchfab, Alban Denoyel joins Azad to talk about all things 3D on the web. Topics discussed: Why sketchfab was created Why the large tech companies can't compete against Sketchfab's community The importance of having downloading/remixing functionality Why it’s difficult to be build both a community and a store What’s the point of 3D reality capture? Sketchfab texture streaming article Sketchfab ground shadows Twitter feud between Alban and Azad recorded in Oct 2019 Best of Research VR Podcast episodes Twitter Guests: Al ..read more

The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality Google Earth, Hololens, and Disney VR pioneer Avi Bar-Zeev joins Azad to share his perspective of the 3D/VR industry over the last few decades and make predictions of the near future. Topics discussed & showlinks: working on early Disney's Aladdin’s Magic Carpet Ride VR experience (Road To VR article), solving early 3D graphics and texture size issues Location Based Entertainment business models not working early CRT VR monitors creating Google Earth (formerly Keyhole) and the KML format Al Gore's Digital Earth Avi Interview in Cartographica ..read more

The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality Jesslyn Tannady joins us to talk about CTRL-Labs's advancements in BCI's, finger tracking, and input methods for games and VR/AR. Topics discussed / showlinks: Holo-SEXTANT: an Augmented Reality Planetary EVA Navigation Interface CTRL-Kit, hand tracking and intent tracking Interesting use cases: Controlling robots in an intuitive way with intent Typing for VR/AR Palmaris Longus - vestigial muscle Content Aware Stretch meme using it as a game controller thoughts on Neuralink recorded in May 2019 Best of Research VR Podcast episodes Twitter Gues ..read more