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Virtual Reality: Navigating its rapidly evolving landscape
- 1. VIRTUAL REALITYNavigating its rapidly evolving landscape
- 2. WHO'S THIS GUY?(DOES HE KNOW HE HAS SAME HAIR AS ZANGIEF? YES, HE DOES...)
- 4. Awesome! PEOPLE LIKE US FORM A CRITICAL PART OF THE VR ECO-SYSTEM WITHOUT A FULLY FUNCTIONING ECO-SYSTEM, CONSUMER VR'S CHANCES OF SUCCESS ARE SEVERELY LESSENED.
- 5. WHAT WE'RE COVERING... ▸ Why VR is open to all comers. ▸ A perspective on design for this medium. ▸ Approaches for developing with VR tech to keep you sane.
- 6. A BRIEF HISTORY OF VR AND WHY NOW IS THE TIME
- 7. THE DREAM ISN'T NEW. WAY BACK: SPRIRITUAL JOURNEYS. 1800S: 360 ARTWORKS 1935: "PYGMALION'S SPECTACLES" 1940-1960S: MILITARY INTEREST AND DEVELOPMENTS. "Pygmalion's Spectacles"- Stanley Grauman Weinbaum: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22893
- 8. THE DREAM ISN'T NEW. 1968: FIRST HMD. HAD TO BE CEILING MOUNTED! 1970S: ASPEN, COLORADO: PRIMITIVE VR "GOOGLE STREET VIEW" STYLE EXPERIENCE. 1980S: IDEA GROWS IN POPULAR CULTURE, FILM, SCI-FI, COMICS, LITERATURE.
- 9. VR IN THE 90S“Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it”
- 10. VR IN THE 90S CONSUMER VR - FAILURE TO LAUNCH. ▸ Hadn't matured. ▸ Expensive ▸ Inaccessible ▸ Novel but uncomfortable.
- 11. WHY IS NOW THE TIME?
- 12. WHY NOW IS THE TIME? "WE HAVE THE TOOLS, WE HAVE THE TALENT!" - Winston Zeddemore. Ghostbusters
- 13. WHY IS NOW THE TIME? GOOD VR IS ACCESSIBLE TO DESIGNERS, DEVELOPERS & CONSUMERS
- 14. WHY IS NOW THE TIME? WE CAN PROTOTYPE QUICKLY WITH POWERFUL SDKS
- 15. WHY IS NOW THE TIME? ANY NEW DEVICE NEEDS A GOOD SDK TO BE RELEVANT AND SUCCEED
- 16. VR IS ITS OWN MEDIUM.
- 17. VR IS ITS OWN MEDIUM. DESIGN FOR VR, DON'T PORT TO VR.
- 18. VR IS ITS OWN MEDIUM. SOME RULES ARE MADE TO BE BROKEN.
- 20. VR IS ITS OWN MEDIUM. VR STARTS AT THE HMD
- 21. ▸ Oculus Rift (PC) ▸ Project Morpheus (PS4) ▸ GameFace (Stand-alone) ▸ AntVR (Stand-alone) ▸ Altergaze (For Smartphone) ▸ Durivos Dive (For Smartphone)
- 22. ▸ Targeting (Eve Valkyrie) ▸ Line of Sight (Sightline) ▸ Gestural (Trial of the Rift Drifter)
- 24. Virtual Reality: Navigating its rapidly evolving landscape STAYING AFLOAT IN AN EVER GROWING SEA OF DEVICES
- 25. DEVELOPING TO STAY AFLOAT IN THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF DEVICES "BE WATER, MY FRIEND..."- Bruce Lee
- 26. DEVELOPING TO STAY AFLOAT IN THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF DEVICES DEVELOP WITH A "PROGRESSIVE ENHANCEMENT" MINDSET.
- 27. DEVELOP WITH A "PROGRESSIVE ENHANCEMENT" MINDSET. YOUR CORE CONTENT SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL. ▸ Establish your base line. ▸ Build your core mechanics around this. ▸ Add non-essential extras for richer experiences. ▸ Manage the core mechanics in one script or object.
- 28. CURRENT LANDSCAPE: TRADITIONAL: GAMEPAD / JOYSTICK / RACE WHEEL OPTICAL: KINECT / LEAP MOTION UPCOMING: STEM / PRIOVR
- 29. DEVELOPING TO STAY AFLOAT IN THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF DEVICES IK RIGS ARE YOUR FRIENDS!
- 30. DEVELOPING TO STAY AFLOAT IN THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF DEVICES WORK IN A MODULAR FASHION. ▸ Repeating code isn't the best way to spend out time. ▸ Feed your devices through a master control script. ▸ Use separate child objects for device specific scripts. ▸ Include unique elements for that device on their child element.
- 31. AN EXAMPLE: PODRIFT ▸ We want to at least hands, preferably full body. ▸ All avatar movement must be networkable. ▸ Control method selected by master script. ▸ Master script gets data needed from a script on child objects. ▸ This bridges to networking, replay and other systems.
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- 33. QUICK TIPS FOR (UNITY) DEVELOPERS.
- 34. QUICK TIPS FOR (UNITY) DEVELOPERS. TAKE A MODULAR APPROACH WHEN DEVELOPING FOR DEVICES.
- 35. QUICK TIPS FOR (UNITY) DEVELOPERS. "EXPERIMENT, ITERATE, PROTOTYPE" -PALMER LUCKEY*
- 36. QUICK TIPS FOR (UNITY) DEVELOPERS. JUST LIKE "SEA LEGS", YOU CAN GET "VR LEGS"
- 37. QUICK TIPS FOR (UNITY) DEVELOPERS. SET YOUR IPD, CHECK IT PERIODICALLY.
- 38. QUICK TIPS FOR (UNITY) DEVELOPERS. TEST OFTEN WITH STAND-ALONE BUILDS.
- 39. Virtual Reality: Navigating its rapidly evolving landscape KEY IDEAS TO TAKE AWAY
- 40. KEY IDEAS TO TAKE AWAY OUR EFFORTS AS INDIE DEVELOPERS ARE ESSENTIAL TO ESTABLISHING AND SHAPING THE FUTURE OF VR.
- 41. KEY IDEAS TO TAKE AWAY DESIGN FOR VR. THINK BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL TROPES; ACKNOWLEDGE THE RULES BUT SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU BEND THEM.
- 42. KEY IDEAS TO TAKE AWAY ESTABLISH A WORKFLOW THAT WORKS FOR YOU SO NEW DEVICES CAN BE EASILY INTEGRATED IN TO YOUR GAMES AND EXPERIENCES.
- 43. THANKS FOR LISTENING! @atomworks / @podrift INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH ME ON PODRIFT? SAY HI!