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Howard Rose hrose@firsthand.com
Howard RosePresident, Design Director
hrose@firsthand.com www.firsthand.com
@FirsthandTech
Virtual Worlds, Simulations, Games for Health
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What were we thinking?
Lawnmower Man Trailer: http://youtu.be/3LNvXjb44-U?t=19s
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The VR Reboot
1. The Virtual Landscape
2. What’s different this time
3. Flyover of new VR technologies with potential for Health Games
Military has been the biggest driver for Virtual Reality technology - now giving way to games.
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The Virtual Landscape
Intimate External
Simulation
Augmentation
Virtual Worlds
Virtual Entities & Robots
Augmented Objects & Views
Quantified Self Lifelogging
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Virtuality
• Real-time Interaction (low latency)
• Data producing or data driven
• YOU are the focus AND the device knows you
• Animated = familiar + enhancement
• Interactive: Give and Take (gives a sense of agency)
• Perceived of as “Real” (authentic), fools the senses
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Looking Back
Virtual IO Failed HMD company1995 Promo Video: http://youtu.be/YbNUIwi5F6g?t=9m9s
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What Else?
• Internet sales and delivery channels (AppStore, Steam)
• Full Consumer Solution: good-enough quality at a consumer price
• Unity 3D is the defacto standard VR development platform
• Community & Resources: crowdfunding, investment, meet-ups
• Known Beneficial Uses: therapy, pain control, training, performance
• Mainstream Content: AAA titles, indie developers, 360˚ movies
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Virtual Displays
Military legacyInstrumentation HUD
META Glasses3D Workspace with StylusImmersive VR on a Laptop
Sony Morpheus Personal AR on a surface
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Tracking Unplugged
GPS
circa 2000
Untethered HMD gaming
Natural Point Optical Tracking
Kinect 2
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Input & Interaction
360˚ treadmill
Walk or run in the virtual worldFull body tracking, very wide rangeVirtual articulating hands
Wireless haptic game controller
STEM: Wireless controllers
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Quantified Self (Lifelogging)
DIY EEGEmotiv EEG Apple’s Going Big in Biosensors
Sleep Analysis Google Glass
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Augmented Objects
Amazon Phone: Mixed Reality Information overlay on mobile
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Social
Second Life Realtime Social Platform with emotive avatars
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Virtual Entities & Robots
AnyBots
Baxter trainable robot Atum health eating coach.
Nao robot for Autism
Humanoid Robots
Paro, Elderly Companion
Wrist Pet
Howard Rose hrose@firsthand.com Gartner 2013 Hype Cycles
New-breed HMDs Oculus, Morpheus
Augmented Reality
Health Robots
Second Life
Quant. Self Devices
Motion Capture
Full Motion Immersive VR
Haptics
Google Glass
CastAR
Unity 3D
Mobile device Virtuality
Walking Input Systems
Old-breed HMDs
Howard’s Best Guess
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The Uncanny Valley
The Uncanny Valley
“Com
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Realism
100% R
ealistic
100% Compelling
After Mori, 1970
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The Magic Mountain
The Uncanny Valley
“Com
pelli
ngne
ss”
Realism
100% R
ealistic
100% Compelling
The Magic Mountain
Howard Rose hrose@firsthand.com
Howard RosePresident, Design Director
hrose@firsthand.com www.firsthand.com
@FirsthandTech
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