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Introduction to Virtual Reality

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University of London

Introduction to Virtual Reality

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Курс 1 из 5 — Specialization Virtual Reality

This course will introduce you to Virtual Reality (VR). The course will teach you everything from the basics of VR- the hardware and the history of VR- to different applications of VR, the psychology of Virtual Reality, and the challenges of the medium. The course is designed for people who are new to VR as a medium. You may have experienced some virtual reality before, and may have some hardware- but this course is suitable to individuals who have never experienced VR and those who do not have much hardware- we will explain Mobile VR as well as devices such as the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Introduction to Virtual Reality is the first course in the Virtual Reality Specialisation. A learner with no previous experience in Virtual Reality and/or game programming will be able to evaluate existing VR applications, and design, test, and implement their own VR experiences/games using Unity by the end of the specialisation.

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Virtual Reality- Hardware and History

In this week, we’ll cover the basics of VR. We’ll start by sharing a definition of Virtual Reality, and exploring VR hardware, and then you’ll see demonstrations of a range of VR Head Mounted Devices. In the latter part of the week, you will hear more about the history of Virtual Reality and finish the week by drafting your ideas for a VR application.

What is VR and How is it Different from Other Media?5:28

Displays | CAVE and HMDs3:33

Head Tracking5:46

Controllers5:58

Choosing your VR Device5:27

HMD | Oculus Rift1:57

HMD | HTC Vive3:11

HMD | Sony PlayStation VR4:23

HMD | Mobile VR | Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear2:59

CAVE VR Systems8:28

Познакомьтесь с преподавателями

Dr Sylvia Xueni Pan
Lecturer, Department of Computing
Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr Marco Gillies
Senior Lecturer
Computing Department, Goldsmiths, University of London

Now we're going to go for mobile phone VR.

There's quite a range of options.

What I've got here is the Samsung Gear VR,

which only works with their phones,

and it's got some extra bits and bobs,

a little trackpad on the side and menu keys and so on.

What I've got here is really the most easy access and affordable VR,

which is the Cardboard.

It has two lenses inside it just like all the other headsets but essentially,

other than that, it's a cardboard box.

It's just one of many types.

You got all sorts ranging from things you print out on the Internet and simply cut out.

This one is the higher end audio mobile phone VR.

Again, there's disadvantage and advantages.

The resolution on it is pretty comparable to one of the major handsets,

but you've got a lot less functionality.

You've got an app in here,

the switch on, and then very carefully,

as it popped in there,

and you can now look in it to be like that,

and you're in a VR environment.

Again, it's quite high resolution, it's pretty good.

And the key thing to realize with this,

is that there are millions of them.

The market in terms of the high end machines like the Vive,

the Oculus is in a few hundred thousand.

There's millions of these so if you want to develop games in VR, there's a market.

Would you like to tell us more about the?

Obviously, the cardboard is very affordable access way into VR.

It essentially offers you much the same as the Gear VR,

missing a few buttons and controls.

It's actually very minimum but just like Gear VR,

it needs any mobile phone for this not specifically Samsung.

It has two lenses in it, just like the high end headsets.

It goes in, you position it in front of

the lenses and simply vault a great shot and on it guys,

and I can then involve myself in VR just the same

way as anyone else really for very little money at all.

It's important to say I think at this point that this contain

no positional tracking so one limitation

we do have is that it only manages our rotational information from accelerometers.

We do not have the positional tracking that we do in Vive and Oculus.

I mean that's the key thing that's not here.

In this one got little joypad on the side but it remains

a single camera at the center of a ball of video.

And you must really always bear in mind these limitations.

As a developer of VR,

I'd say that you know your target,

and you develop games that are sensible for that.

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