AWE Conference

AWE Conference2017

Tom McManus Associate Professor Fashion Institute of Technology

Media Tech Holy Grails Leigh Christie● “Her”: Google Now, Facebook Me, Cortana, Alexa, Siri● Star Trek Holodeck: VR Oculus Rift● Universal Translator: Google Translate● True 3D Holograms: (Avatar?)● Telepathy: TikTalk, OpenBCI, SMS text messages● Minority Report: Kinect, Leap Motion, Primesense● Hive Mind: Facebook + other social media● Retina displays: Allow for perfect “passthrough”

2016

● HTC Vive● Outside in tracking● Roomscale VR● Hand Controllers● 90 FPS

2017

● Tracked Accessories● Body Awareness● Portable Roomscale VR● VR backpacks● MR using headset w/ camera● Copresence Multiplayer● VR Content Creation in VR (Tiltbrush + Unity)● Tetherless (TPCast)

2018

● Standalone VR headsets● Low cost inside-out tracking● Larger rooms (arenas)● Retina Displays (again)● Full field of view (World View)● Low cost Body Haptics● See-through VR displays● Affordable eye-tracking (FOVE)

No phone

No PC

No Cables

Untethered

Natural Manipulation

Integrating real world content

Windows Mixed Reality

Kodon

VIVE MAKEVR

Windows Mixed Reality

Holodeck by NVidia

Project Chalk by Vuforia

AWE Conference2017

Tom McManus Associate Professor Fashion Institute of Technology