Tech Talk #2: AR và VR, tương lai của công nghệ

Virtual & Augmented Reality, the future of

technology.

Tuan Minh - Framgia

“Virtual Reality (VR) – artificially

created environment presented to user in a seemingly realistic way,

allowing user’s interactions in that special virtual space.

“Augmented Reality (AR) – Real

time augmentation (enlarge, extend) of reality, direct or indirect,

allowing user to see and interact with reality blended elements.

New World

The reality will change as the technology changes.

Oculus Rift

The one that changed the World, being as first crowdfunded, then bought over by Facebook.

Type: Virtual RealityPlatform: PC, Mac, LinuxPrice:599 USDRelease Date: March 28, 2016Support: Unity, UDK, CryEngine

Samsung Gear VR

Only for Samsung smartphone devices, it has been created by the Oculus Rift team.

Type: Virtual RealityPlatform: AndroidPrice:99 USDRelease Date: Nov 27, 2015Support: Android apps

HTC Vive

Co-producted by HTC and game developer Valve, designed for Valve’s OpenVR platform.

Type: Virtual RealityPlatform: Steam VR, Win, OSXPrice: TBARelease Date: April, 2016Support: Unity, UDK, OpenVR

Sony Playstation VR

Known previously as Morpheus, designed specially for game console PS4.

Type: Virtual RealityPlatform: Playstation 4Price: TBARelease Date: 2016Support: Unity, UDK, Playstation

Microsoft Hololens

Being a few of stand alone AR devices, Hololens brings a lot of hope for the enthusiasts.

Type: Augmented RealityPlatform: WindowsPrice: TBARelease Date: TBASupport: TBA

Apple unannounced project

Metaio is a pioneer in the field of AR, and it has been acquired by Apple on May 2015.

Type: Augmented Reality (?)Platform: TBAPrice: TBARelease Date: TBASupport: TBA

Differences between Augmented and Virtual

Input◎ Sensors(GPS, motion,

video, sound).

Output◎ Real world interaction◎ Real time information

display.◎ User’s input will have

effect on augmented elements.

Input◎ Motion input devices(VR

devices, controllers).

Output◎ Virtual world interaction◎ User’s input will have

effect on virtual world.

◎ Product, architecture vizualization◎ Profession, military training◎ Entertainment, movies, games

Application for Virtual Reality

◎ Product, architecture vizualization◎ Profession, military training◎ Entertainment, movies, games◎ Navigation, tourism

Application for Augmented Reality

Qualcomm Vuforia

Support: ◎ Native Android◎ Native iOS◎ Unity3D

Augmented Reality SDK for mobile devices. It uses Computer Vision technology to recognize and track plane images, displaying 3D objects on them.

Unity 3D

Support Platforms: ◎ Windows, OSX, Linux◎ Android◎ iOS◎ Playstation◎ Nintendo◎ Xbox◎ WebGL◎ Many others.

Extremely popular game engine, often used for mobile devices.It has applications in not only games, but also various kinds of software.

Unreal Engine - UDK

Support Platforms: ◎ Windows◎ Android◎ iOS◎ Playstation◎ Xbox◎ Many others.

Powerful game engine, used for many AAA game titles, supported by most of popular VR devices.

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