Stay ConnectedThe Podcast behind the Science and Design of Virtual Reality and Spatial Computing.
By combining our background in Cognitive Science and VR Research, we break down important Neuroscience to extract Design principles.
Each week, we feature the companies, founders, and researchers that are shapers of this Immersive Tech Industry.
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The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Casey Sapp, the CEO of VRTUL, an high-end underwater panoramic filming company, joins Azad to talk about the difficulties of creating VR experiences deep in the ocean.
This is the final episode of the Research VR Podcast! Much thanks to all of our guests and listeners for being with us for the last 5 years!
Episode begins at 11:50 if you'd like to skip over the announcements!
recorded in July 2020. - Best of Research VR Podcast episodes -
Guest: Casey Sapp
Research VR: Azad Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
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Twitter: @ResearchVRcast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
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The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Jeff Powers, Cofounder of Occipital and Arcturus Industries joins Azad to discuss active depth cameras.
recorded in July 2020. - Best of Research VR Podcast episodes -
Guest: Jeff Powers
Research VR: Azad Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
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Twitter: @ResearchVRcast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Petr Legkov, Krzysztof Izdebski, and Azad Balabanian, the three cofounders of the podcast come back together to discuss the last four years of VR, the podcast, and their lives.
Retrospective on:
recorded in March 2020
- Best of Research VR Podcast episodes -
Hosts: Azad Balabanian, Petr Legkov, Krzysztof Izdebski
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRcast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Jessica Outlaw, a culture & behavior researcher and Rebecca Hyman, a mental health therapist to discuss human culture in-and-out of VR, VR marketing demographics, as well as representation in media.
Jessica Outlaw's Series on 9-Steps to Building a Strong Culture:
recorded in Sep 2019
- Best of Research VR Podcast episodes -
Guests: Jessica Outlaw, Rebecca Hyman
Hosts: Azad Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRcast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Cofounder and CEO of Sketchfab, Alban Denoyel joins Azad to talk about all things 3D on the web.
Topics discussed:
recorded in Oct 2019
Best of Research VR Podcast episodes
Guests: Alban Denoyel
Hosts: Azad Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRcast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Google Earth, Hololens, and Disney VR pioneer Avi Bar-Zeev joins Azad to share his perspective of the 3D/VR industry over the last few decades and make predictions of the near future.
Topics discussed & showlinks:
recorded in July 2019
Best of Research VR Podcast episodes
Guests: Avi Bar-Zeev
Hosts: Azad Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRcast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Jesslyn Tannady joins us to talk about CTRL-Labs's advancements in BCI's, finger tracking, and input methods for games and VR/AR.
Topics discussed / showlinks:
recorded in May 2019
Best of Research VR Podcast episodes
Guests: Jesslyn Tannady, CTRL-labs
Hosts: Azad Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRcast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Shawn Whiting, the Community Designer at Against Gravity joins Petr and Azad to discuss the origins and the future of one of the most popular games in VR: Rec Room.
Topics discussed:
recorded in April 2019
Best of Research VR Podcast episodes
Guests: Shawn Whiting
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRcast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Leap Motion's open source Project North Star has been fascinating VR/AR enthusiasts for the last year, but due to the scarcity of sourcing the components, finding a fully built kit is quite rare.
Noah Zerkin, based out of Shenzhen, China has been focusing on fabricating and building the necessary components to build kits. He joins the podcast to chat about the headset, its advantages, and the challenges of what goes into building one.
Video podcast: https://youtu.be/G010rKFJMyY
Topics discussed:
recorded in Feb 2019
Best of Research VR Podcast episodes
Sergey Brin on the subway wearing Google Glass
Guests: Noah Zerkin
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRcast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
The cofounder and CTO of LIV, Dr. Doom and Ruu join us to talk about the past, present, and future of green screen Mixed Reality and livestreaming VR games.
Topics discussed:
Best of Research VR Podcast episodes
Colin Northway's first ever tutorial on Green Screen Mixed Reality
What NOT to shoot in Mixed Reality - video
Company: LIV
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRcast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Tom Emrich, Investor from Super Ventures joins Az to talk about the prevailing trends of AR in 2019.
Topics discussed:
Best of Research VR Podcast episodes
Sponsored by HaptX, the leading solution for Haptic Feedback in Virtual Reality.
Tom Emrich's Article - 19 for ‘19: Augmented Reality Trends
5G article - Benedict Evan's Blog
Guests: Tom Emrich
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
Sponsor: HaptX
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRcast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
StoryUp XR CEO and Chief Storyteller Sarah Hill and Chief Science Officer Dr Jeff Tarrant join us to talk about Healium, an immersive biofeedback system to regulate anxiety.
Topics discussed:
Best of Research VR Podcast episodes
Sponsored by HaptX, the leading solution for Haptic Feedback in Virtual Reality.
Guests: Sarah Hill
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
Sponsor: HaptX
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRcast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
CEO of vrgineers, Marek Polčák joins Petr to discuss their latest VR HMD, the XTAL high resolution, enterprise targeted headset.
Topics discussed:
Best of Research VR Podcast episodes
Sponsored by HaptX, the leading solution for Haptic Feedback in Virtual Reality.
Guests: David Dicko
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
Sponsor: HaptX
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRcast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
David Dicko, Co-Founder and CEO of Skylights joins us to talk about VR as an in-flight entertainment (IFE) option for premium international flights. We talk about the current solutions to IFE, the hardware challenges, as well as the business of a being a B2B2C company.
Topics discussed:
Best of Research VR Podcast episodes
Guests: David Dicko
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRcast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Ben Lang, Co-Founder and executive editor of Road to VR joins us to talk about the early days of the VR industry, the founding of his publication, the what's right around the corner in the industry.
Topics discussed:
03:20 - what RoadtoVR could’ve become in 2011 - Astrophotography, tablets
09:00 - “Perfect Virtual Reality”: is the Road to VR ever reached?
19:00 - Oculus Quest’s impact in the VR industry
21:09 - Will Oculus Quest sell well at launch?
33:20 - When will gen 2.0 PC VR headsets come out? What are the requirements for gen 2.0? Oculus Rift 2?
48:20 - Will Valve target mobile VR or remain focused on PC VR?
51:53 - Where does Magic Leap One fit into this industry?
1:02:40 - Will AR replace smartphones? What’s Apple play in wearable AR?
1:08:30 - What is Google doing in VR/AR? Is Daydream alive? Tilt Brush/Blocks? Are they sitting this generation out?
1:15:20 - why the Hype factor of VR being low is a good thing for developers and investors
recorded: Oct 2018
Best of Research VR Podcast episodes
Guests: Ben Lang
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRcast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Paul Reynolds, CEO and Co-Founder of Torch 3D, joins us to talk about their design tool called Torch, built to bridge the knowledge gap for designers with web/mobile backgrounds, and letting them dive into the world of Spatial Computing
Topics discussed:
recorded: Oct 2018
Best of Research VR Podcast episodes
Guests: Paul Reynolds
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRcast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Jake Rubin, CEO and cofounder of HaptX joins us to talk about Haptic Feedback in VR.
Topics discussed:
recorded: Oct 2018
Best of Research VR Podcast episodes
Guests: Jake Rubin
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRcast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Az and Petr go deep into discussing the Magic Leap One's display technology, what we were expecting, what was being worked on, and what was finally delivered.
Topics discussed:
recorded: Oct 2018
Best of Research VR Podcast episodes
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRcast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Firefighter training in VR using Photogrammetry with Alex Harvey, Creative Director of Rivr.
Topics:
recorded: September 2018
Best of Research VR Podcast episodes
Guest: Alex Harvey,
Company: Rivr
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRcast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Lee Vermeulen, creator of ModBox VR joins Petr and Az to talk about prototyping AR using VR today.
Topics discussed:
Tweets mentioned:
recorded: September 2018
Best of Research VR Podcast episodes
Guest: Lee Vermeulen
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRcast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Jessica Zeta and David Farrell from Oculus Medium join us to talk about their latest Medium 2.0 update.
Topics discussed:
recorded: September 2018
Best of Research VR Podcast episodes
Guest: Jessica Zeta, David Farrell, Oculus Medium, Oculus Medium Artists Facebook Page
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRcast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Alexander Porter joins us to talk about DepthKit, a Volumetric Video Capture tools and Scatter, the company he cofounded.
Topics discussed:
Key takeaways:
recorded: July 2018
Best of Research VR Podcast episodes
Guest: Alexander Porter, Depthkit
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRcast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
VR Investor and developer Tipatat Chennavasin, GP for The VR Fund joins us to talk about how far we've come over the past 2.5 years of consumer VR.
Topics discussed:
Key takeaways:
recorded: August 2018
Best of Research VR Podcast episodes
Guest: Tipatat Chennavasin
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRcast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Nanome CEO joins Az and Petr to talk about Chemistry and Math education and drug designs in VR.
Topics discussed:
recorded: July 2018
Best of Research VR Podcast episodes
Guest: Steven McCloskey
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRcast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Wrap-up for all the new hardware and films shown at SIGGRAPH.
Topics discussed:
Hardware
Films
recorded: August 2018
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Podcast: Research VR Podcast
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRCast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
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The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Lucas Rizzotto joins us to talk about "Where Thoughts Go: Prologue" as an anonymous way of sharing and listening to people's intimate thoughts and emotions in VR.
Topics discussed:
recorded: June 2018
Guest: Lucas Rizzotto
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRCast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Moor Insights & Strategy analyst Anshel Sag joins Az to talk about the derivative nature of tech industries, what technologies VR/AR share with other sub-industries, and what innovations will prove to be important moving forward.
Topics Discussed:
recorded: June 2018
Guest: Anshel Sag
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
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Twitter: @ResearchVRCast
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The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Deb Mayers, a Researcher and Graduate student of Ancient Cultures and Computer Science joins us to talk about History, technology, and VR.
Topics Discussed:
Apologies for the audio quality for this episode. Sometimes impossible for windows to pick the right mic to record from.
recorded: June 2018
Twitter: Documentation is not Preservation
Armenian Stone Henge: Karahunj
Guest: Deb Mayers
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRCast
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Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Designer/Developer Zach Kinstner joins the podcast to talk about designing his VR music creation tool, Exa: Infinite Instrument.
Topics:
recorded: June 2018
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Guest: Zach Kinstner
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRCast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Clorama Dorvilias, CEO and Cofounder of DebiasVR joins the podcast to talk about Teacher's Lens, an unconscious bias educational tool for teachers.
Topics discussed:
recorded: May 2018
Guest: Clorama Dorvilias
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Discord Community Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Twitter: @ResearchVRCast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
OTOY's Head of Blockchain Kalin Stoyanchev joins the podcast to talk about how they plan to crowdsource people's dormant GPU's, and use them to complete rendering jobs (in exchange for some crypto).
Is this the only VR + Crypto idea that actually makes sense?
Topics discussed:
recorded: May 2018
Guest: OTOY
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
Twitter: @ResearchVRCast
Youtube: ResearchVR Podcast
Patreon: Patreon Page
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Colin Northway and Robin Stethem talk about their unreleased VR Art Gallery called the Museum of Other Realities.
Topics discussed:
recorded: May 2018
Colin’s GDC talk - Menus suck (aka Fuck menus)
Guest: Colin Northway and Robin Stethem
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
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Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
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Patreon: [Patreon Page](Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wizardofaz)
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Stefano, Senior Dir. of Analytics & Neuroscience at Meta joins Az and Petr to talk about how his background in Perception, sports, and Neuroscience research guides his department's decisions in building an optimal fitting and functioning Augmented Reality headset.
recorded: May 2018
Oculus Varifocal Display Prototype
Guest: Stefano Baldassi
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
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Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
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The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably heard of Beat Saber launching on Steam and Oculus Home. Lead developer Jan “Split” Ilavsky joins Az and Petr to discuss theories as to WHY Beat Saber feels so good, and what were the factors that have made it so successful.
recorded: May 2018
Guest: Jan “Split” Ilavsky
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
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Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
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The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Nick Lievendag from 3D Scan Expert joins Az and Petr to talk about all things Photogrammetry, 3D Scanning, and the future of 3D reality capture.
recorded: May 2018
Guest: Nick Lievendag
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
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The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Aldis Sipolins, Head of Virtual Reality & Game Design at IBM joins Az and Petr to talk about Neuroscience, Brain training games, biofeedback, the potential of eye tracking and BCI's.
recorded: May 2018
01:00 - Intro
6:00 - Lumosity Brain training
45:00 - 3D Printed Tracker Ball
50:00 - Disney Research - Catching a Ball
55:00 - deutschebahn VR training
56:00 - Firefighter Photogrammetry app
56:00 - Firefighter haptic hose
1:00:00 - Crowbcat video - rich VR interactions
Guest: Aldis Sipolins
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
Twitter: @ResearchVRCast
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Patreon: Patreon Page
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Teslasuit CEO Dimitri Mikhalchuk joins Petr to talk about the science behind how their Full Body Haptic VR suit works.
Thank you Philip Wogart from the VRARA Hamburg Chapter for making this episode happen!
recorded: Dec 2017
01:00 - Tesla Suit
4:50 - BBC coverage of Tesla
Guest: Dimitri Mikhalchuk
Hosts: Petr Legkov
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Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
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The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Designers Martin Schubert and Barrett Fox join the Podcast to talk about their biweekly Design Sprints at Leap Motion, working on one of the most important aspects of VR and AR.
Design Sprint Articles:
Interaction Sprints at Leap Motion: Exploring the Hand-Object Boundary
Summoning and Superpowers: Designing VR Interactions at a Distance
Scaffolding in VR: Interaction Design for Stacking and Assembly
Apologies for the non-ideal audio quality for this episode!
recorded: March 2018
01:00 - Intro
09:00 - Ultrahaptics w/ Leap Motion
13:00 - Go Touch VR
21:00 - HAND CONTACT SPRINT: Exploring the Hand-Object Boundary
35:00 - Summoning and Superpowers: Designing VR Interactions at a Distance
37:00 - VIDEO: Designing for Hands, not controllers - Martin Schubert
49:00 - Scaffolding in VR: Interaction Design for Stacking and Assembly
1:12:00 - VIDEO: Hardware vs Software, UX Loops - Timoni West
Guest: Barrett Fox and Martin Schubert
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk
Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
Twitter: @ResearchVRCast
Facebook: ResearchVR Podcast
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Patreon: Patreon Page
The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Creating beautiful, human-like animations in 2D apps has always had a STEEP learning curve. Today, we talk to NVRMIND's cofounders Milan and Dario about AnimVR: a tool to create animations completely with your hands.
We answer questions like:
recorded: Jan 2018
01:00 - Intro
08:00 - Poly API
09:10 - NormalVR Keyboard
20:00 - AnimVR Beta Signup
54:26 - Virtual Animation Facebook Group
Guest: Milan Grajetski, Dario Seyb
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
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Email: researchvrcast@gmail.com
Twitter: @ResearchVRCast
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The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
After boostrapping and running this podcast for the past 2.5 years, we're happy to launch our Patreon support page!
recorded: April 2018
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
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The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
Filmmaker Asad J Malik, Founder of 1RIC join Az and Petr to talk about his latest film, Terminal 3, debuting at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. He goes into depth talking about "Context being key" for AR storytelling, VR films in film festivals, and simulation/simulacra theories.
recorded: March 2018
01:00 - Intro
04:00 - Simulation / Simulacra Theory
12:30 - Holograms from Syria
14:00 - The economics of war
16:30 - Difference between AR and VR in Space [highlight]
19:00 - Terminal 3 Pitch [highlight]
22:00 - Depthkit Volumetric Capture
35:00 - FABLE
37:00 - Engaget article: VR pioneer Edward Saatchi: VR films aren't the future of storytelling
44:20 - BattleScar
44:20 - Spheres
44:20 - Wolves in the Walls
47:01 - On Exactitude in Science
Guest: Asad J Malik
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
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The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
UploadVR Editor Ian Hamilton joins Az and Petr to talk about early VR stories, shares his impressions of the all-in-one headsets like Oculus Santa Cruz, and discusses the new Magic Leap investment and worries.
Our main topic of the week was Stanford professor Jeremy Bailenson's article about the potential of VR being used by perpetrators of mass shootings.
recorded: March 2018
02:00 - IEEE VR
06:50 - 5G Foveated Streaming
07:40 - Google Takeout
14:30 - How Az got into GDC
17:00 - Electronauts impressions
21:20 - Beat Saber impressions
23:13 - Varjo HIGH RES HMD
32:30 - ODG AR Headset impressions
35:53 - Magic Leap thoughts from developers
46:00 - Az's vision of HMD-less AR
53:00 - 3DScan expert
56:40 - 3DF Zephyr
Hosts: Az Balabanian, Petr Legkov
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The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality
UploadVR Editor Ian Hamilton joins Az and Petr to talk about early VR stories, shares his impressions of the all-in-one headsets like Oculus Santa Cruz, and discusses the new Magic Leap investment and worries.
Our main topic of the week was Stanford professor Jeremy Bailenson's article about the potential of VR being used by perpetrators of mass shootings.
recorded: March 2018
2:40 - Ian covering the Oculus kickstarter at the Orange County Register
15:50 - Az's first ever volumetric Holographic call
20:00 - Eye tracking changes everything
27:00 - Oculus all in one 'Santa Cruz' headset impressions
39:20 - Fisker Automotive - Karma
46:00 - Karma mileage
47:00 - Dreamscape
52:00 - World of Tanks VR
59:00 - MAIN TOPIC: USING VR TO TRAIN TO SHOOT
59:01 - Jeremy Bailenson's CNN article
1:22:00 - Bailenson's tweet about curved bullets
1:35:20 - Radio Lab episode about guns
Guest: Ian Hamilton
Host: Az Balabanian
Cohost: Petr Legkov
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The Science behind Virtual Reality
Az talks to the expert Audio Engineers and Researchers Sally Kellaway and Kaushik Sunder on what the benefits of 3D audio are, where they make the most impact in VR/AR, and what improvements need to be made in the industry moving forward.
recorded: December 2017
1:20 - Varjo Headset
2:20 - Darshan Shankar Tweet
4:10 - Google's Foveated Rendering latest research 1
4:10 - Road to VR's article on Google's Foveated Rendering research
8:50 - Vive Focus Specs
Guest: Sally Kelleway
Guest: Kaushik Sunder
Host: Az Balabanian
Cohost: Petr Legkov
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The Science behind Virtual Reality
Behavioral Scientist Jessica Outlaw is an outspoken Social Scientist in the field of VR User Experience Design. She recently published an Inductive Qualitative study with Beth Duckles, PhD about the experiences of "Millennial, tech-savvy women" in Social VR applications (Altspace, High Fidelity, Facebook Spaces, etc).
In this episode, we talk embodied cognition, implicit biases, gender differences in social behavior and navigation in an unfamiliar environment, as well as the questions the paper raises up about inclusivity and approachability in design.
Recorded: Jan 30, 2018
13:00 - Implicit Bias reduction in VR
13:35 - The Proteus Effect
14:30 - Stanford Prison Experiment
18:00 - MAIN PAPER: Why Women Don't Like Social Virtual Reality
21:30 - NormalVR Open-Source Keyboard: Cutie Keys
23:00 - VRChat
23:13 - VRChat meme: Show me da wey
24:30 - High Fidelity
28:00 - Collective Effervescence
51:25 - Harassment in QuiVr
Guest: Jessica Outlaw
Host: Az Balabanian
Cohost: Petr Legkov
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The Science behind Virtual Reality
HOT NEWS OFF THE PRESS. EXTRA EXTRA
Az talks about his impressions of the Vive Pro, looking at high resolution photogrammetry. Petr shares his thoughts on the Meta 2 devkit.
Recorded: Jan 29, 2018
Clay Bavor's Tweet - 180 VR cameras being 63mm apart
Ian Hamilton's article on Eye Tracking
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The Science behind Virtual Reality
Az is joined by Vasanth Mohan and Hassan Karaouni, founders of the popular educational Youtube channel, FusedVR. We discuss the Logitech VR keyboard, OpenXR initiatives, as well as learning how to be a VR developer!
Recorded: Nov, 2017
Augmented Reality Bar Area meetup
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The Science behind Virtual Reality
Az and Petr are joined by Amy Lynn and Andrew Abedian from Survios to talk about their upcoming new game: Sprint Vector, a game ALL about running in VR.
Movement and locomotion have always been a big topic of debate in VR, especially since many people are prone to motion sickness when the visuals don't match the state of their bodies, so in this episode, we dive into HOW Survios has managed to achieve what was once thought to be sacrilege: SPRINTING IN VR.
Lytro Immerge Lightfield camera
Amazon Sumarian Webvr 3D Engine
TPCAST wireless Oculus Rift add-on
Asad and Assad - Mixed Reality Documentary Kickstarter
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Discord channel, live audience plans, and other updates
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Haptics, feedback, and jazz hands!
Az is joined this week with cofounders Craig Douglass and Tom Buchanan to talk about the challenges behind simulating the high amount of degrees of freedom of hands, simulating the sense of touch, and creating finger push-back haptics.
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Voxels, Signed Distance Fields, and Octrees
Petr and Az are joined by CEO and Cofounder of SculptrVR Nathan Rowe to talk at length about their BIGGEST update: 'Smooth' sculpting.
We talk about the Oculus Santa Cruz II, Valve endorsing low-persistence LCD displays, the Acer MR Headset Review, and Adobe Premiere Pro's latest VR editing update.
As for the main story, Nathan explains SculptrVR insane performances challenges of creating a world building tool with ability to scale the world by 10,000x!
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How a non-profit org is capturing at risk cultural sites in VR.
Petr and Az are joined by Elizabeth Lee, VP at Cyark which is a non-profit organization tasked with digitally preserving at risk World Heritage Sites.
We talk about how they use Photogrammetry, LIDAR, Drones, and spatial audio recordings to capture an environment at a specific moment in time.
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Mood Altering VR apps with TRIPP Inc
First part was as usual dedicated to most impactful VR News that Azad and Petr discussed together with the Guests. And speaking of the guests: "Change the way you feel" is the slogan behind the fresh start up TRIPP Inc. As they were recently in the headlines with a 4 Million investment round, we decided to invite Zachary Norman (President & Co-Founder) and Nanea Reeves (CEO & Co-Founder) to this episode. After the news section we talked about Mood Altering VR experiences and how the TRIPP Inc team is building one themselves.
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8K VR, new ARkit apps, new VR research, OC4 meetup announcement
Azad and Petr skipped guests this time and spend an hour on: - discussing the 8K PiMax headset - talking about the ARkit Sudoku solver - Petr's paper submission at VRST 2017 - Azad's new Projects and his anticipated trip to Oculus Connect - and of corse a little housekeeping
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VR/AR landscape with Unity & Nvidia
This is a very special episode recored at the end of Digility 2017. This time, both Josh Naylor (Senior Evangelist bei Unity) and Dominic Eskofier (Head of Virtual Reality EMEAI bei NVIDIA) joined Petr for a deep insightful discussion on the AR/VR landscape.
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The science behind building realistic guns in Shooting Range Sim #H3VR
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This week we talked to Anton Hand about the science behind building realistic guns in Shooting Range Sim #H3VR! We had a wonderful discussion and a lot of secrets have been unveiled. Tune in!
H3VR by Anton Hand
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Reconstructing the world in 3D w/ Photogrammetry
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Capturing Reality Photogrammetry process and results?
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Mobile AR, Strider VR treadmill, Varifocal lenses, Smelling in VR!
And again we were hosting live from WITHIN Bigscreen.
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The Main topic this time was: Does Mobile AR Matter?
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Drawing with you fingers in AR KIT
Live video from the VR BASE game jam
Azad testing AR KIT in his garden
Researchers Demonstrate 100° Dynamic Focus AR Display With Membrane Mirrors
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BCI's, Magic Leap SLAM, GVS's, and life updates!
The ResearchVR Podcast is back! This time, hosting from WITHIN Bigscreen.
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This week, Petr and Azad cover all the latest in VR Research from the SIGGRAPH conference including:
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pushing hardware specs to their limits
VRgineers is a Prague-based VR Hardware Startup. We discussed their 5k VR Headset at CeBit2017 with Marek Polčák. He was looking for the transformative VR that would finally fulfill the promise laid out when virtual reality was introduced as a concept. Since nothing like what he envisioned existed, Marek decided to build his own VR equipment using his knowledge and tenacity. How tough was it to build it? What are the opportunities for such a standing out device? Those questions and more are answered in this episode.
Check their Website at http://vrgineers.com/our-story/ as well as the Article by Upload at https://uploadvr.com/vrhero-vrgineers-5k-headset/
Physical audio technologies with Subpac
An episode on Audio, Vibrations and Subwoofer (and all the good vibes) with Zach Jaffe from Subpac. They are working on physical audio technologies that are incorporated into their product, the Subpac. Ever wondered what sound is? Or why it is important for VR? Tune in!
virtual reality is just the next step, to be able to visualise the body that is an awesome 3d machine itself in virtual space
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Thomas Bedenk, Thomas Schüler, Igor Sauer
This week's ResearchVR episode is a little more crowded than usual. During this year's Cebit, we've met, not just one, but THREE experts working on the use of AR to "make surgery great again".
Thomas Bedenk studied Human Factors. After studies, he joins the software development wave working as a freelancer. That lead him to start his game studio. After seven years in the gaming industry, he joined another wave, this time VR and AR. Now he is a VR Consultant at Exozet Berlin, where he leads the VR / AR department.
Thomas Schüler is the recurring guest on our podcast - he was our first ever guest on this podcast, back in Episode 4. Other than being very important to ResearchVR family, he also did his Ph.D. about using VR technology in medical fields. Currently, works on VR for Engineers and VR for Medical applications at Virtual Spice.
Igor Sauer is an experienced surgeon at Charite Medical University Berlin, where he is the Head of Experimental Surgery AND Regenerative Medicine Department. He is a tech savvy surgeon, always on the lookout for new technologies that can improve his effectiveness in his life-saving job.
Kirill Pokutnyy and Sergei Tereshchenko from Sensorama Lab
This week on ResearchVR we talk about an innovative use of VR as a therapeutical tool to work with autistic children. Check out our discussion with Kirill Pokutnyy and Sergei Tereshchenko from Sensorama Lab.
Kirill Pokutnyy and Sergei Tereshchenko started Sensorama Lab 7 years ago. The mission is to facilitate the exchange between experts from different fields - art, gaming, business, and research - who want to work with new interactive mediums, such as AR and VR.
One of the main challenges connected to autistic children is how to communicate with them. Often they just stay in their own world, ignoring everything around them. So how do you reach out to them? How do you enter their world? Well, now you can, using the endless possibilities of creation in VR.
Among many interesting projects at Sensorama Lab, one majorly stands out - using apps like Tilt Brush as a therapy for autistic children. The idea is relatively simple - let them recreate their own world using creation in VR tools. This way others have a chance to get an inside into this child's world and understand it.
Besides a general feeling that it works, Sensorama Lab aims to understand also HOW it works. During the events they organize, they survey what is changing: how do children react to suggestions? how do they react to instructions? And therefore directly measuring how does the communication with an autistic child improve.
When e-sports becomes v-sports with VR Nerds
On this week's episode, Dr. Alexander Kutter and Phillip Steinfatt from VR Nerds sit down together Kris and Petr to discuss their new exciting arcade VR experience, Tower Tag.
Besides the main topic of the episode - VR nerds newest creation - we've shortly touched upon other initiatives they started, such as NearbyVR or their news website for the German audience. Be sure to check out both!
To get the sense of what Tower Tag is about and what this innovative experience really looks like, check out VR Nerds teaser here.
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A 4 Dimensional Box of Light
On this week's episode, we offer you with a deep dive into the topic that most us only vaguely know - light fields. Check out the discussion between Az and Ryan Damm now!
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FOVE and Eyetracking in VR with Jim Preston
This week on ResearchVR you have a chance to catch up with our LIVE episode, where Az analysed FOVE in detail with Jim Preston, Director of Strategy and Business Development.
Last weeks were tought - between our day jobs and preparation of VR@Cebit, we did not have much time for the work needed to deliver you the best quality of audio and information of our episodes. But now we are on track and we have a long list of exciting discussions and deep dives with VR and AR experts.
VR Car Configurator with David Tchulakian, Virtual Spice, and Sebastian Matthes, Lufthansa
This week on ResearchVR we discuss in depth one of the most awaited B2C application types - car configurator. Our guests, David Tchulakian and Sebastian Matthes, both did their diplomas in VR car configurator for one of the main automobile industry companies, and they agreed to share their experience and research with us.
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This week on ResearchVR we dig deep into how can emotions be measured and incorporated in VR, AR, and other digital technologies. We discuss it with our guest who is well versed in digital consumer technologies, Tom Emrich from Super Ventures.
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Education for Sustainable Development with Carina Mentrup
This week on ResearchVR we dig deep into VR for sustainable development - meaning we are solving the global worming and consequences of modern worlds rapid development using virtual reality.
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VR locomotion with Daniel Sproll with Realities.io
This week on ResearchVR we dig deep into VR locomotion from theoretical, practical and technical perspective. Our guest is an experienced VR UX Designer, Daniel Sproll from Realities.io.
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How does NVIDIA address rendering challenges for Virtual Reality
This week on ResearchVR we dig deep into the magic behind rendering of VR - where and how can we save performance in extremely demanding virtual reality. We are happy to welcome again on our podcast Dominic Eskofier, NVIDIA's Manager for Europe and beyond.
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Hearables, aka Augmented Reality for Auditory information
This week on ResearchVR we dig deep into hearables - advanced hearing devices that go way beyond hearing aid towards augmenting hearing. Our guest is a visionary in the field of Augmented Reality, Tom Emrich from Super Ventures.
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AR with Rolf Behrens, BITNAMIC
This week on ResearchVR we dig deep into AR as a smart service software for complex machine maintenance, with a specialist in the field - Rolf Behrens from BITNAMIC. The end of the show, around 5 min were lost due to macOS bugs and we are sorry for that!
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Round-table with Sacha Tueni and Robert Scoble
On this week’s episode we are excited to host most amazing guests: Sacha Tueni, a co-creator of Facebook Zero, now Mentor at UploadCollective, and Robert Scoble, the man who made Microsoft look good (or at least less evil, to quote on The Economist from February 15, 2005) to outer world, now Entrepreneur in Residence at UploadCollective. Sacha and Robert are sharing with us their experience and knowledge on what is and what will 360 videos be in the near future.
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Experience of Leap Motion with Alex Colgen
This week on ResearchVR we dig deep into Leap Motion with Head Writer Alex Colgan to talk about touching each other in VR!
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100h in VR of Chris Miranda
This week on ResearchVR we've discussed an experiment we all would like to do ourselves - 100 hours in VR, or in other words, looking for effects of prolonged VR usage on human body and mind.
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guided content creation
In this episode we discuss one of the main topics in the modern VR - STORYTELLING, with one of the biggest German experts, Astrid Kahmke.
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Discussion on wireless VR transmission with Nicole Laux and Dominic Eskofier
In this episode we have discussed a long list of topics, all connected to why wireless is important, how is to going to change more than just VR ecosystem, and, most importantly, why it is not a solution for everything.
During Hackvention 2016 we had a chance to discussed the pressing matter of wireless VR with people who know the struggle behind it: Nicole Laux from XMG and Dominic Eskofier from NVidia.
Here is a list of most prominent issues we've talked about:
cable awareness across age groups use cases of VR Backpack backpack vs wireless headset the limitations of TPCast the long term advantages of tethered solution VR Backpack vs AR Magic Leap technology the conundrum of high fidelity devices galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) navigation challanges in VR influence of VR on fashion trends Europe vs other markets
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Optimize Experience Through Analytics
In past episodes we discussed different tools for user analytics: the quantitative analysis from videos (012 - User Testing w/ Geoffrey Skow - FishbowlVR) and heatmaps based on eye- and gaze direction (015 - Behavioral analysis in VR with Retinad). This week, together with Robert Merki from CognitiveVR, we went one step further - we took a deep dive into 3D behavioral analytics.
Everybody says that user testing is important. But why? And why should you gather quantitative data? It is because of how strong embodied cognition is - a lot of decisions, troubles, and actions are perceived and processed on the unconscious level, meaning that users are often unable to report objectively on what worked and what didn't. More often quantitative user testing can only be achieved if the implantation of the tool is easy and quick to implement. Hence, the CognitiveVR SDK requires zero additional lines of code (unless a developer wants to save custom events).
CognitiveVR has a wide range of customers - from medical training app to tons of games. Based on their unique perspective, we've asked Robert about his observations of the VR market. Most interestingly, while their clientele divides 50/50 between entertainment and serious content developers, it is enterprise that is particularly interested in user testing tools.
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How VR can democratize Architecture
Kris and Petr have been visiting the B2B Hackathon in Brussels, as Kris wrote in his UploadVR article. There we recorded a series of episodes, and this one is about "How VR can democratize Architecture".
We sat down with Thomas Van Bouwel who presented to us the potential of VR for architecture, beyond a fancy showcasing tool. Tune in to here more!
Thomas Van Bouwel is a Belgian based VR developer and Architect. He is interested in VR for design collaboration & participation and is making an asymmetrical VR+PC game called Panoptic
Many of the VR projects in Architecture are focused on the final stages of design process, basically for selling a house to a client. Thomas sees the real potential in the early stages: when the main decisions need to be made. VR is so good for this, as it helps for non professionals to understand and grasp the concepts of architecture very intuitively. And this is what we talked mostly about.
Thank you, Thomas for showing us new horizons that VR is opening for architecture! You can find him at Instagram, twitter or email him.
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Almost 2 decades of AR and VR tools for Education
Kris and Petr have been visiting the B2B Hackathon in Brussels, as Kris wrote in his UploadVR article. There we recorded a series of episodes, and this one is about two decades of VR and AR tools for Education.
We sat down with Trond Nilsen who surprised us with the his overwhelming experience in AR and VR scene. While aiming at discussion about Education in VR, we ended up going through non-mainstream events, discoveries and projects in done in the last 20 years.
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Are CAVEs the future or a dead end?
Kris and Petr have been visiting the B2B Hackathon in Brussels, as Kris wrote in his UploadVR article. There we recorded a series of episodes, and this one is about CAVEs.
Remember us ranting about the old CAVE systems? That we thought, it would be the past of VR? (CAVE Wikipedia article ). Well, we have, at least partially, been proven wrong! CAVEs and in particular companies providing those are apparently not dead at all! So, BARCO is having two primary Markets: Entertainment and Enterprise. Light systems for big life events but also virtual reality, in fact since 20 years, is something the company provides. We had the chance to interview Wim Vandamme, who is a Black Belt Software Geek and is B.IMMERSED at BARCO.
We took this opportunity because it was very astonishing to see an “old” company combining their CAVEs with modern VR and in fact even with AR! You can argue about Wim being biased. After all, he is working for a company providing CAVEs. Considering his technical background and the good points he made, we still find this episode worth tuning in. So take it with a grain of salt and judge yourself:
Do CAVEs and “industrial grade” VR have a chance to compete or to coexist with morn state of the art VR we all know and love?
Thank you, Wim for taking this unequal fight to defeat the CAVE! You can find him at Linked In or mail him at his email adress.
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Making Factory Manufacturing efficient through Embodied Engineering
Thanks everyone for tuning in to another episode of ResearchVR. Hope you enjoyed listening to it and learned something new.
The key concepts explained in this episode:
Timo and Thomas, plus our dear co-host, Kris and Petr, spend last few weeks in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. In this episode we are also discussing the clash of German Stability vs San Francisco Speed.
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What do they have in common?
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discussing levels of Presence with Dedric Reid from HelloVR
Today on the show we are having with us Dedric Reid from HelloVR, with whom we are discussing levels of Presence.
HelloVR is a social VR experience, where the Metaverse is always persistent - the world lives on even if you are not there.
The key words Discussed in this episode:
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Discussion with Kyle Monty and Martin Holly from StrikerVR and Mike Murdoc from TriHelix
Hello and welcome to episode number 17 of ResearchVR podcast! Where we dig deep into Virtual Reality with Cognitive Science and Economic Research.
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Today on the show we are having with us Kyle Monty and Martin Holly from of StrikerVR, and Mike Murdoc from of TriHelix, with whom we are discussing their amazing technologies: positional tracking of GearVR and Haptic Peripherals.
StrikerVR is the provider of modern VR haptic peripheral gun, which delivers feedback such as recoil, really strong hits
TriHelix partnered up with PhaseSpace, creator of tracking technology for big players such as NASA, Disney, or Boeing, to provide a high quality experience for modern VR.
They are all working together to connect PhaseSpace tracking technology, TriHelix SDK for VR, and controller with feedback from StrikerVR.
Diffused - a vibration providing an action feedback in a simplified way through vibration patterns
Impact - providing a realistic feeling, best described as the feeling of impact
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Kris and Petr are joined by Julia Krohner, diffusion of innovation specialist
Hello and welcome to episode number 17 of ResearchVR podcast! Where we dig deep into Virtual Reality with Cognitive Science and Economic Research.
For those of you joining us for the first time, ResearchVR is a weekly podcast dedicated to breaking down years of Virtual Reality Research into a digestible form, and discussing the current economic trends of the industry around the world.
Today on the show we are having with us Julie Krohner, a Social Scientist and Ethnographic Researcher, with whom we are discussing The shift from information to experience age with a specific focus on the influence of VR.
Julie finished her:
Her focus is examining how ideas/movements/products/services are born, and how they diffuse into society.
VR is the next wave of connectedness. Every day we consume huge amounts of textual information - Twitter, Facebook etc. If we don't log in to check the feed for one or two days, we already feel like falling behind. That provideded a certain single-channel experience beyond just consuming informaiton. Next step was a multichannel consumption of information - text, photos, videos. And now we are living through new milestone - consuming information through virtual reality. Through being immersed in environment, the information is completely differently experienced than just textual format.
The tool to predict when and how people are going to adopt new technology. It is very difficult to talk about adoption of VR and AR, becasue it's even hard to define what are they - some people could be using some technology without knowing it is an AR. Another conflicting influence on early adoption curve is the poor quality content. A lot of people who were not versed in challanges of VR tried out early apps that made them noisaited or not interested. Then they went and talked to their friends about it, spreading negative bias about this new medium based on poor content quality.
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Azad is joined by Tim Suzman from Fearless to discuss exposure therapeutic experiences in VR
Co-founded by the current CEO Tim Suzman, our guest, Fearless is a VR application to overcome fears, such as spiders, snakes, needles, or any other. It is based on the concept of Exposure therapy, otherwise also known as Systematic Desensitization. In core, this method is about going from marginal to greater and greater exposure to the object of fear.
Most of the exposure therapies are In Vivo: if you are scared of heights, you go for a field trip with your doctor somewhere very high.
Fearless is based on the same concept, but instead of brining the object of fear in real life, it uses VR to build exposure scenarios.
Advantages:
The key feature of exposure therapy is Exposure Hierarchy: dividing the particular fear type into what is the final fear and what are smaller versions of it. After building a universal hierarchy for a specific fear type, it can be further customization for each user. Parameters include things like size, proximity, number, speed, realism, etc.
Currently Support for GearVR & Rift is available. However, already running on Cardboard & Vive, but those two are still in house and need just few more adjustments before release.
The whole idea is based on the fast field of research on exposure therapy, but considering VR is a new medium, clinical tests are already planned. The goal is to compare VR to classical exposure therapies.
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If you would like to hear more from Fearless, or request an app for your fears, do not hesitate to contact them: tim@fearlessvr.com and fearlessvr.com.
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Azad is joined by Alexander Haque from Retinad to discuss Behavioural Analytics in VR
Retinad is a team of wide variety of experts, including neuroscientists, working on behavioral analytics of Virtual Reality content. That means tracking, measuring and trying tom ake sense of what a user does once they are in the headset. They are mainly focusing now on 360 videos.
Measurements implented already now include gaze tracking, *higher fannel analytics, such as google analytics, and more.
All in all, by recording where a user is looking, dynamics of VR can be derived, giving a sort of tree diagram when, where and what path a he or she chose.
At the moment, Retinad can be used as Unity plugin, providing data output through web dashboard. Additionally, it is compatible with Unreal Engine, Android, and GearVR.
Can one capture the lougther using only an HMD? To validate this an other similar questions, behavioral data are compared to higher detail level data, such as EEG.
On the other hand, closer to the ground, what makes a 360 content a good one? On the one hand, this can be easily evaluated through so called Completion Rate - how many users did watch until the end? On the other hand, it is important to capture, how many users did look at the key components of the scene in the right time, such as main character performing an important part of the story - so basically evaluate how closesly did a user follow designed story board or workflow?
The fact is, it is hard to find a 360 video content that is compelling for anyone outside of VR community. That is why Retinad provides tools that help with creating the grammar of VR and 360 video content.
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If you would like to hear more from Retinad, or use their tools, do not hesitate to contact them: alex@retinadvr.com retinad.io
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Leveraging VR for Sports Medicine and Injury Prevention
In today’s episode we’re leveraging VR for Sports Medicine and Injury Prevention with our special guest Dr Adam Kiefer. Currently he works as:
Here are some highlights from today's episode. For more, be sure to listen carefuly :)
At first, Oculus Rift DK1, allowed wireless solutions. DK2 modifications did not allow utilization of consumer grade wirless transmiters and receivers.
Threfore, Adam and his team decieded to work in-house on HMD system aimed for scientific purposes and not mass market.
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How virtual reality affects Memories and Dreams
VR should have enormous influence on memory.
If VR has those impacts, than a researcher and a serious game developer needs to know, at least partly how memory is working! Ecological validity is important for science! And effects you can achieve are important for any serious game!
Memory is a way to reconstruct the past. Memory is the influence of previous experiences on our future thought and behavior. Without it, we wouldn’t be unable to learn or adapt.
The strongest influenced part influenced by VR.
There are 3-5 dream phases with sometimes multiple dreams per phase / night; usually remember the last dream of the night. Dreams also occur more often at the end of the sleep, so especially after 5-7 hours of sleep.
People tend to have intense dreams when first getting into VR, but you get acclimated to it. This happens most likely due to increased consolidation processes - a result of higher information load to be encoded to long term memory.
Lightbulb moment - after working for a long time on a set of information or an issue, many people find a solution as a dream.
There are studies showing that it is also possible to learn things like skiing through lucid dreams.
Matt Jeremy Bailenson’s study on kids and VR. 50% of Preschool participants developed a false memory of what they saw in VR when questioned a week later about the event happening to them. However, most likely they misunderstand the question. it's a language issue. they might get more confused with VR. study is here.
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User Testing w/ Geoffrey Skow - FishbowlVR
Hello and welcome to episode number 11 of ResearchVR podcast! Where we dig deep into Virtual Reality with Cognitive Science and Economic Research.
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In today’s episode: we’re discussing with Geoffrey Skow from Fishbowl VR what can we expect from the first wave of consumer VR content.
Fishbowl is on demand play testing and analytics platform for VR developers, with hundreds of developers registered as testers.
Here are some key thoughts mentioned in the podcast:
A story of Geoffrey and VR
Usability methods
What is Fishbowl doing on their side of the testing process? Fishbowl VR is a middleman
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Time Perception and Dilation in VR
For those of you joining us for the first time, ResearchVR is a weekly podcast dedicated to breaking down years of Virtual Reality Research into a digestible form, and discussing the current economic trends of the industry around the world. In today’s episode:
We tackle Time Perception and Time Dilation. We discuss the the anecdotal evidence that everyone keeps hearing about, and dig deep into the research done on how we keep track of time.
Summary:
Groundwork
Terminology
Time
Perceived Time
Real Time
Time dilation vs Time Perception
Neuroanatomy
Presenting the concept
Time Perception
Aspects of time <
duration judgments
Experienced (prospective paradigm) - what duration is required
Remembered (retrospective paradigm) - no prior knowledge
Circadian system
Vierordt's Law (Block & Gruber, 2014), 1868
Modulating time perception
Prospective duration
(a) cognitive load type (response demands, attentional demands, processing difficulty, and so on),
Cognitive Load - the more involved the longer the time
Music
Tempo
Familiarity = longer time perception
Reference cues
Zeitgeber
Natural
Artificial
Social
Chemotherapy Patients: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2121303/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12855087
(c) judgment immediacy (i.e., immediate judgments show the larger effect size) - how much after experience do you need to judge time
Retrospective duration
Punchline: how to apply in VR
Consider Time Dilation as part of VR UX Design
Entertainment - yes!
Serious - yes?
References Annotated Link Dump: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TK22T4JSishyPOr7iez4ujDDIXE6RGM1VSX9RpRnM7Q/edit?usp=sharing
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User Interfaces and Interactions
For those of you joining us for the first time, ResearchVR is a weekly podcast dedicated to breaking down years of Virtual Reality Research into a digestible form, and discussing the current economic trends of the industry around the world. In today’s episode:
We tackle the new field of 3D User Interfaces and Interactions. We discuss the current UI trends that are arising, and where we see things going for interactions.
Notes
Traditional UI
Non-diagetic
Getting away from Skeuomorphic design
distance from camera
Understanding Depth Cues
binocular disparity
Accommodation
Occlusion
VRUI
Canvas UI (hybrid)
Raycasting
Touch
Diegetic UI
UI elements placed on corresponding objects
Arm HUD
User Interface Design:
Oculus guidelines
DONT MAKE IT TOO WIDE
Be wary of Scrolling large walls of text
Ok for wide but not tall text field
Flat panel in front of you
Accommodation Vergence Issue
Random thoughts to cover
First Time User Experience vs Mastery
Skeuomorphic design vs abstract/minimal
Links and References
Hovercast menu:https://developer.leapmotion.com/gallery/hovercast-vr-interface
Mike Alger’s UI: https://vimeo.com/141330081
Leap Motion: http://blog.leapmotion.com/vr-interface-design-future-hybrid-reality/
Oculus: https://developer.oculus.com/documentation/intro-vr/latest/concepts/bpappui/
Unity: https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/topics/virtual-reality/user-interfaces-vr
VR Creators network: https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/3uv3cv/yourinvitationtothevrcreatorsnetwork_on/
Shibata, T., Kim, J., Hoffman, D.M., Banks, M.S. (2011). The zone of comfort: Predicting visual discomfort with stereo displays. Journal of Vision, 11(8), 1-29.
VR vs. d!economy : cebit 2016 episode
During our CeBit2016 stay Kris and Petr decided to catch down some freakishly cool VR guys and have a short podcast with them! We have recorded this episode both as a podcast and in 360 degree video you can find on youtube!
We have been joined by Ivan Varko from VRFavs.com, by Gunnar Gertzen from locomotionVR and by André Weinhold from eachTick GmbH
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WHAT is Presence, WHY is it the most important, and HOW to measure and achieve it
For those of you joining us for the first time, ResearchVR is a weekly podcast dedicated to breaking down years of Virtual Reality Research into a digestible form, and discussing the current economic trends of the industry around the world. In today’s episode:
Today we’re talking one the most important features of Virtual Reality: Presence, how to define it, achieve, and don’t break it.
Definition of presence is very confusing and tangled, sometimes differing even withing the same use case. However, all definitions have one thing in common: presence is described as subjective perception of being there.
Our research led us to International Society for Presence Research. ISPR defines presence as failing to acknowledge role of technology in delivering experience.
In a nutshell: presence refers to the subset of human experience in which this misperception involves, at least in part, the actual role of technology in the experience. Presence can occur only DURING using technology, not before / after.
Dimensions in the similar sence as types:
Why would we measure presence? Isn't it enough that users have fun and report satisfaction? Well, that depends what you need your application for. If it's just for entertainment, then "fun" is your endgame. However, in serious content, a more reliable setups are needed, e.x. for industrial training, research experiments, or medical purposes. Often presence is not just a gimmick, but a tool.
The need for measuring presence is support by the magnitude of interest in the topic. Dozens of methods, theories and educated guesses were developed. A good overview of them can be found here. Even though this publication is from 2004, it provides a mind stretching overview of possibles.
Freeman, J., Avons, S., Meddis, R., Pearson, D., & IJsselsteijn, W. (2000). Using behavioural realism to estimate presence: A study of the utility of postural responses to motion stimuli. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 9, 149-164.
IJsselsteijn (2004). Presence in Depth. Ph.D. Thesis. Eindhoven University of Technology.
IJsselsteijn, W. A., De Ridder, H., Freeman, J., & Avons, S. E. (2000). Presence: Concept, determinants and measurement. Proceedings of the SPIE, 3959, 520-529.
Nichols, S., Haldane, C., & Wilson , J. R. (2000). Measurement of presence and its consequences in virtual environments. International Journal of Human Computer Studies, 52, 471-491.
Sheridan, T. (1992). Musings on telepresence and virtual presence. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 1, 120-126.
Slater, M. (2009). Place illusion and plausibility can lead to realistic behaviour in immersive virtual environments. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 364(1535), 3549–57. http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2009.0138
the glass ceiling in European virtual reality ecosystem
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A glass ceiling is a metaphor for an unacknowledged barrier to advancement in a profession. You can see all the amazing opportunies above you, as the ceiling is transparent! Yet all the effort to break through ends rather pitying. On this show we discuss with Sean Whitmore who is a Senior Analyst at "Greenlight VR" and with NiMA Asghari who is the Founder of "Caspian Robotics" the glass ceiling in European virtual reality ecosystem. While Greenlight VR is is a company providing market intelligence for the global virtual reality economy but based in the USA, NiMA experienced the hustle with finding inverstment in Europe himself! Together we try to find the roots leading to the glass ceiling, the negative effects it creates but also the benefits.
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LG 360 VR Is One of the Shittiest Virtual Reality Headsets I've Ever Tried by Gizmodo
Plug from our listener Toby Breeden and his WalkBox Config02
There’s A Glass Ceiling for European Virtual Reality Startups
New Study Underscores the 5 biggest problems for Venture Capital in Europe
U.S. Consumer Report: October 2015
Oculus Connect Keynote: Michael Abrash
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How the drone market has synergies with VR and AR
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Today, we're joined by Drone entrepreneur and researcher NiMA Asghari to talk about Drones, VR, and the intersection of the two. While Drones are currently rather off topic to VR, we found many intersections! Not only is the technology behind both partly very similar. Drone racing will be in high need of lag free video transmission. And to be fully immersed as a pilot a good HDM is rather beneficial. NiMA had the chance to present his thoughts, share his experience and in the end of the episode we where playing the fortune teller by guessing how the future of drones,VR and AR might look like.
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This week's episode is a first experiment with a heavy content - instead of free discussion based on recent news, we do a detailed research on a certain key topic for virtual reality - listeners get practical tips based on theories and studies, with examples and references.
This week we talk about motion sickness. Starting from bigger picture - Adverse health problems in VR, getting a quick glance at symptoms and continuing towards theory and practice.
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motion sickness may result when the environment is altered in such a way that incoming information across sensory modalities (primarily visual and vestibular) are not compatible with each other and do not match our mental model of expectations (Reason and Brand 1975)
If we get conflicting information from our senses, it means something is not right with our perceptual and motor systems. Our bodies have evolved to protect us by minimizing physiological disturbances produced by absorbed toxins
predicts that sickness results when an animal lacks or has not yet learned strategies for maintaining postural stability (Riccio and Stoffregen 1991) They suggest people need to learn new patterns in novel situations to control their postural stability. Until this learning is completed, sickness may result.
motion sickness does not arise from conflicting orientation and motion cues directly, but rather from conflicting stationary frames of reference implied by those cues (Prothero and Parker 2003)
motion sickness occurs due to the unnatural eye motion required to keep the scene’s image stable on the retina. If the image moves differently than expected, such as often occurs in VR, then a conflict occurs between what the eyes expect and what actually occurs. The eyes then must move differently than they do in the real world in order to stabilize the image on the retina. As a result of this discrepancy, motion sickness results
(Kennedy and Fowlkes 1993)
The number of times a subject breaks the stance is the postural instability measure. * type 1: static postural stability Sharpened Romberg Stance: one foot in front of the other with heel touching toe, weight evenly distributed between the legs, arms folded across the chest, chin up. The number of times a subject breaks the stance is the postural instability measure * type 2: dynamic postural stability: assess body sway with body tracking, e.x. with Kinect
Lawson, B. D. (2014). Motion Sickness Symptomatology and Origins. In K. Hale and K. Stanney (Eds.), Handbook of Virtual Environments (2nd ed., pp. 531–600). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. Pausch, R., Crea, T., and Conway, M. J. (1992). A Literature Survey for Virtual Environments: Military Flight Simulator Visual Systems and Simulator Sickness. PRESENCE: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 1(3), 344–363. 205 Reason, J. T., and Brand, J. J. (1975). Motion Sickness. London: Academic Press. Riccio, G. E., and Stoffregen, T. A. (1991). An Ecological Theory of Motion Sickness and Postural Instability. Ecological Psychology. DOI: 10.1207/s15326969eco0303_2 Prothero, J. D., and Parker, D. E. (2003). A Unified Approach to Presence and Motion Sickness. In L. J. Hettinger and M. Haas (Eds.), Virtual and Adaptive Environments (pp. 47–66). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. DOI: 10.1201/9781410608888.ch3 Kennedy, R. S., Lane, N. E., Berbaum, K. S., and Lilienthal, M. G. (1993). A Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ): A New Method for Quantifying Simulator Sickness. International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 3(3), 203–220 Jerald, J. (2016). The VR Book: Human-Centered Design for Virtual Reality
Huge credit goes to Jason Jared, the author of The VR Book, which was the starting point and main source of informaiton an show notes for this episode. For anyone interested in digging deeper than reality faster than our podcasts are released, we recommend full hearted this book.
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