Tag Archives: Oculus Rift

360° Video by Samsung

July 17th, 2015 | Robot

360° Video by Samsung

Check out this 360° video made as a demo by Samsung. If your internet speed can handle it, I recommend watching it in the full 4K resolution. It will be pretty amazing to hook up the Oculus Rift to video like this and get the fully immersive experience.

Use the ‘W, A, S, D’ keys to control direction on a computer.
Use the + and – keys to zoom.

I think you have to move your phone around if you are watching on mobile. But again, the real experience is to watch this type of video with an immersive virtual reality headset. FYI: you can cheaply get this experience with something like Google Cardboard and your mobile phone.

-RSB

Virtual Reality Sculpting Using the Oculus Rift

October 2nd, 2014 | Robot

Virtual Reality sculpting Oculus Rift Spider

Ever since Facebook purchased Oculus Rift for 2 billion dollars, I have been waiting for applications of the virtual reality technology that made sense. Of course, gaming as always been a target, but to justify that kind of money, virtual reality must become mainstream, so to speak.

As Zuckerberg said himself, “Immersive virtual and augmented reality will become a part of people’s everyday life. History suggests there will be more platforms to come, and whoever builds and defines these will shape the future and reap the benefits.”

The application above demonstrates a digital sculptor making a few designs; a face, a spider, etc.. and it seems to make a lot of sense. You can imagine that this technology could be combined with a 3D printer to create a seamless design pipeline.

virtual reality sculpting sculpture

In this case, the artist is using a Razer Hydra as the controller, but I think some sort of Power Glove would be much cooler (and easier to learn). I am now realizing that the Oculus Rift can potentially be a very useful tool and not just a gaming fad.

If you have any interest in playing around with the Oculus Rift or giving virtual reality sculpting a try, there is a Development Kit available now, although you’ll have to shell out some serious cash (~$800)

-RSB

Kissing Hatsune Miku in Virtual Reality

May 13th, 2014 | Robot

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Kissing Hatsune Miku in Virtual Reality Oculus Rift

It seems we’re getting one step closer to that strange futuristic world portrayed in science fiction. Folks, it’s about to get weird!

The people over at Alcyone in Japan recently developed this virtual tool using a modified Oculus Rift headset and two Wii Remotes to interface with the synthetic lips. It’s really a sight to behold. I wonder if Facebook had this in mind when they purchased Oculus Rift for $2 Billion.

It seems that the sex industry is always quick to adopt the newest technology.
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Exciting (albeit strange) times ahead!

-RSB

Guillotine Simulator using Virtual Reality

May 7th, 2013 | Brain, Robot

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Guillotine-Simulator-1

In case you didn’t know, a guillotine is a French execution device consisting of an angled metal blade that falls on your neck and chops your head off.  For the first time, you can experience what this might be like using the most state-of-the-art virtual reality headset called Oculus Rift. The Guillotine Simulator is appropriately named Disunion.

The idea is that you can look around at the blade, the crowd of onlookers cheering on your death, and then when the executioner gives the signal, the blade is dropped, and your head rolls to the floor.  The experience is enhanced by having a friend briskly chop your neck at the moment of impact.

I would love to give this a try.

Interesting note:

“During the span of its usage, the French guillotine has gone by many names, some of which include these:

  • La Monte-à-regret (The Regretful Climb)
  • Le Rasoir National (The National Razor)
  • Le Vasistas or La Lucarne (The Fanlight)
  • La Veuve (The Widow)
  • Le Moulin à Silence (The Silent Mill)
  • Louisette or Louison (from the name of prototype designer Antoine Louis)
  • Madame La Guillotine
  • Mirabelle (from the name of Mirabeau)
  • La Bécane (The Machine)
  • Le Massicot (The Cutter)
  • La Cravate à Capet (The Necktie of Capet, Capet being Louis XVI)
  • La Raccourcisseuse Patriotique (The Patriotic Shortener)
  • La demi-lune (The Half-Moon)
  • Les Bois de Justice (Wooden Justice)
  • La Bascule à Charlot (Charlot’s Rocking-chair)
  • Le Prix Goncourt des Assassins (The Goncourt Prize for Murderers)

In other countries, it was called by other names:

  • the Halifax Gibbet (England)
  • the Scottish Maiden (Scotland)
  • Fallbeil (Germany)”

“The Machine” and “Wooden Justice” are pretty good.

-RSB