- This report try to explain the definition of AR and VR
- Those concepts are very young.
- Their definitions is still very vague.
- Just trying to better understand the meaning of those words.
- I gather here thoughts i had recently about those new realities. it clarifies those concepts for me.
- here those difference are based on current usage of those terms. As their definitions are vague, the difference 2 terms is likely to become more precise as we are moving along.
Here are various fields on which we can compare and classify current AR and VR technology. It may be a good idea to classify each existing devices. It will helps clarify all those concepts
Here are possible fields:
- the content they are displaying
- the technology used
- to describe it
- is it available now ?
- if not yet available, how far fetch it is ?
- it goes into the feasibility of the product
- How to interact with this reality? Joypad, depth sensors like kinect or leap motion. Keyboard. Issue of opaque display... You don't see your hands so simple thing like topping on a keyboard is directly very hard when you wear and oculus
- Is it mobile? Gear vr, Google cardboard are mobile. Oculus is not. Leap motion is not. Likely his to be in the future?
- How to display it. Where is the screen for the user. Is there a single screens? Or two, one for each eye. Is it see thru display. Is it more normal opaque screen. Can user perceive depth
- Relation between screen position and the latency issue to fool the brain
- VR implies to fool the brain about very primal things about balance. The famous latency issue. The one that makes you disy, sea sick and potentially throw up. Believe me, after that, you don't want to do it again...
- AR and VR differs greatly when it comes to the topic of their content
About Virtual Reality
- VR is about transporting the user in a virtual reality
- This reality is different to the normal world surrounding the user
- the user must deeply immersed in this world. the normal world must disapears.
- Virtual reality is about an other reality. Not like the actual reality that surround you.
- Virtual reality is close to the scope of entertainment because it can display any reality even the fixtuous ones. it goes from the realty displayed in game. Even GtaV.
- We can imagine how the actual movie industry could use vR to display a new kind of movie
- Augmented reality is about modifying our reality.
- The current works we live in.
- It is a way more profound change.
- AR is more about utilities. VR is more about entertainment
- What reality is displayed? What is the type of content. Is it purely virtual or is it our current reality with a little bit on top
- touch screen
- any mobile devices, phone, or tablets
- depth sensor
- leap motion, kinect, tango
- device orientation
- available on every mobile or tablets
- device location
- precision: gps is crap
- using markers
- keyboard
- require to actually see the keyboard
- so keyboard is very hard to use with devices like occulus
- kinect
- leap motion
- various joystick: joypad, other ?
- device orientation
- Real important when it comes to application
- a mobile device provides more freedom
- To have wires conecting you to a computer limits your freedom
- You can use it in the street potentially
- It is especially important in AR/VR because they are about giving freedom to access new spaces
- to have wireless devices make a great difference
- how long are they used
- it goes to confort, weight
- it goes into privacy
- if a personn wears them in a restaurant, people around the users got some reasonable expectations of privacy
- when a personns wears them at work, people got other expectations of privacy