Future of VR/AR and Mixed Reality Experiences

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Behind the Scenes
Augmented Reality
Development

Sandbox (UCDavis)

Augmented Reality Platforms
Aurasma
Qualcom Vuforia
Blippar/Layar
Augment

Click + to get started

Trigger - Position Overlay - Channel

Public Channel Sharing

Aurasma.com

Free Aurasma Studio Account

Create New Aura

Step 1 : Start with a Trigger

Step 2: Overlay

Video, Image, or 3D Object

Resize and Position

Add Layers and Actions

Name, Hashtags

Add to a Channel or Campaign

Software
- Aurasma (free AR program)
- Blender (free 3D program)
- GUI Tar
- Turbo Squid (free 3D models)
- FreeSound.org (free music)
- Flickr Creative Commons (free images)

Custom App
Augmented Reality
Development

Steps
1. Great Idea
2. Determine Hardware
3.Determine Software
4.Create Experience Assets
5.Program/Test
6.Publish/Test
7.Tell the Story in Other Mediums

1.Great Idea
Is it worth installing an app on your phone?
Can other mediums do it better?
What kind of experience is it?
1.Make the office come to life, create
unexpected illusions.

2. Hardware
Headsets, mobile etc.
Monitors / Housing for Tablets etc.
1.Merge
2.Samsung GearVR
3.iOS phones and tablets
4.Android phones and tablets

3. Software
Existing App / Custom App
Aurasma, Vuforia, Layar, Blippar, Augment
1.Unity / Vuforia

4. Create Experience Assets
Filming with Green Screen
Creating 3D Models (Turbo Squid)
Photoshop Mock Ups
App Design, Screen shots etc.
Postcards, Signage
1.Mockups / 3D Models / Woodcut Prints

5. Program and Test
Adjustments
Left Room for Creativity / Ideas from Group
Testing On and Off-site
Dealing with App Store approval times
Test with first time users
1.Tested Off site / On Site /

Print Instructions

6. Publish and Test
Publish and approval on all platforms
Test again

7. Tell the Story
1.Using YouTube
2.A web page or social media
3.Images, video etc.
4.Tablets onsite ready to view

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Future of VR/AR
How will VR/AR
change our species?

Virtual Reality Heads

Nostalgia VR

50 Years in the Making
Ivan Sutherland - 1968
“Ultimate Display” , “Sword of Damocles”

Law of Accelerating Returns - Kurzweil

Canon Mixed Reality Headset
2013 $125K plus 25K per year

Canon Mixed Reality Headset

What will a
computer of the future
look like?

Virtual Age - Information Everywhere

AR Contact Lenses
● Innovega CES 2014 Demo
● Magic Leap Patented AR contact lenses in 2015
● University of South Australia’s Future Industries Institute - Polymer
Coating that allows the lens to conduct electricity

EEG - Mind Wearables
● Emotive
● Muse
● Mindset

Fear/Love
Technology extends our
will in both directions
(Fire, Words)

VR Can Cure and Cause PTSD

Will virtual reality
evolve our species?

Neurochemistry / Flow State
● Steven Kotler (The Rise of Superman / FlowGenome
Project)
● Military / Red Bull Extreme Sports
● VR = Legal Heroin? - Steven Kotler
● 17 Triggers

Evolution of Human Intelligence?
● In flow we learn 200%-500% faster
● Acceleration of learning
● Stronger memories
● Forever changing emotional ranges
● Physical memory

Become Superhuman IRL
● Does VR carry over to our real lives?
○ Flow can last days
○ Stanford Studies (Superhuman courage, ambition and
being committed)
○ Jane McGonigal (How gaming can make the world better)
○ The Expanding Circle by Peter Singer (evolution
of morality)

Deep Friendships Formed in VR

Toy Box Demo

Will VR be better than reality?
What is reality?
- Moving our bodies
- Being with friends
- Mixed with real world

What will the
Internet of the future
look like?

Metaverse
● Collective Shared
Space - Persistent
● Second Life - High
Fidelity
● Avatar
Embodiment

Imagination
“The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau 18th century
● Become closer to dream worlds which abandon
physics all together
● Creative self expression explosion
● Unity - Carte Blanche

Eye Tracking - Emotions - Privacy
● People will know what we
think and feel before we
know.
● Private life in the matrix
will also be recorded
● Who will own the
metaverse?
○ Gated or Non Gated?

What will Mixed Reality
experiences look
like in the future?

Teletransportation - Mixed Reality
● Geographics are gone
● Out of body experiences
● Live remotely
● Connect people in time and space
● Be somewhere (get dropped in)
● Labyrinth, Extinct Animal Park, Mirage

Future of VR/AR and Mixed Reality Experiences

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