1.
Sydney Virtual Reality
June Meetup
2014
#SydVR

2.
About SVR
• Meet VR enthusiasts
• Talk about VR
• Showcase your
creations

3.
• Latest on VR
• Mindeas startup - Martin
• Interceptor VR project - Alex
• Re-creating Mario 64 in VR – Chris
• Demonstrations
Agenda

4.
Facebook Acquires Oculus VR
• $2 billion acquisition
• Oculus VR remains independent

5.
Oculus Rift Dev Kit 2 (DK2)
• Position tracking
• 960 x 1080 resolution per eye
• 100° FOV
• Lower latency
• $350 USD for Kit + $35 USD tax
• $75 USD shipping to Australia
• Ships in July 2014

6.
Sony Project Morpheus
• VR for PS4
• 1080p resolution
• 90° FOV
• Head tracking
• 3D Audio
• Demonstrated at SVVR Meetup, The
Tonight Show, E3
• Won’t be available for another year

7.
Control VR
• Sensors for each finger
• $US350 per glove
• Raised $260K of $250K goal with 25
days left
• No tactical feedback

8.
MYO Update
• Reads electric signals in arm
• Tracks hand, wrist, arm movement
• No training needed
• Fits most ages 12+
• 10K software devs interested
• $US149
• Ships to devs next month, consumer
version in September

9.
ANTVR
• VR headset + controller
• 1080p
• 100° FOV
• Transforming controller = gun/pad
• Inertial positional tracking
• $300 @ KickStarter (free shipping)

10.
High Fidelity
• Second Life + Immersive VR
• Distributed servers
• Demo used PrioVR + Rift
• Founder Philip Rosedale also
founded Second Life

11.
Extra News
• Jaunt wants to bring VR to cinema
• Virtuix raises $3M for Omni
• Loading Human launches highly
realistic sim, gets $40K on Kickstarter