How to make VR a Reality for Everyone

1. How to Make VR a
Reality for Everyone
Adrian Popovici / Gleechi / Nordic Game 2019

2. Is VR the Future?
The Million Dollar Question

3. Adrian Popovici
Head of VR at Gleechi, M.Sc.

4. We develop software solutions to enable
hand interaction between humans,
computers, and robots.
We apply this to enable the next
generation of learning in Virtual Reality.

5. Agenda
▰ Why VR?
▰ VR at Gleechi
○ Interactions
○ Environment
○ Adoption

6. Why VR?
▰ Gaming
▰ Communication
▰ Collaboration
▰ Training

7. VR at Gleechi
▰ Interactions
▰ Environment
▰ Adoption

8. Interactions
VR at Gleechi /

9. Interactions
▰ Movement
▰ Objects
▰ User Interface
VR at Gleechi /

10. Movement
VR at Gleechi / Interactions /
▰ Controller
▰ Teleportation
▰ Free

11. Teleportation
Gleechi
VR at Gleechi / Interactions / Movement /

12. Objects
VR at Gleechi / Interactions /
▰ Are essential to VR experience
▰ Interactions need to be believable
▰ At Gleechi, interaction is our core tech

13. Gleechi
Virtual Grasp
VR at Gleechi / Interactions / Objects /

14. User Interface
VR at Gleechi / Interactions /
▰ 2D to 3D; 3D to VR
▰ Wristwatch
▰ Context-based

15. Gleechi
Training
VR at Gleechi / Interactions / User Interface /

16. Environment
VR at Gleechi /

17. Environment
▰ Realistic
▰ Stylized
▰ Our Take
VR at Gleechi /

18. Realistic
▰ Today’s focus
▰ Might be too much for VR
▰ Problematic with up-close inspection
▰ We found that people like it more!
VR at Gleechi / Environment /

19. Stylized
▰ Less resource-intensive
▰ We found that people like it less...
▰ … but perform better in it!
▰ Objects are easily distinguishable
VR at Gleechi / Environment /

20. Our Take
▰ Start from the target device
▰ Design the project from the ground-up
▰ Use a consistent environment style
VR at Gleechi / Environment /

21. Realistic Kitchen
Gleechi
VR at Gleechi / Environment / Our Take /

22. Stylized Kitchen
Gleechi
VR at Gleechi / Environment / Our Take /

23. Adoption
VR at Gleechi /

24. Adoption
▰ Design Inclusive Projects
▰ Think Outside the Box
▰ Reach Out to People
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25. Design Inclusive Projects
▰ Simplify: interactions, text, movement
▰ Colors play an important role
▰ Complex environments against user
VR at Gleechi / Adoption /

26. Think Outside the Box
▰ Many markets benefit from VR:
○ Industrial: training
○ Medical: training, rehabilitation
○ Educational: learning
○ Military: training, combat
VR at Gleechi / Adoption /

27. Reach Out to People
▰ VR is a good solution
○ People don’t know this yet
▰ Perform hands-on marketing
○ Gatherings, demos, social media
▰ Find relevant use-cases
○ Software will almost “sell itself”
VR at Gleechi / Adoption /

28. Is VR the Future?
We at Gleechi Strive towards This

29. Gleechi is Hiring!
▰ Open roles:
■ Machine Learning Engineer
■ Platform Web Developer
■ Junior VR Developer
■ VR Developer Intern
▰ Looking for partnerships

30. Thank You
▰ Adrian Popovici
○ Head of VR at Gleechi
○ adrian.popovici@gleechi.com
○ http://adrianpopovici.com
○ https://www.gleechi.com

31. References
▰ Images from Unsplash
https://unsplash.com
▰ Gunisigi Cihangir: How to 3D Low Poly Style Landscape
https://gunisigicihangir.wordpress.com/2014/10/26/how-to-3d-low-poly-style-landscape/
▰ Evgeniya Yaremko: Hand Painted Environment
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Lmyqw
▰ Zack Kinstner: Hovercast VR Menu: Power at Your Fingertips
http://blog.leapmotion.com/hovercast-vr-menu-power-fingertips/