During the 9/25/17 Launch Smart clinic, we had a tutorial on the history and challenges of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) with Bernard Francois, Founder, Preview Labs

1. VR & AR: past, present, and future
2017
Looks
Bright
July 20th, 2017

2. Virtual Reality: a Brief History

3. 1939
1991
View-Master invented
First VR arcade games

4. 1993 Sega VR

6. 1995Nintendo Virtual Boy
Not actually VR!

7. 2014 - 2016
Explosion of Home VR Devices

8. 06/2014 Google Cardboard
11/2015 Samsung Gear VR (by Oculus)
03/2016 Oculus Rift
04/2016 HTC Vive
11/2016 Google Daydream
10/2016 Playstation VR
08/2012 Succesful Oculus Rift Kickstarter

9. 06/2014 Google Cardboard
• Foldable HMD
• Smartphone acts as stereoscopic
display

10. 06/2014 Google Cardboard
• Foldable HMD
• Smartphone acts as stereoscopic
display
• Gyroscope used to determine
orientation
• Moving your head moves the virtual
camera exactly like how moving the
mouse moves the camera in a game
• Input: gaze and single button
• Price: $ 87

13. • Higher end than Google Cardboard
• Smartphone acts as stereoscopic
display
• Gyroscope used to determine
orientation
• Moving your head moves the virtual
camera exactly like how moving the
mouse moves the camera in a game
• Input: gaze, button, and directional
pad
• Price: $ 440
11/2015 Samsung Gear VR (by Oculus)

15. • Higher end than Samsung Gear
• Built-in screen
• Tracks position as well as orientation,
using external cameras
• Tethered to a gaming PC
• Hand tracking with optional Oculus
Touch controllers
• Room scale tracking optional
• Price: $ 1,310
03/2016 Oculus Rift

17. • Higher end than Oculus Rift
• Built-in screen
• Tracks position as well as orientation,
using external base stations (IR
lasers)
• Tethered to a gaming PC
• Hand tracking with default Vive
controllers
• More reliable room scale tracking
• Price: $ 1,450
04/2016 HTC Vive

19. Augmented Reality: a Brief History

20. 1992 Boeing coins the term Augmented Reality

21. 1992 Virtual Fixtures

22. 1999 ARToolkit

23. • Smartphone/tablet with RGB camera
• Recognizes dedicated marker images
• Allows positioning 3D content relative
to marker images
• Not aware of the environment
2011 Qualcomm AR / Vuforia

25. 08/2016 Google Tango: Lenovo Phab 2 Pro
• Smartphone with RGB and depth
camera
• Implements SLAM algorithm:
Simultaneous Locating and Mapping
• Markerless
• Allows positioning 3D content relative
to any point in the environment
• Interaction with the environment
possible
• Price: $ 450

27. 03/2016 Microsoft HoloLens
• RGB and depth camera
• Implements SLAM algorithm:
Simultaneous Locating and Mapping
• Markerless
• Wearable as glasses
• Built-in computer
• Impressively reliable tracking
• Limited field of view
• Price: $ 3,000

30. VR and AR: Stats

31. VR and AR devices pricing (with PC and/or phone)

32. VR and AR devices units sold until June 2017
(various sources + rough estimates)

33. The future of VR and AR

34. Future of AR and VR: Sales
• Slower than forecasted start: total in 2016: $4.4 bn in 2016
• Most expect growth, up to $100 bn 2021, some more skeptical
• VR: faster
• AR: slower but bigger

35. Future of AR and VR: Features
• VR and AR merging into devices capable of both (Mixed Reality / XR)
• Outside-in tracking disappearing in favor of inside-out tracking / SLAM
• Further technology improvements, mainly display resolution
• Untethered experiences, built-in computers

36. -17,000
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37. Contact info
bernard.francois@previewlabs.com