[4eyes] [Translist] vr/ar kickstarters

[Tobias Hollerer]

I've been at a research meeting with VR and AR researchers for this past 
week, and this is indeed a new trend, after the perceived success of the 
Oculus Rift.
A few people discussed a kickstarter project for developing and selling 
affordable human avatars:

> Specifically, we have been talking locally about trying to get funding 
> to build a set of open source avatars that can be used in experiments, 
> games, teaching, etc. I think many of us are beholden to Havok and 
> their RocketBox avatars, but the prices are steep and we can't share 
> our experiments because any users would need to license the avatars 
> themselves. 

In terms of HW technologies, these are truly exciting times for VR/AR 
researchers. IEEE VR had many more young people this year. And with 
affordable technologies such as the following, it has never been easier 
to get started:

Oculus Rift

Leap Motion Sensor
RAZER Hydra, cheap magnetic motion tracking 
(http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-controllers/razer-hydra)

Available as limited devkits only for now:
New Kinect 
(http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/new-kinect-can-track-you-so-well-you-may-not-6C10287970)

M100 Vuzix (Google glass competitor, expected to cost under $500)


Cheers,

     Tobias


On 6/15/2013 6:30 AM, Tim Wood wrote:
> move awkwardly:
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1944625487/omni-move-naturally-in-your-favorite-game
>
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/551975293/meta-the-most-advanced-augmented-reality-interface
>
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