GHVR

Short and long posts on VR, AR, and mixed reality by people who have been working in the medium for at least 20 years. Passing along the wisdom.

[Alvin Wang Graylin @AGraylin]

Having standard access to two #hands in the #ViveFocus is going to enable some amazing new apps from #VR Devs! (Check our the tech sneak peak I gave at #VEC2018) https://t.co/MmKOOdvesa

[Clay Bavor @claybavor]

ARCore v1.2 lets you place objects on more surfaces and bring 2D images to life, just by pointing your phone at them. Get started at https://t.co/vOxvbYZl5w. #io18

[gfodor.id @gfodor]

Just some of the amazing open source software powering https://t.co/70kY9YPqR3

- https://t.co/zPYjSla3uB
- https://t.co/InHwY3sOge
- https://t.co/lv3K68bhNV
- https://t.co/mSsGSCfqex
- https://t.co/qmYZ2KCIj9
- https://t.co/ivpaoSk6LC
- https://t.co/VmQ1RUZBuV

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[Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye]

The Open Metaverse is getting a huge boost from @mozillareality developers integrating a lot of the Social VR tools into a WebVR experience. Here's a list of projects they integrated https://t.co/y3oSjNVNJc

[Google Open Source @GoogleOSS]

Draco is a library for compressing and decompressing 3D graphics. With Draco, applications can be significantly smaller without compromising visual fidelity.

We open sourced the C++ compression library and decoders in both JavaScript and C++: https://t.co/pTxemlykAD

[Josh Carpenter @joshcarpenter]

Passionate about WebVR/AR? Want to help inspire and empower developers to start creating for the immersive web? Google is hiring a Developer Advocate for WebXR: https://t.co/jevmCJ0WzR&

[Mozilla Reality @mozillareality]

A-Painter XR: an example of how to use #WebXR to build responsive web apps across the full range of AR/VR devices using @aframevr https://t.co/M28R4v3mTh

[The Register @TheRegister]

Windows Mixed Reality: Windows Mobile deja vu? https://t.co/cwMm2q8mVW

[Prosthetic Knowledge @prostheticknowl]

The Parallax View
Project from @algomystic is an IphoneX visual toy using TrueDepth facetracking to produce a Trompe-l'œil effect of depth from the position of your head
https://t.co/sOv7pV7BpD

[VentureBeat @VentureBeat]

The WebXR API opens the door to a new breed of cross-reality games https://t.co/4tXHPjKUHE by @whiteboxamir

[Clay Bavor @claybavor]

ARCore 1.0 is here. We slipped in a bonus feature that allows you to attach objects to all sorts of things. Also, works in the snow! https://t.co/mFD6rQyddF

[Tony Parisi @auradeluxe]

ICYMI: @FastCompany honors @unity3d https://t.co/rnPwgCitzT

[@iainthomson @iainthomson]

About as tone-deaf as it comes. https://t.co/opOMpVFfxc

[GHVR @GHVRMedium]

Are you a mid-career Australian artist who wants to create work for virtual reality? Apply for the Mordant Family VR Commission

https://t.co/K6wKNSyuTI

[GHVR @GHVRMedium]

Important thread about the future of WebVR by one of its leading devs.

ping @auradeluxe @viveka https://t.co/MZbVqpcxQ7

[Josh Carpenter @joshcarpenter]

I think the future of the immersive web is parallel worlds. "Streets" built in HTML CSS GLTF, subject to regulations, standards, conventions, etc. With doorways to private property, do-what-you-want idiosyncratic buildings (worlds) built in WebGL, WASM, etc. A duality.

[GHVR @GHVRMedium]

Tried to run Sketchbox. App launched, directed me to look at a bit of text asking me to take off my gear and sign in at the keyboard and screen.

Are you kidding? I've taken the time and trouble to put all this crap on -- to be bounced out again?

They forget what VR asks.

NEXT!

[GHVR @GHVRMedium]

Ugh the Stanford Ocean Acidification Experience is _everything_ VR should never be. Didactic, slow, and forced interactions. "Do this. Now do this. And I'll tell you this. Now do this."

Made it about 1 minute in. Those students would have gotten failing grades from me.

[The Register @TheRegister]

Magic Leap's staggering VR goggle technology just got even better! https://t.co/o0xz2oKTL9

[GHVR @GHVRMedium]

"On 30 November, a Washington Post article posed pointed questions about how the data gathered via TrueDepth + ARKit + CoreML would be used. Would it be shared or uploaded? Would apps be able to sneak a look at faces & read emotions?" me in @theRegister https://t.co/bUS8PH2Hir