We decided to put an episode focused more on the current news and happenings. Our next episode will be fully about virtual reality and rehabilitation. Yet to much happened in the VR world not to comment on it. To prevent a way to long episode here the 3 Episode! Mostly on the current happenings as well as the topic of locomotion in virtual reality. In addition we speak about storytelling and eye tracking in the virtual worlds! Tune in and enjoy!

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Introduction - Goldman Sachs report on VR projects

• Imagine how much better a LOTR would have been if Tolkien was passionate about engagement and data-driven storytelling
• Cost comparing chart from Goldman Sachs by @hmltn Ian Hamilton
• Nearly 6 Million Wired VR Headsets Could Ship in 2016, Analyst Says
• Goldman Sachs Has Four Charts Showing the Huge Potential in Virtual and Augmented Reality

News and comments

• Faliszek on new HTC Vive Pre & upcoming content
• pass-through example of HTC VIVE camera
• update on hololens and the battery life
• Bruce Harris of Microsoft talks about Hololens-
• smi / foveal rendering - Price UPDATE
• Hands On: SMI Proves that Foveated Rendering is Here and it Really Works
• Facebook’s Engineering Wizardry Makes Even VR Videos Load Fast
• Encoding for 360 Video and VR by facebook video
• Apple VR rumors
• Crytek for free for Research Institutions
• Google tango for VR mobile hands tracking
• custom lenses for the Gear VR on kickstarter
• lenovo k4 and ant vr

Research

• 40 predictions about VR by “I expect you to die” authors
• Redirected walking
• Redirected Walking paper
• movement mechanism
• BitDrones: Interactive Flying Microbots Show Future of Virtual Reality is Physical
• shear feedback controller
• company focusing on developing storytelling methodologies as community for new tech (annual summit, most likely autumn)
• viewing Virtual Reality with a transparent background or how to build a very cheap holo lens … at least something similar …
• infinadeck
• How pulmer lucky tried infinadeck