State of VR
Robert Rouhani
Tech Valley Game Space
3/25/2017
What is VR?
Sight
Touch
Hearing
Taste, Smell
???
Types of VR
CAVE
Found in universities and other research facilities prior to Oculus DK1
Mobile
Google Cardboard, Daydream
Cheap and accessible to most
Desktop/Console
Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, PSVR
High cost, best experience
Platforms
Content
No-No's
- Do not force camera rotation along yaw. 🤢
- Try to avoid moving the player
- If you must, constant acceleration
- Do not lock player orientation (e.g. during a loading screen)
- Small Text
- Anything that causes bad perf/dropped frames
Moving Around
- Typically teleportation
- Point at where you want to move
- Screen quickly fades to black/blink animation
- Fades out and you're at the place you pointed at
- Avoid 'Vection'
- Feeling that you're moving around the world
- Design experience so that world moves around you
UI
UI
State of VR
By Robert Rouhani
