Applications of VR

Gaming/Entertainment

Simulation/Training

360 Content

Telepresence

Visualization

Gaming and Entertainment

3 Gaming

Fitness Theme Parks What makes gaming in VR different?

● Immersion ● 3D Sound ● Room-Scale ● Interactive (like the Wii but better)

Arguably the biggest driver in the VR industry currently Fitness VR Roller Coasters

Simulation and Training

8 Medical

Industrial Aerospace Others Medical: Surgical Training Medical: Exposure Therapy Conquering Fears:

- Arachnophobia - Acrophobia

Treating PTSD

- Learning how to handle “triggers” in a safe and controlled environment Medical: Phantom Limb Pain Phantom Limb Pain - Sensations that an individual experiences relating to a limb or an organ that is not physically part of the body.

In VR, patients play games using a virtual limb, which helps them gain some control and learn, for example, how to relax that painfully clenched fist. Industrial: Driving Simulator

By incorporating VR into motion/driving simulators, users will no longer be limited to the view in front of them (front screens). Rather, VR will enable users to see all of the virtual environment. Industrial: Virtual CAD

Uses:

● Visualizing/prototyping models before fabrication. ● Collaboration Industrial: Volkswagen

● Vehicle Assembly ● Onboarding Aerospace: NASA

NASA has been using VR at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas to train astronauts for spacewalks since 1992. Others: 360 Content 360 Photos 360 Cameras

Quite a few 360 cameras on the market.

- Ricoh Theta (~$330) - Samsung Gear 360 (~$180) 360 Video - A video where you can see all around you. - Captured using a 360 camera.

Nokia OZO Price: Too much ($45K-60K) 360 Animations

- Animation where you can see all around you. Telepresence Business Medical Social Judicial Business: Virtual Meetings

- Greater potential for collaboration. - Saves money in transportation from a company perspective. Medical

- Telepresence and collaboration with doctors. - Berkeley professor, Ruzena Bajcsy, was working on something similar. Social:

Judicial

- Visualizing crime scenes from various witness points of views. Visualization Medical Education Computer Science Fashion Real Estate Industrial Medical Medical Education: AR Textbooks Education: Mission ISS

Simulator to see what it’s like to be inside the International Space Station

(Emmy-nominated) Computer Science: Neural Net Visualization Fashion: Virtual Dressing Room

Avametric has received $10.5 million to try to build its virtual dressing room.

Berkeley Professor James O’Brien is on the team. Real Estate: Virtual Housing Tours

Berkeley professor Avideh Zakhor has a start-up called “Indoor Reality”.

It has created sensors the size of backpacks to map and model the indoor. Industrial: HARD HATS w/ HOLOLENS???

Gaming/Ente ● Gaming rtainment ● Fitness ● Theme Parks

Simulation/Tr ● Medical aining ● Industrial ● Aerospace ● Others

360 Content ● 360 Photos, Film, and Videos

Telepresence ● Business ● Medical ● Social ● Judicial

Visualization ● Medical ● Education ● Computer Science ● Fashion ● Real Estate ● Industrial