VR IS NOT HERE YETMaribeth Gandy

Director, Wearable Computing Center Georgia Tech

maribeth@imtc.gatech.edu @maribethgandy

DIGITAL INFORMATION IS JOINING US IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD

➤ Our content will escape “the glowing rectangle”

BUT WE CAN’T DO IT YET: DISPLAYS

➤ Real 3D without glasses for one user

Johnny Chung Lee, Wii-Mote Head Tracking, 2007

BUT WE CAN’T DO IT YET: DISPLAYS

➤ Real 3D with glasses for multiple people

Noitom, Project Alice: Social VR, 2016

BUT WE CAN’T DO IT YET: DISPLAYS

➤ Real 3D without glasses for multiple people

RIP Carrie Fisher

BUT WE CAN’T DO IT YET: DISPLAYS

➤ These aren’t holograms

Tupac at Coachella, 2012 Microsoft HoloLens, 2016

BUT WE CAN’T DO IT YET: DISPLAYS

➤ 3D TVs failed miserably

No one does this in real life

BUT WE CAN’T DO IT YET: UNDERSTANDING THE ENVIRONMENT

➤ How do we build game levels that work everywhere?

Magic Leap, 2015

BUT WE CAN’T DO IT YET: UNDERSTANDING THE ENVIRONMENT

➤ And how do I avoid spilling my beer?

Innis and Gunn, Immersive and Gunn, 2016

BUT WE CAN’T DO IT YET: USER INTERFACE

➤ Do we really want this?

The Void, Virtual Reality Center, Utah

BUT WE CAN’T DO IT YET: USER INTERFACE

➤ We don’t like to be reminded how much we suck

X-Tech, Microsoft Kinect Games

BUT WE CAN’T DO IT YET: USER INTERFACE

➤ What if we want this?

BUT WE CAN’T DO IT YET: CONTENT

➤ What is a good VR game or “movie”?

Melies, A Trip to the Moon,1902 The Jazz Singer, 1928

BUT WE CAN’T DO IT YET: CONTENT

➤ Do we always want complete immersion?

STTNG, The Inner Light, Season 5, Episode 25

BUT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO IT

➤ These challenges are also amazing opportunities!

STTNG, the “holodeck”