July 24, 2014

New vIVE video created + press about VR Vancouver Community

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A brand new video about vIVE, the Very Immersive Virtual Experience utilizing Oculus Rift and Motion Capture at Emily Carr University of Art + Design in collaboration with the Vancouver VR community.

VIVE combines the Oculus Rift headset with motion capture systems to create a whole body virtual experience. Being able to roam and interact with the environment creates a more realistic VR experience. Emily Carr researchers are using this system to investigate modes of interaction and networked presence in VR. The project is partially supported by the SSHRC partnership project, Moving Stories, which is focused on qualitative movement analysis.

VIVE – Oculus Rift & Motion Capture Virtual Experience from Emily Carr S3D on Vimeo.

Also, check out this article by Charlie Cho of CBC News in an interview by the S3D Centre’s Dr Maria Lantin on 4 ways Vancouverites are using Virtual Reality. Listen to a 5 minute interview with CBC’s Stephen Quinn online here: LISTEN ONLINE

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Photo by the S3D Centre at Emily Carr. 

View the vIVE project page here.