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Project Holodeck Aims to Give Gamers a VR Experience
1Aug2012 Filed under: Software & Technology Author: Rebekah
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The holodeck in Star Trek: The Next Generation may be one of the best fictional examples of a virtual reality out there. Now imagine this concept brought into your very own living room.
With the Occulus Rift VR display, those dreams may become reality sooner than you may think.
Behind Project Holodeck is the University of Southern California‘s School of Cinematic Arts and Viterbi School of Engineering. They have come up with the Project Oculus glasses, a glasses display that has a 1,280 x 800 resolution that makes users’ experience that much more immersive.
Put the VR display on and couple it with a Playstation Move for head tracking and also a Razer Hydra Sixense motion controller that tracks six-axis hand movements to totally immerse the player into the game. According to one of the team members, the experience isn’t like watching a floating television screen, it is meant to be a true immersion into virtual reality with simulated vision.
Watch a video demonstration of how Oculus would work here.
The glasses allow players to play in a large virtual space while they are physically in a small space.
Oculus Rifr are said to be going up on Kickstarter soon for an anticipated price of US$500. Not too bad for a pair of virtual reality glasses, if they are able to live up to their expectations.
Apoteka Online
August 1st, 2012 at 5:14 pm
It looks like pretty good piece of technology, and price is not too high, also.
Selena Spice
August 1st, 2012 at 5:22 pm
This could be useful in gaming, but like any new technology it will probably take some time before it becomes popular. Price of $500 is surprising, it seems cheap for such advanced piece of technology.
Property Marbella
August 1st, 2012 at 7:56 pm
Seem to be really fun! Something for arcades to bring in.
Gord
August 2nd, 2012 at 8:02 am
Would love to try one of these out at a instore demo before considering a purchase.
Jacob
August 2nd, 2012 at 3:47 pm
Could be funb to try someday.. I hope i will be able to afford it though :p
Jacob
August 2nd, 2012 at 5:37 pm
Sorry misspelling, * fun
Kingy
August 3rd, 2012 at 12:33 am
This is but the future. VR is something that will take years of refinement to become a true reality.
Edwin
August 3rd, 2012 at 12:39 am
Wow.. Great fun! I love this post thanks for sharing.
Briquette Machinery
August 3rd, 2012 at 2:23 pm
Would really like to try one of these out at a instore trial before considering a buy.
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August 3rd, 2012 at 3:01 pm
There was a company back in the 90′s that tried virtual reality, it was pants then and going off the video above it’s pants now!!!
John
August 3rd, 2012 at 6:03 pm
I love such devices which increases user experience.. Very nice
Andrew Cresswell
August 3rd, 2012 at 6:27 pm
Looks interesting, wonder if they really work, or just another way to make you feel really ill !!
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August 3rd, 2012 at 11:23 pm
That is really impressive. I would love to be able to try this out.
omar
August 4th, 2012 at 2:27 am
great post! I’m waiting when we ( the game players ) could enjoy this in our house. I hope this will be soon
Financial Crysis
August 4th, 2012 at 3:32 am
I bet that this tehnology in near future will be used in our home or buildings as a security systems.
but there is more options!
NewLaunch Guru
August 4th, 2012 at 7:34 pm
been looking forward to these technology since i was a child, there’s plenty of similar technology around, but one day they will be fine tuned to provide actual real life usage.
NewLaunch Guru
August 4th, 2012 at 7:34 pm
How does it help in security system though? Good to elaborate on the idea.
Edwin
August 4th, 2012 at 11:15 pm
This is very nice post! Thanks for sharing this information.
Corky Swanson
August 6th, 2012 at 4:40 am
You could have a fairly shabby house or apartment but see it through “rose colored glasses” that made it look like a palace. No more need to vacuum.
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August 6th, 2012 at 12:18 pm
Sounds like alot of fun and $500 for that kind of technology actually seems pretty reasonable!
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August 7th, 2012 at 4:30 am
$500 is definately reasonable but i’d rather wait until this sort of thing comes down in price and becomes more mainstream.
Briquette Machinery
August 8th, 2012 at 6:46 pm
This could be useful in game playing, but like any new technological innovation it will probably take a while before it becomes well-known. Cost of $500 is amazing, it seems inexpensive for such innovative item of technological innovation.
Bookit.com Reviews
August 9th, 2012 at 6:01 am
I love virtual reality it is so fun to be in the game and interact with everything.
NewLaunch Guru
August 11th, 2012 at 9:39 pm
we paid more than $500 for more inferior stuff.
Poptropica
August 21st, 2012 at 6:13 pm
one of a kind. I agreed $500 is very reasonable price!
Crack
August 25th, 2012 at 10:29 pm
It would be amazing to play a game in large virtual space.The feeling must be awesome.I would like to get my hands on it.This makes me remember about a cartoon named Jhonny Quest where they used to go in virtual world and do all kinds of stuff.
mridontry
August 26th, 2012 at 11:42 pm
$5000 is quite reasonable,…..really
Richard
August 27th, 2012 at 9:11 pm
I’m an avid gamer and would love to see VR games out on the next console maybe the PS5!! I cant see it being used regularly for a few years at least.
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September 3rd, 2012 at 4:16 pm
We know you have a brand new iPhone4s thats 3 years technologically behind mid range ‘droids in your pocket… that you paid way more for….
Briquette Machinery
September 3rd, 2012 at 5:28 pm
Looks exciting, wonder if they really perform, or just another way to cause you to experience really ill !!
Top 10 Games
September 4th, 2012 at 12:38 am
Cool gadget, but I’d rather upgrade my PC.
Thanks, but no thanks.
Bookit.com Reviews
September 5th, 2012 at 1:57 am
This would be great! How fun to feel exactly like you were in the game.
The Xenophobe
September 7th, 2012 at 10:01 am
I’ve been beating on this drum for a while. We are taking all the failed inventions of the 90′s and trying to give them new life. You can see a prime example with the 3d movies and televisions. Now we have a newly spawned interest in holograms, more dead 90′s technology. It was only a matter of time when they dug up Virtual Reality. But out of all these things I am mostly excited about virtual reality, because its medium that really wasn’t explored properly and could be really nice for gaming.
abhishek
September 11th, 2012 at 6:06 pm
this is definately a technology of the future….price is OK..but what about people wearing spectacles???
Pash D
September 13th, 2012 at 2:34 am
Looks exciting but I will stick to my Wii
Skies Miltonia
September 13th, 2012 at 11:06 pm
Yeah i always think people with specs often have disadvantage over all these stuff, like simple things like 3d glasses.
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September 17th, 2012 at 1:45 pm
This could be useful in gaming, but like any new technology it will likely take some time before it becomes popular. Price of $five hundred is surprising, it seems affordable for such sophisticated and elaborate piece of science.
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October 9th, 2012 at 1:12 pm
This could be useful in gaming, but like any new science it will likely take a moment before it becomes popular. Price of $500 is surprising, it seems affordable for such sophisticated and elaborate piece of technology.
Assassins Creed 3
October 19th, 2012 at 5:22 pm
This has been the *next step* of videogames for almost 15 years now, so I doubt this time touting its coming will make any difference. Honestly though, look at the top picture. I sure as hell don’t want me and my friends to be playing like that in my living room!
Blex
October 21st, 2012 at 6:27 am
This could be the start of a real total recall type of gadgets.
Half-Baked and Dense
December 12th, 2012 at 11:20 am
What would be REALLY cool would be to combine these glasses with about 4-6 Kinect video sensors surrounding you. The sensors could then track any body movements. Last, but not least, throw in some form of cheap toy gun controller with a couple sensors inside. It would be hard to do a standard shooter, but maybe some form of rail shooter. It could be AWESOME!
Property Marbella
January 11th, 2013 at 5:29 pm
Cool, Looks exciting, wonder if they really perform, something for my cids to play with.
Property Marbella
February 12th, 2013 at 1:48 am
Google is working on a similar project, which will be smaller in size.
Latest Inventions
March 16th, 2013 at 12:39 am
I think it’s the need for the latest era and game lovers.
No doubt these glasses allow players to play in a large virtual space while they are physically in a small space. Nice invention.
Property Marbella
April 3rd, 2013 at 7:00 pm
Pretty innovative, but i am not sure in it’s practical value.