Alex Honnold: The Soloist VR

Re:Alex Honnold: The Soloist VR by dividuum on Friday March 04, 2022 @06:30AM (#30553317)

Stupid question, but is that really full VR in the sense that you can move your head around in a limited volume and see everything with real depth perception? Or is it a 360 degree video projected to a sphere and you virtually sit in the center? Is the former even possible to produce somehow?

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Re:Alex Honnold: The Soloist VR by tehidiot on Friday March 04, 2022 @07:09AM (#30553588)

> Is the former even possible to produce somehow?

Google has done some research into it though it's not very practical https://augmentedperception.github.io/deepviewvideo/

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Re:Alex Honnold: The Soloist VR by ChicagoBoy11 on Friday March 04, 2022 @09:24AM (#30555153)

Their lightfield demo app has been one of the most mind blowing VR things I have ever seen. Truly excited for the world where streaming video content in that way will be possible (and I'm truly hopeful it isn't too far away!)

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Re:Alex Honnold: The Soloist VR by ahelwer on Friday March 04, 2022 @11:56AM (#30557232)

There is only 3 degrees of freedom, not 6. So yes it's a sphere and you sit in the center. You only get depth perception from your eye parallax, but it's enough to see the rock geometry.

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