General VR discussion thread

[Kaido]

Nice tip for improving Quest 3 camera pass-thru:

 

[Kaido]

A year old, but a good review of VR prescription lenses:

 

[Kaido]

Deep-dive into the latest VR research:

Valve Deckard update:

Valve Deckard could combine everything I love about the Meta Quest 3, with everything that made the Valve Index great – with one notable exception

The Valve Deckard could be a seriously impressive VR headset

www.techradar.com

 

[Kaido]

Quest 3 fun stuff:

https://www.reddit.com/r/VRGaming/comments/1mislx9/comment/n762mqr

 

[Kaido]

Real-time reskinning:

https://www.reddit.com/r/OculusQuest/comments/1m3zn17/lifeskin_concept_is_now_real

 

[Kaido]

Hyper-realistic VR:

Meta says these wild headset prototypes could be the future of VR

Meta previewed some of its latest virtual reality prototypes this week, including its work toward "hyperrealistic VR."

www.engadget.com

One of the goals for Reality Labs Research’s Optics, Photonics and Light Systems (OPALS) team is to create a virtual reality experience that is indistinguishable from the real world, or what it calls a visual Turing test. "Our mission for this project was to provide the best image quality possible," said Xuan Wang, an optical research scientist with OPALS.

Real-time world generation:

Genie 3: A New Frontier for World Models

Today we are announcing Genie 3, a general purpose world model that can generate an unprecedented diversity of interactive environments. Given a text prompt, Genie 3 can generate dynamic worlds...

deepmind.google

Imagine where we will be a few hardware releases from now!

 

[Kaido]

 

[gorobei]

preview of lightfield display for AR with depth focus. uses mems mirror switching to shift projector light through different apertures to create depth data for your eye to change focus on. one use of the tech is a simplified optometry tester machine that they game-ify to allow the patient to operate and get a prescription. still pretty far away but obviously a huge leap over MS hololens.

 

[Kaido]

Watched Superman in VR on a giant 2D screen. Review:

https://www.reddit.com/r/OculusQuest/comments/1mxqsc9/watched_a_full_movie_on_the_quest_3