An overview of today's available VR hardware, what's coming, and how VR experiences are developed.

1. VR hardware and
development
Casper Fabricius
Immersion FTW

2. About me
• 16 years of experience as a software developer
• FreelanceVR developer with Immersion FTW (immersionftw.com)
• Specialized in Unity and web basedVR solutions
• Special interest inVR for education

3. HowVR lenses work

4. Hardware available today

5. Google Cardboard &
“plastic cardboards” From kr. 30
+ smartphone

6. Google Expeditions

7. Samsung GearVR
kr. 900
+ Samsung
Galaxy phone

8. Labster Forensics Lab

9. Oculus Rift
€699
+ powerful
Windows PC

10. Apollo 11VR Experience

11. HTCVive
€899
+ powerful
Windows PC

12. GoogleTilt Brush

13. Room-scaleVR can be very immersive

14. Cardboard GearVR Rift Vive
Pros • No cables
• Works with any
smartphone
• Cheap
• No cables
• Decent
performance
• High performance
• High comfort
• High performance
• Motion
controllers
• Room-scale
Cons • Low performance
• Low immersion
• Closed app
ecosystem
• Requires specific
phone
• Cables
• Requires powerful
PC
(Same as Rift)

15. Hardware on the horizon

16. PlayStationVR
October 2016
€399
+ PS4 and
PS camera

17. OculusTouch
Second half of 2016
$199?

18. Important technologies forVR
• 3D audio headphones
• Motion controllers for mobile
• Depth and room scale for
mobile
• GalvanicVestibular
Stimulation
• Eye tracking
• Haptic feedback
• Threadmills
• Full-body motion tracking
• 3D scanning

19. Building virtual reality solutions

20. VR & game development

21. • Browsers can render hardware-accelerated 3D fast using WebGL – also on
mobile phones.
• WebVR makes browsers able to render virtual reality experiences, which
works great especially forCardboard.
• A special version of Chrome or Firefox is required to use WebVR with Rift or
Vive, but this is not the case for mobile phones.
VR & web development

22. Things to consider when buildingVR
• It’s harder to buildVR for mobile due to performance constraints.
• Native apps are not always the solution: WebVR can be a great for
lightweight VR experiences on Google Cardboard.
• The long approval time for iOS apps can make fast iterations impossible.
• GearVR is also a walled garden that requires approval of your app.
• Native apps for Rift andVive can be freely distributed, but Steam and
Oculus Store are still the place to be if you want to sell.

24. Thank you
@fabricius
www.immersionftw.com