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Introduction to
Extended Reality - XR
Kumar Ahir
IDF, May 2020

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IDC, IIT Bombay - Interaction Design
CISCO, Symantec, Microsoft, TCS, PropTiger
OoBI, and others
Tech Tinkering, SketchNoting

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Sequence
● Digital interface evolution
● XR Fundamentals - VR, AR
● The XR spectrum - AR, MR, VR with examples
● XR Hardware - VR, AR, MR
● XR Content - Types, Creation, Tools
● Applications
● XR Resources - Blogs, Glossaries, People
● Audience Questions

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Disclaimer

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We have been
recreating the
reality around us
in different ways

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Evolution of Tools for Creation and Experience

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Future !?!?
Black Mirror - Striking Vipers

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Face Filters

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Human Senses

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XR Fundamentals
● FoV
● DoF
● Tracking
● Controllers
● Eye Resolution
● Depth of Focus

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Degrees of Freedom

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Controlling the Digital Interface

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Tracking System

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Depth of Focus

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Sensors for
Senses

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Motion Sensors
Gyroscope
Accelerometer

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Vision Sensors
Depth Sensor
Eye Retinal Sensor

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VR Hardware

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VR Hardware

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Outside In tracking

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AR/MR Hardware

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Digital Content
Analogy to 2d
● Photo and Video
● Stereoscopic and Monoscopic
Generation
● Real capture - Cameras
● Computer generated - 3d software
● Mix - Real+CG - Camera+3d software

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XR Content
Analogy to 2d
● Photo and Video
● Stereoscopic and
Monoscopic
Generation
● Real capture
● Computer generated
● Mix - Real+CG

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XR Content Creation
Camera Capture - 360 and 3D
● 360 Camera
● SLAM
● Photogrammetry
3d Software generated
Mixed

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360 Camera

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Experience
using 360 camera

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XR
Content Creation
Tools

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Desktop based Full Fledged
Tools
● Unity
● Unreal
● OpenXR
Output
● Cross device
● AR, VR, MR
● Standalone output
● High end, Robust
● Scalable
● API integration

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Mobile Based AR creation
Torch 3d (iOS only)
torch.app
Output
● Torch or Web browser
● Marker/Markerless
● Interactions
● GPS

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Web Based Tools - Content integration
Amazon Sumerian
MetaVrse
Pluxr.com
Blippar
Prototypr
HelloAR.io
Scapic
No separate app install
Author and View in browser
3D content needed

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Facebook Spark AR
Snapchat Lens Studio
Desktop based Mobile AR tools

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3D content
Creation
● 3ds Max
● Maya
● Blender
● Vectary.com (web
based)
Hosting and Distribution
● Poly.google.com
● Sketchfab
● Amazon Sumerian

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VR based content creation
Tilt Brush
Google Blocks
Gravity Sketch
Microsoft Maquette
Adobe Aero

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XR applications

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Still to reach
Medical and Healthcare
Education

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Potential Future

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XR Resources
RoadToVR.com
UploadVR.com
XROM.in
Uxofvr.com
Medium
Podcasts
Voices of VR
Everything Virtual
F.Reality
INDE’s Augmented Reality
Everything VR and AR
Michael Abrash
John Carmack
Mike Alger
Cathy Hack
Alice Bonasio
Keiichi Matsuda
Books
Make it So
3d User Interfaces

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