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kondrak's avatar
kondrak
Protege
11 years ago

Wearality SKY: Limitless Virtual Reality (VR)

Wearality Sky has launched their Kickstarter campaign:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/we ... mitless-vr

I'm not sure what to think about it. With mobile solution like this it makes me wonder how headtracking will be solved without any extra sensors or cameras. If there's none, that's a showstopper for me - with my sensitive stomach the DK2 camera is probably a major factor that makes the entire VR experience possible for me.

3 Replies

  • VizionVR's avatar
    VizionVR
    Rising Star
    11 years ago
    It's Google cardboard with Fresnel lenses. I seriously doubt getting a quality 150 FOV from that. The Vive uses Fresnel lenses, you'd think that Valve would have been smart enough to achieve more than 100 degree FOV if this technology actually provided quality imaging.
  • kojack's avatar
    kojack
    MVP
    11 years ago
    150 fov is probably past the limit of ok quality rectilinear projection, so rendering style will have to change. The standard method for this fov would be to render the scene 4 times instead of 2 (each eye has two cameras that add to give the wide fov), like the infiniteye does. So even bigger performance hit than rendering on the rift.

    The open design means outside light gets in. You'll see glare on the screen from light sources.
  • pedrw's avatar
    pedrw
    Expert Protege
    11 years ago
    Wearality

    "Support these guys on Kickstarter. Explore the limitless possibilities of the Sky. The next generation of VR wearables is here, with an astonishing 150 degrees FOV. The combination of a pioneering team of VR experts and the largest defense contractor in the world has built the most impressive VR optics for headsets in the world with an astonishing field of view of 150 degrees, giving you a new way to look at the world - one that is truly limitless"... more https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/we ... mitless-vr