{"id":521,"date":"2018-07-17T12:36:25","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T12:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antonyhallphd.wordpress.com\/?p=521"},"modified":"2018-07-17T12:36:25","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T12:36:25","slug":"vr-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antonyhall.net\/blog\/vr-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"VR technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some notes and links, reflecting on the VR mask. The absurdity of the interface is both clumsy and undignified technology orientated experience&#8230;.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_871\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-871\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-871\" src=\"https:\/\/antonyhallphd.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/07\/210-link-c-3-flight-trainer_01.jpg\" alt=\"210-link-c-3-flight-trainer_01\" width=\"700\" height=\"430\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Link C-3 Flight Trainer, Edwin A. Link 1029. An early flight simulator representative of the first truly effective mechanical device used to simulate actual flight process From\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.asme.org\/about-asme\/who-we-are\/engineering-history\/landmarks\/210-link-c-3-flight-trainer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.asme.org<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"fancy-font\">\n<figure style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w100\" src=\"https:\/\/thebook.io\/img\/006911\/015_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"487\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morton Heilig wanted to create the &#8216;cinema of the future&#8217; and invented his own stereoscopic camera and projection device. The &#8216;Sensorama simulator&#8217; also generated vibration, wind and scent. This would have been the first 4D cinema device as early as 1957. [Image From\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.avadirect.com\/blog\/the-history-of-virtual-reality\/\">www.avadirect.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_872\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-872\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-872\" src=\"https:\/\/antonyhallphd.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/07\/1600px-sensorama_morton_heilig_patent.png\" alt=\"1600px-sensorama_morton_heilig_patent\" width=\"1600\" height=\"906\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-872\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Sensorama simulator, original patent documents and drawings\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/patents.google.com\/patent\/US3050870A\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/patents.google.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NtwZXGprxag?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Sword of Damocles 1968 was the first HMD unit, invented by Ivan Sutherland.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gWLHIusLWOc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The intention of Birdly<span class=\"reg\">\u00ae<\/span>\u00a0is to fulfil people\u2019s ancient dream of flying. With virtual reality (VR) and robotics technology, SOMNIACS creates an extremely vivid full-body experience that makes you instantly forget the mechanics and computer codes behind this spectacular apparatus. The immersive and interactive nature of Birdly<span class=\"reg\">\u00ae<\/span>\u00a0serves one goal: to enjoy the ultimate freedom of a bird and intuitively explore the skies.&#8221;\u00a0http:\/\/www.somniacs.co\/<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qh2UdRKNqH4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some notes and links, reflecting on the VR mask. The absurdity of the interface is both clumsy and undignified technology orientated experience&#8230;. &nbsp; &nbsp; The Sword of Damocles 1968 was the first HMD unit, invented by Ivan Sutherland. &nbsp; &#8220;The intention of Birdly\u00ae\u00a0is to fulfil people\u2019s ancient dream of flying. With virtual reality (VR) and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[240],"tags":[6,130,133,86],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antonyhall.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antonyhall.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antonyhall.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antonyhall.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antonyhall.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/antonyhall.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antonyhall.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antonyhall.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antonyhall.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}