MN VR and HCI Oct 2018

OC5, L.E.A.P., Nvidia RTX, Vive Wireless

Oculus Connect 5

RJ White, Zach Wendt, Matt Summers, Chris Johnson

• Announcements, research updates, favorite sessions and experiences.
• Hands on with Oculus Quest (formerly Santa Cruz), including the 6-person, 4000 sq ft arena shootout using only headset tracking (pictured above.)
• Some tech, dev and demo details that haven’t made it to public coverage.
• The Void - Star Wars (opening soon at MoA) impressions, tech, and calibration hacks.
• What it’s like to be on stage with John Carmack :)

L.E.A.P (Magic Leap conference)

Chris Johnson

• Quick hardware/software review of ML1, and comparisons to HoloLens.
• L.E.A.P announcements and software roadmap.
• Dr Grodborts, demo clips, and through the lens vs stream capture.
• Magicverse Layers, PHILTR, Goats, and what L.E.A.P actually stands for.

NVidia GeForce 20-series and Quadro RTX cards

Matt Summers

• New features, released and announced cards
• Initial VR benchmarks

HTC Vive Wireless Adapter

Zach Wendt

• Quick review of strengths, limitations and value
• Required PC hardware and potential gotchas