Five day VRaycation

Entertainment, Focus: AR/VR, Gaming, Just for fun, Virtual reality

I spent five full days over New Year’s playing with an HTC Vive. Which is interesting in NYC apartment, since half the furniture had to be moved to make room for the motion tracking units mounted on two spindly tripods! As an artist as well as a tech enthusiast, it was an interesting experience. So much to try out. I have a book’s worth of impressions and opinions coming out of the experience, but quickly – my favorite: hands down, Blortasia by Kevin Mack, a neuroscientist and artist. It’s a psychedelic drift through an ever changing,

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Face Swapping: Deepfakes

Augmented reality, Entertainment, Focus: AR/VR, Virtual reality

Face-swapping celebrity faces onto porn performers’ bodies (“Deepfakes”). It’s a thing.  Yes, it’s about porn….but it’s not: if Photoshop has played a major role in bending “reality” the point where no one believes a photo any more, just wait until the same “bending reality” happens easily, with video. How will anyone know what’s “real” ?? Will there be clipart galleries, just waiting for faces to be superimposed on them? What about superimposing faces on bodies in VR? – wonder if actors will make deals with entertainment producers to license their faces into VR/AR content, not

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Alternative uses for VR: Training for real life

Focus: AR/VR, Virtual reality

This is an excellent case study in how VR can be used for training. Of all types. Some of the commenters don’t understand why inmates get to “play” with VR for free, while “regular” people can’t afford headsets…VR can be about play, of course; but it’s also a powerful tool to help someone “practice” interacting with others. It’s potentially a huge empathy building tool. I was asked this morning how it could be used to train young women to deal with bullying, and harassment, for example. Will give that one a think too.

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