[x3d-public] Question VR Cafe + X3D

[GPU Group]

Christoph,
"NavigationInfo", "Viewpoint", "ProxiSensor", "TouchSensor", "PlaneSensor"
- navigationInfo
in-scene definition might be OK, but the browser might have some settings
for different effects for flying or walking
- viewpoint OK
ProximitySensor - likely OK - its where your viewpoint is?
TouchSensor - in scene OK, and the browser would have various ways to
define a ray from the viewpoint - a data glove or other method of
steering/dragging a ray, for example a hand-held game thumbstick (I have
one) that you can push a button to shoot a ray from the center of the right
(or left) eye, and when you take your finger off it is like a single click
etc or dataglove equivalent.
PlaneSensor - similar to touch
Yes I think all those scene file nodes would be OK. Your browser may need
some options for different ways to fly / walk forward (without you moving
much), and some mechanisms to aim a ray and 'click' for touch /
planesensors.
I don't think X3D defines any force feedback nodes. Maybe it should?
-Doug





On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 2:21 PM Christoph Valentin <
christoph.valentin at gmx.at> wrote:

> Hi Doug.
>
> That sounds good. So have I got it correctly?
>
> I need not expect major changes to my content. At least basic navigation
> and interactivity is ensured by existing X3D nodes like "NavigationInfo",
> "Viewpoint", "ProxiSensor", "TouchSensor", "PlaneSensor" and so on.
>
> Just when I needed some special things like Force Feed back in a car race
> or "riding a locomotive", then I would have to expect some Scripting or
> Prototyping.
>
> True?
>
> Thanks
> Christoph
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> Am 22.01.19, 21:56, GPU Group <gpugroup at gmail.com> schrieb:
>>
>> "..VR equipment.."
>> Do you mean HMDs / head mounted displays? And 'data gloves' etc to go
>> with it?
>> I think it's not hard - the hard part is ... buying the HMD with real
>> money. Hard currency.  Then fiddling for a few weeks.
>> Someone had freewrl running with an HMD a decade ago, but didn't leave
>> the code.
>> I've had freewrl running on an android phone with so-called cardboard HMD
>> - uses the IMU inertial measuring unit for orientation, and 2 magnifying
>> lenses.
>> I was planning to do HMDs/AR this year but so far no action..
>> Someone else was working on a Unity game engine x3d display, and my guess
>> is that Unity can use HMDs.
>> -Doug
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 1:11 PM Christoph Valentin <
>> christoph.valentin at gmx.at> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all.
>>>
>>> Thanks for all hints received so far.
>>>
>>> However my main question was about VR.
>>>
>>> Are there any plans or is it already possible to use X3D Players with VR
>>> equipment?
>>>
>>> Does it make a difference whether I use "native" X3D Players (Contact,
>>> Instant Player, Castle Game Engine, ......) or "WebGL based" X3D Players.
>>>
>>> I will myself face this question actually earliest in 2020 I admit, but
>>> I thought having some answers on X3D-public could also help other People.
>>>
>>> KR
>>> Christoph
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>>> Am 19.01.19, 03:36, Christoph Valentin <christoph.valentin at gmx.at>
>>> schrieb:
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> When I will be finished with my application (alpha release "not before
>>>> 2020"), then I will have a nice little Visual Basic Application for
>>>> .NET/Windows integrated with an X3D Scene played on BS Contact, made
>>>> multiuser capable by BS Collaborate.
>>>>
>>>> Besides some licensing questions (will my users like to pay for BS
>>>> Contact? will at least one of my users be willing to buy and run BS
>>>> Collaborate) I will have some other questions:
>>>>
>>>> What about VR?
>>>>
>>>> Will it be possible to go downstairs to the VR Cafe and tell the
>>>> people: here's a nice collaborative application, where everybody can bring
>>>> his/her own content. Can we play it on your hardware?
>>>>
>>>> Will I need to rebase to another X3D Player? Instant Player? Free Wrl?
>>>> X3DOM? X_ITE? Castle Game Engine? ...?
>>>>
>>>> Any hint welcome.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>> Christoph
>>>>
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