MTT Transfer is an application for the multitouch devices in the VRLab. It enables user to send images from smartphones, using an Android app, to one of the touch-tables. Images on the table can be viewed and manipulated using touch gestures and eventually send back to the connected smartphones.
The Virtual-Reality Peripheral Network (VRPN) is a set of classes within a library and a set of servers that are designed to implement a network-transparent interface between application programs and the set of physical devices (tracker, etc.) used in a virtual-reality (VR) system. The idea is to have a PC or other host at each VR …
The remote robot head is a fully controllable camera stand, able to move in any direction. It can be controlled by an Oculus Rift, using the sensor data to point the camera in the viewing direction of the user. All head movement is applied by the stand’s motors, giving the user the illusion of being …
MTControl is a configuration software for the VRLab’s MultiTouch-Tables and -Cube. It provides an easy step-by-step wizard, to simplify the formerly rather complex setup that required deeper knowledge of image processing. Now all settings are visible at a glance and can be easily adjusted with just a few clicks.
VirtualSky – the name speaks for itself. VirtualSky simulates weather effects, using information on location, time and wind speed, to create the illusion of the sky inside any room. Furthermore, the implementation can project arbitrary data sources (images, video, etc.) on the underlying LED-array. See this video for VirtualSky in action:
To the start of the new semester you should get an update about our current projects. Under the topic VRTheater two applications have been developed that are using the Oculus Rift DK1. The first one with the name “A Ghost Trip” leads us in a Dungeon in which you can control your character via Microsoft …
This semester we were busy working with the Oculus Rift and possible applications for the HMD. For example, we had the idea of implementing webcam tracking in our Oculus Rift application. After the first drafts we started the subproject ScrapCap. In this project we wanted to identify markers and determine their position and rotation using …
Now online! Our first results in a short video: This video shows our application to controll a PowerPoint presentation with the Leap Motion Controler. It is a small part of our Motion Sense Suite, developed by students of the VRlab Reutlingen project. “Motion Sense” is the name of a project, startet in the summer semester …
“BOTS” is the working title for a computer game currently being developed by Kevin Meergans within the VRLab. The game was designed as a serious game aiming not only to entertain its players but to teach, inform or train them by incorporating specific content. The narrative of the game takes place within a computer and …