By Jie Li, Francesca de Simone, and Pablo Cesar, CWI VRTogether partner CWI has created a new protocol and set of metrics for evaluating social VR experiences with end-users. The protocol and metrics include both quantitative and qualitative aspects, such as a new questionnaire combining presence, immersion, and togetherness; and a set of objective metrics […]
Virtual reality is not anymore a fantasy or a sci-fi type of entertainment. Since the last years, numerous festivals have been recognizing virtual reality as a independent category in terms of awards and recognition, making it an art by itself. Today we are going to take a look at some festivals that have recognize virtual […]
VRTogether project partners Motion Spell, TNO and CWI participated at the last MPEG meetings (#122 and #123) in San Diego and Ljubljana with the intention of getting brand-new feedback around Virtual Reality. It appears that VR activities blossom in many fields: MPEG-I, OMAF, Point clouds, NBMP, MPEG-MORE. The long-term trend shows that VR is coming […]
With the recent advances in capture and display technologies, VR and AR applications are on the spot again. These applications involve new kinds of visual signals, such as omnidirectional images and video, and volumetric signals, such as meshes and point clouds. Additionally, they imply a truly interactive and immersive user experience: the end user can […]
Do you feel in control of the body that you see? This is an important question in virtual reality (VR) as it highly impacts the user’s sensation of presence and embodiment of an avatar representation while immersed in a virtual environment. To better understand this aspect, VR together partners Artanim performed an experiment to assess […]
VRTogether’s members are currently analysing the market to provide a wide vision of the current market and the expected evolution of the immersive audiovisual products. The objectives of this study are t: Shed light on changing behaviours and associated expectations in audio-visual consumption. Assess the market potential of the solutions developed within VRTogether group both […]