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VALVE’S VR PHILOSOPHY
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THE FINAL PLATFORM
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WHAT IS ANOPEN PLATFORM?
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HOW IS AN OPEN PLATFORM GOOD?
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DESIGNED FOR INTEROPERABILITY
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HARDWARE IS SOFTWAREAGNOSTIC
SOFTWARE IS HARDWARE AGNOSTIC
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NO GATEKEEPERS
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PERMISSION TO EXPERIMENT
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HOW IS AN OPEN PLATFORM GOOD?
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NEW THING
HAPPY USERMORE USERS
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NEW TECH
IMPROVES TECH BASE
ALLOWSNEW THING
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WHY SHOULD VR BE OPEN?
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• FIELD OF VIEW• WEIGHT• COST• RESOLUTION• CAMERA PASS-THROUGH• EYE TRACKING• GETTING RID OF THE TETHER
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WHAT IS VALVE DOING TO MAKE VR OPEN?
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LIGHTHOUSE(STEAMVR TRACKING SYSTEM)
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“TRACKING”
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• Support for input
• Lots of objects
• Large tracking volume
• Improved privacy
• Shockingly precise
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300 PARTNERS (SO FAR)
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BASE STATION DEVELOPMENT
BOY/GIRL BATMAN ROBIN 2017 BASE
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Application Interface
Driver Interface
OpenVR
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Application
HardwareDriver
Application Interface
DriverInterface
OpenVRRuntime
(SteamVR)
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LOOKING FORWARD TO 2017
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INPUT DEVELOPMENT
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EVEN MORE INPUT FROM LIGHTHOUSE PARTNERS
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INVESTING IN VR
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WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK
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