{"id":829,"date":"2016-01-27T23:46:20","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T21:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lviz.org\/?p=829"},"modified":"2016-01-27T23:46:20","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T21:46:20","slug":"vr-first-initiative-by-crytek-aims-to-create-vr-labs-at-universities-around-the-globe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lviz.org\/?p=829","title":{"rendered":"VR First initiative by Crytek aims to create VR labs at universities around the globe"},"content":{"rendered":"
Crytek<\/a>, a company famous for its first person computer games with vast landscape areas in cutting edge visual quality, has launched the VR First Initiative<\/a>. Objective of the initiative is to support universities around the globe in launching Virtual Reality (VR) labs, where the next generation of computer programmers and designers can practice. <\/p>\n

I’ve been involved in a couple of visualisation labs at European and Canadian universities and it was always the biggest challenge to manage and update the hardware over time. When the first Oculus Rift came out, I already wondered whether we could replace resource intense facilities such as visualisation domes (360\u00ba projection domes) with rather affordable and easy to update VR glasses. It looks as if Crytek is implementing this approach on an interconnected global scale now and with their knowledge in visualisation, this will be a most interesting initiative to watch. <\/p>\n