Boston TechJam 2015 – Showing Oculus Rift with View and Data API

Hey! I will be down at the local Boston TechJam 2015 later today. We were asked to demo Oculus Rift and will show a sample running the Autodesk View and Data API.Stop by and introduce yourself if you are in town. :-)

I will be sharing some links and am posting them here:

Autodesk public Virtual Reality research includes these sites, that are using the View and Data API Large Model Viewer:

• Anyone can use the http://vr.autodesk.io  site with your own device
  • google cardboard, yay3d, etc.
  • Another one under development/research is http://vrok.it
  • General info on View and Data API is here:
    http://developer.autodesk.com and http://developer-autodesk.github.io/

• We have a prototype AutoCAD plugin sample for viewing solids in Oculus: http://adndevblog.typepad.com/autocad/2015/03/integrating-autocad-with-oculus-rift-dk2.html
• There is a 3^rd Party Maya plugin for Oculus. http://moculus.io/index.php

• 3ds Max and Maya both have stereo cameras, so may be possible to bring into Oculus. Not time to research the best approach here yet.

• Device info:
  • Oculus (developer kit only at the moment) http://www.oculus.com
  • Google Cardboard: http://www.google.com/get/cardboard/
  • Dodocase: http://www.dodocase.com/products/google-cardboard-vr-goggle-toolkit
  • Yay3d: http://www.yay3d.com/ (iPad mini and Nexus support)
  • Goggle tech: http://goggletech.net/ (we are trying these now)

• Other cool #3dweb sites:
  • http://mozvr.com/ (Mozilla VR browser! Oculus support built-in)
  • http://www.google.com/get/cardboard/ (Google Cardboard with pointers to apps, etc.)
  • http://www.3dwebfest.com/  (Festival held in SF, will happen again!)
  • https://www.mixamo.com/store/#/ (Checkout their WebGL viewer with animation!)
  • http://www.iamnop.com/particles/ (Cool sample)
  • http://www.visualiser.fr/Babylon/character/ (Using character from Autodesk 3ds Max)
  • http://seemore.playcanvas.com/ (Cool online walkthrough)
  • http://www.mountainsofmouthness.com/ (3d Mountains reading live tweet feed!)
  • http://lights.helloenjoy.com/ (Cool sample put to some current pop music.)