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[ 2014-10 → 2015-02· system ]

RoVR marine telepresence system

RoVR put an OpenROV underwater drone's live camera and telemetry into an Oculus DK2 headset, and was demonstrated at the SVVR holiday party at the Computer History Museum in December 2014.

prototype · 2014 → 2015

An OpenROV underwater drone with its electronics exposed on a workbench, a yellow tether attached.
[ 2014-10-19· San Francisco· RoVR build ]RoVR build: the OpenROV drone, opened up on the bench.

RoVR was a working prototype for underwater telepresence. It brought the live camera feed and telemetry of an OpenROV submarine drone into virtual reality on an Oculus DK2, with a heads-up display. VRLab assembled the drone and built the Unity project in October and November 2014, demonstrated it in December 2014 at the Silicon Valley Virtual Reality holiday party at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, and held a public cockpit-design meetup for it in February 2015.

What it is

  • An OpenROV drone's camera stream and telemetry, brought into a Unity scene (October–November 2014)
  • Viewed on an Oculus DK2 head-mounted display, with a heads-up display
  • Demonstrated at the SVVR holiday party, Computer History Museum, Mountain View, December 2014
  • A public cockpit-design meetup for it on 2015-02-19
  • A companion design study sketched a head-tracked remote camera on three servos (2014-11-17)
[ 2014· 2 photographs ]

From the bench to the Computer History Museum, 2014-10-19 → 2014-12

The OpenROV drone beside a laptop showing its camera feed, with an Oculus headset on the table.
[ 2014-12· Computer History Museum· Mountain View· RoVR demo ]RoVR at the SVVR holiday party: the drone, its live feed and the headset.
Close-up of a clear acrylic housing holding an LED light array, a camera and a yellow cable.
[ 2014-10-19· San Francisco· RoVR build ]The drone's camera and LED array inside its clear housing.
[ 2014 → 2015· record ]

3 dated items, 2014-10-18 → 2015-02-19

  1. [ 2014-10-18· San Francisco ]

    RoVR build session: the OpenROV drone is assembled and its first stereo viewer is written

  2. [ 2014-12· Computer History Museum· Mountain View ]

    RoVR marine telepresence demonstrated at the SVVR holiday party

  3. [ 2015-02-19· San Francisco ]

    Public meetup: RoVR Unity VR cockpit design