[ 2014 → 2020· vrlab.com· projects ]

Projects, 2014 → 2020

Four systems and two communities, 2014 → 2020.

Split screen: on the left, players in Quest headsets outside the Oculus Connect 6 venue; on the right, the robot avatars they control in the shared space.
[ 2019-09· OC6· San Jose· public arena ]
[ 2019-09 → 2020-08· system ]

VRLab Arena

Arena put several players in one virtual space on standalone Oculus Quest headsets, aligned with the room they shared; it was demonstrated at Oculus Connect 6 in 2019, with a public arena outside the convention center.

Developed by IHMC researchers working with VRLab.

A black portable computer case standing open, its built-in screen carrying the lab's 2015 mark above a fold-down keyboard.
[ 2015-09· Mobile VRLab Gen IV ]
[ 2015-08 → 2017-06· system ]

Mobile VRLab operator stations

Mobile VRLab was VRLab's line of portable PC-based VR stations: four generations from 2015 to 2017, with the Gen II and Gen III stations offered for sale in 2015 and a 16.5 lb, 500 W Gen IV operator station.

VRLab's own hardware line.

[ 2015 → 2020· community ]

ARVR Women

ARVR Women, a VRLab DBA, counted 4,825 Facebook group members and 1,765 Meetup members in its 2018 yearbook.

A VRLab DBA.

An OpenROV underwater drone with its electronics exposed on a workbench, a yellow tether attached.
[ 2014-10-19· San Francisco· RoVR build ]
[ 2014-10 → 2015-02· system ]

RoVR

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.

VRLab's own project, built on the open-source OpenROV platform.

[ 2014-08 → 2016-06· system ]

Shared-room mobile VR app

A Unity shared-room VR prototype for up to 10 users per room, built for Android and iOS, with Google Cardboard support by 2015-06-12.

VRLab's own project.

A shop window at night: three mannequins wearing VR headsets.
[ 2015-12-14· San Francisco· window display ]
[ 2014-05 → 2017· community ]

San Francisco VR meetups

From May 2014 VRLab ran a San Francisco VR meetup group that listed 894 members by October 2014, held demo nights and a lab forum, and set up a retail outlet for mobile VR headsets in a San Francisco store.

Organized by VRLab.

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