alice madness – Suraj at Samsung

App list - daydream

Good day! Music and work! Came late. Stayed till 1130ish.

The iMac is gone. Full Daydream day. Lots of apps.

Acrophobia VR – Have to show this to Arumani and Maya. The height changes can be felt, but the jump scare at the end was not a good idea, especially for someone with acrophobia.
InBody VR – This was very an interesting way to learn about the body, but the visuals and audio were not as synced as I would have expected. There were gaps when the audio would go like “Look at that…” and we would be looking around for what is happening, and since this is in VR, we would be looking around everywhere and the moment would have passed already. No proper cues. It was a little claustrophobic. Loved the eye chapter and the inverted image. The entire experience was of a low resolution, probably because this was made for the Cardboard.
Dark Walls VR – This was very scary, even though the renders were of a low quality. I could feel my heart rate increase with every passing moment. I kept looking behind me to see if there was something creeping up on me from behind. That was very interesting. VR is the best place for horror. It was so immersive because even when I turned back, I couldn’t see the real world, which would be the case usually when playing on a console or PC.
Google Spotlight Stories –
1. ‘Special Delivery‘ was brilliantly done, making use of space, music and art to deliver a very fun, Christmassy experience. It used the ‘Scooby Dooby Doors‘ well, the name of which I found out from here. What I did not like initially and then liked later was that I did not get to turn my heard around 360 for the full experience. It was kept in a comfortable range, which I am guessing is slightly more than the FOV of a human being. I also happened to stumble across the making video. It was made with the UPA – United Productions of America style of the 1970s.
2. The Simpsons – Planet of the Couches was the couch gag of the 600th episode of the Simpsons, done in VR. This was also interesting. It starts off with a frame and Lisa and Bart keep asking Homer “Is it VR yet?” and he keeps saying No when suddenly the trademark clouds fill up the screen with the titles coming in. We are made to rotate 360 with the title repeating itself, with a subtitle running with us saying “If you don’t have VR glasses, you miss everything”. Once inside, we have some interactive elements like Moe and more, who shoot out dialogues or sounds when we look at them. Triggered animations or sounds.
3. The third one was a VR video by the Gorillaz of Saturn Barz. The colors were wonderful and lots of action took place everywhere. The depth was really good. The train sequence was great.