Tag Archives: DK2

Testing Second Life Oculus Rift Viewer 4.1.0.313313

Posted on July 4, 2016 by bat

On 1st July 2016 Linden Lab released a first version of their Oculus Rift Viewer version 4.1.0.313313 which is meant to work with the newer Oculus runtime 1.3 and hence to support the CV1 consumer version of the Oculus Rift. … Continue reading →

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Unity and VR

Posted on September 7, 2015 by bat

This blog post documents some simple steps to get an initial Virtual Reality (VR) application built in Unity 5 to display and be controlled via the Oculus Rift DK2 Head Mounted Display (HMD) using Windows 10, Unity 5.2 and Oculus … Continue reading →

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3D Stereo Photography

Posted on June 22, 2015 by bat

Harlyn Baker, a long term colleague and friend, visited Edinburgh on 19th June 2015. Harlyn did his M.Phil at Edinburgh, supervised by Prof. Donald Michie and Dr. Harry Barrow, my own supervisors. He completed his PhD at the University of … Continue reading →

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Using vorpX for Oculus Rift with FSX

Posted on April 16, 2015 by bat

This blog post describes tests of trying to use the “vorpX” (http://vorpx.com) drivers to allow games and applications on Windows to run on the Oculus Rift to provide a 3D virtual reality experience. Flight Simulator X (FSX) from Microsoft and … Continue reading →

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Ringworld in Celestia

Posted on March 16, 2015 by bat

I have previously written in a blog post about the wide range of educational space and spaceflight simulators that have been created by educators, scientists and open source user communities. One of these was Celestia and its many educational and … Continue reading →

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Digital Education Visit to Informatics Virtual Wonderland

Posted on December 8, 2014 by bat

The Digital Education team in the School of Education and the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh have worked together over the last decade on a range of virtual worlds and immersive experience activities relevant to research, learning … Continue reading →

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IS Visit to Virtual Reality Facilities in Informatics

Posted on December 1, 2014 by bat

A visit to Informatics of those interested in virtual reality and virtual worlds for education in the University of Edinburgh Information Services (IS) took place on 1st December 2014. One of the visitors was Fiona Hale (nee Littleton) who helped … Continue reading →

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Oculus Rift DK2 – Helix Roller Coaster

Posted on October 27, 2014 by bat

Helix in VR image above by The Virtual Dutchmen For those with the stomach, there is a well modelled VR experience of riding the Helix Rollercoaster situated at Liseberg’s amusement park in Gothenburg, Sweden, produced by the Virtual Dutchmen (part … Continue reading →

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Oculus Rift DK2 – Oil Rig on OpenSim in CtrlAltStudio Viewer

Posted on October 27, 2014 by bat

Using David Rowe’s CtrlAltStudio Viewer (1.2.2.41206 Alpha 3), a variant of Firestorm 4.6.5 with added Oculus Rift DK1 and DK2 and Stereoscopic 3D display modes, on the AiLand grid based on OpenSimulator. hop://ai.vue.ed.ac.uk:8002/Oil%20Rig/128/128/20 Visiting the Robert Gordon’s University (RGU) oil … Continue reading →

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Oculus Rift DK2 – Supercar at Calton Hill

Posted on October 27, 2014 by bat

More testing of the Oculus Rift DK2 in Second Life using the Linden Labs Project Viewer 3.7.18 (295296). Check if a later version has been released. This version uses Oculus SDK 0.4.2 Beta so still works with the Rift DK2 … Continue reading →

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Oculus Rift DK2 – Project Viewer 3.7.18.295296

Posted on October 15, 2014 by bat

On 15th October 2014 Linden Lab released an Oculus Rift compatible version of the Second Life “Project Viewer” which can be installed alongside the main official released viewer. The Rift viewer has version number 3.7.18.295296. At present the Rift DK2 … Continue reading →

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Oculus Rift DK2 – Linden Lab Rift Project Viewer

Posted on September 5, 2014 by bat

The Linden Lab Rift project viewer is being updated by “VoidPointer Linden” to work with the Oculus Rift DK2 and testing is now taking place. VoidPointer is an enthusiast about the possibilities of the Rift with Second Life and also … Continue reading →

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High Fidelity Alpha Tests – Experiments with Oculus Rift DK2

Posted on August 25, 2014 by bat

The HiFi Interface supports “VR Mode” in which the display can be shown on the Rift full screen when using “Extended Desktop” mode. It is not yet functioning with the “Direct to Rift” mode due to issues with the current … Continue reading →

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Oculus Rift DK2 – CtrlAltStudio Viewer Tests

Posted on August 20, 2014 by bat

David Rowe (twitter: @CtrlAltDavid) has released an early experimental version of his CtrlAltStudio Viewer for Second Life and OpenSim which can support the Oculus Rift DK2. The viewer already supported 3D stereoscopic displays for the NVidia 3D Vision (with active … Continue reading →

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Oculus Rift DK2 Setup and Test

Posted on July 30, 2014 by bat

Prior to using the Oculus Rift DK2 headset, the firmware in the delivered headset must be updated to version 2.11 using the “Oculus Configuration Utility”. This also allows “per user” profiles to be set up to fine tune use of … Continue reading →

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Oculus Rift DK2 Arrives

Posted on July 29, 2014 by bat

After being ordered on 19th March 2014, the Oculus Rift DK2 finally arrived in Edinburgh on 29th July 2014. Testing now begins. Image from Oculus VR, LLC SDK 0.4 Beta

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