Augmented & Virtual Reality Confabulation
What Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality developers are talking about
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There are a growing number of ways to socialise in virtual reality (VR) which tend to be on the fun side of things, but what if you wanted to have an actual business meeting in VR? Well technology giant Cisco has entered the fray with an adaption of its Cisco Spark software, allowing user to meet, discuss projects and interact in a virtual world.
Currently available as an early access app for Oculus Rift with Touch, one of the main features in Cisco Spark in VR is its full integration with the standard version of Cisco Spark, so that all files, whiteboards, and features are readily available to VR users – you do need a Cisco Spark account which is free.
“Cisco Spark in VR is another way to access Cisco Spark content, just like the apps we have for the web, Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android. It runs on the Cisco Spark platform, using the same APIs, and is tightly integrated with the Cisco Spark application,” said Dr. Jens Meggers is Cisco’s Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Cloud Collaboration Technology Group (CCTG) in a blog posting. “You can grab, open, share, and present files – using just your hands. Using VR enhances the current (two-dimensional) collaboration environment, like being able to interact with a 3D model of a car engine, or stepping into an architectural design and see the building before any concrete is poured.
Because of this integration, businesses that own a Cisco Spark Board will be able to connect with user in VR so that whoever draws on the white all users will still be able to see it, all in real time.
At this stage Cisco Spark in VR is still experimental. As development continues VRFocus will keep you updated.
When you’re a company, especially a technology company the idea that you should ‘dream big’ is a relatively easy one. At least in theory. In practice of course it’s a little bit more difficult than it seems. For many though if you said to them make the company ‘go as far as you can’ they wouldn’t necessarily think upwards.
Today’s video shows what happens when a space traveler (Anousheh Ansari), a astronautics professor (David Barnhart), a hotel expert (Brian Kelly) and an interior designer (Nicole Hollis) come together. It may sound like the beginning of the joke but using Cisco Spark collaboration platform has resulted in the design of the very first space hotel. The ‘tour’, produced by studio Gentleman Scholar, takes the idea of space tourism to its end goal. With an orbital rest stop comprising a lobby, bedrooms, a dining area, an observation deck and even – somehow – a zero-G swimming pool which you need to see to wrap your head around.
“Late last year, both President Obama and Elon Musk announced plans for a trip to Mars, so this idea doesn’t seem that far fetched,” said Associate Partner and Creative Director Will Elliott from Goodby Silverstein & Partners (GS&P). “Our new campaign shows how Cisco Spark helps teams turn big ideas, such as the galaxy’s first space hotel, into reality.”
“What’s really interesting is today’s technology is enabling the move from fiction to fact,” added Barnhart, “We are all wanderers and explorers, and now it’s time for us to look outside to space.”
You can see the 360 degree video below ans well as a making-of film to show you what went into making it. VRFocus will, of course, be back on Monday with another trip- maybe not into space, but into Life In 360°.