Augmented & Virtual Reality Confabulation
What Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality developers are talking about
Der TV-Serie Firefly war nur eine kurze Lebensdauer beschieden, nach einer Staffel war schon Schluss. Trotzdem erlang die Mischung aus Science Fiction und Western mit der Zeit Kultstatus, was zu dem abschließenden Film Serenity führte, der noch offene Fragen beantwortete. Nun bringt ein Fan nach jahrelanger Arbeit mit Serenity VR das Raumschiff der Firefly-Klasse für PC-Brillen in die virtuelle Realität.
Das Projekt von Kevin Tabar startete schon im Jahr 2014, damals noch auf der Oculus Rift DK2. Nun steht Serenity VR nach mehr als vier Jahren Arbeit als kostenloser Download bereit und soll mit jeder SteamVR-kompatiblen Brille wie Oculus Rift, HTC Vive und Windows Mixed Reality Headsets funktionieren. In der VR-Erfahrung können Fans der Serenity das legendäre Raumschiff erkunden und teilweise Objekte aufnehmen. Man kann sich beispielsweise ins Cockpit bewegen oder den Frachtraum untersuchen.
Um die Simulation zu entwickeln, setzte Tabar auf Blender und die Spiele-Entwicklungsumgebung Unity. Allerdings sollten sich Fans beeilen, die VR-Erfahrung herunterzuladen, wie Road to VR anmerkt, da sie aus rechtlichen Gründen schnell wieder verschwinden könnte. Wie dem auch sei, Serenity VR macht Lust darauf, sich Film und Serie erneut anzusehen. Wer sie noch nicht kennt: Auf Netflix und via Amazon Prime können Abonnenten die Serie Firefly derzeit streamen, der abschließende Film Serenity steht derzeit nicht im Abo-Stream zur Verfügung.
(Quelle: Road to VR)
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Serenity, the firefly-class spaceship from cult TV show Firefly (2002) and film Serenity (2005), is now full explorable in VR.
With many years in the making, Unity developer and 3D environmental artist Kaveh Tabar’s Serenity VR fan project is finally here. Starting out in 2014, Tabar originally designed Serenity for the Oculus Rift DK2.
Now more than four years later, Tabar has released the project, which includes the cockpit, mess, cargo hold, engine room, infirmary area and crew quarters.
The fully-explorable Serenity supports SteamVR headsets including Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Windows “Mixed Reality” VR headsets. According to Tabar, “any HMD with SteamVR support should work.” The experience contains a number of items strewn about that you can pick up using your VR system’s motion controllers. In all, it’s a awesome way to pay homage to the series that went off the air far too soon.
Considering the litigious state of intellectual property, it would better to grab it sooner rather than later, lest Serenity VR befall the same fate of the numerous unlicensed VR experiences based on franchises such as Blade Runner and Star Trek.
You can download Tabar’s Serenity VR here.
The post ‘Serenity VR’ Fan Project Lets You Step Aboard The Most Famous Firefly-class Ship appeared first on Road to VR.
Serenity, the firefly-class spaceship from cult TV show Firefly (2002) and film Serenity (2005), is now full explorable in VR.
With many years in the making, Unity developer and 3D environmental artist Kaveh Tabar’s Serenity VR fan project is finally here. Starting out in 2014, Tabar originally designed Serenity for the Oculus Rift DK2.
Now more than four years later, Tabar has released the project, which includes the cockpit, mess, cargo hold, engine room, infirmary area and crew quarters.
The fully-explorable Serenity supports SteamVR headsets including Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Windows “Mixed Reality” VR headsets. According to Tabar, “any HMD with SteamVR support should work.” The experience contains a number of items strewn about that you can pick up using your VR system’s motion controllers. In all, it’s a awesome way to pay homage to the series that went off the air far too soon.
Considering the litigious state of intellectual property, it would better to grab it sooner rather than later, lest Serenity VR befall the same fate of the numerous unlicensed VR experiences based on franchises such as Blade Runner and Star Trek.
You can download Tabar’s Serenity VR here.
The post ‘Serenity VR’ Fan Project Lets You Step Aboard The Most Famous Firefly-class Ship appeared first on Road to VR.
Actor Nathan Fillion partnered with Firefly co-star Alan Tudyk to launch a digital series called Con Man, which now includes a free mobile game. Fillion takes us behind the scenes of Comic Con, and explains why fans have it so much better today than he did as a fan boy growing up.
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