Just going to write out some paragraphs on my interests and me
MY Skills:
Professionally, I am aiming for a career in Level Design and Blueprints with a focus on Virtual Reality software
I want to cover different areas of Gaming within a VR experience from the General Public Arcades, the high end Gaming Experiences with full Mountable Rigs, new Tech and Keynote Training for Industry.
What Things Interest Me:
What is my initial Idea for MA Study:
To progress my Knowledge and Experience in Unreal Engine 4 within VR Projects, i want to explore what a Gaming experience is over playing a general Virtual reality game, why people are paying for these experiences and what i can do to get into making them.
What Things will I be looking into? :
I have decided i must break this down into 3 categories
- Hardware :
- HTC Vive Pro/Oculus Rift Home- Currently the most powerful systems on the market.
- Lenovo Mirage Solo - This is a wireless system from the Chinese hardware developers, it is new on the market but the advancement for wireless play has taken my interest…. There is also talk of Microsoft, Steam and HTC creating their own Wireless Systems
- Cerevo Taclim - The Taclim system includes the world's first VR shoes “Taclim Shoes”, and a haptic feedback device “Taclim Module” with a built-in tactile device. “Taclim System” creates touch sensations and functions as a controller. - Taken from the KickStarter Website, these would advance the
- Software :
VR Cinema's - With the advancement of the 360 video and cinematic, there is a new market for VR cinema Experiences that can be done from the User's home.
VR Company Training - Creating In-house Training Software to help with the health and safety in operating through various professional Fields, general Training of new Members of staff upto training the Managers, this will give much more immersive training, unable to be done before.
Group Meeting and Social Spaces - The advancement in social spaces through Facebook and the VR Chat Rooms that have been created show that people are very interested in bringing the world together for talking to friends and family through to having work and team meeting with members of staff across the World.
- Games
VR Gaming Experiences - There is more and more of these Companies starting up in cities to bring the feel of an Arcade to the General Public
Multiplayer Games within Local Spaces- Playing in Local Space with Multiple VR Systems is currently a costly factor but these are being more and more possible from prices coming down and more games are being created to accompany this.
