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I'll definitely have to give that a read.

Have you seen this Marc Kushner talk? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hha0NsYXS5c&feature=share

Would love to hear what you think. He kind of argues that historical buildings are no longer the best ones nor the only way for us to build great things. And that "Architecture is not about math or zoning — it's about visceral emotions."

This is so sad, but true. I've talked with a lot of architects about how virtual reality can revolutionize the way they design and a lot of them always end up telling me that the visual portion is often overruled by the numbers. Especially when dealing with real estate developers its all about the bottom line.

My hope is virtual reality will bring the human element back into architecture.

I think the browser will be powerful enough for some simple VR experiences that consumers will want to engage with for <5mins. At least at the beginning. I've been working with the webVR stuff and have gotten a consistent 75 fps on an MBP, which is the DK2 limit. Not a 5 year old laptop, but also not a heavy gaming rig that Oculus expects people to own.

Maybe webVR won't be the way to get AAA titles in VR, but it will certainly lower the barrier to 1) development of VR content 2) distribution. I think webVR can do a lot for the adoption of VR without "poisoning the VR well."

hey there! I'm one of the InsiteVR co-founders. Thanks for sharing! If you have any feedback or want to talk about VR in general I'd love to chat: angel[at]insitevr.com

that's awesome! Love the idea of letting people choose between an image, lower fidelity image, and V-Ray stream.

Working on some web based VR stuff - would love to hear your thoughts: http://www.insitevr.com/

I disagree. I don't think AR is ready. Unless you want to type in what restaurant you're at so that your AR headset can give you that Yelp rating, I don't think we'll see what you're describing before VR hits the mainstream. You need to be capable of really fast + accurate computer vision to be able to passively get notifications regarding the world around you. The strides made to make VR possible will help AR in the long run.

I think this is part of the "hype" mentioned in the original comment. All the press seems to imply Magic Leap is creating a lightweight wearable capable of allowing someone to focus on different objects in a scene and with retina-like resolution.

I think seeing articles that sensationalize the $500k investment or call it an "Oculus Killer" are what cause some of this hype. Although, I wouldn't say it's necessarily a bad thing because VR isn't consumer ready yet and all these articles are creating an early buzz around VR. So in that sense, it has gone pretty mainstream.

One really interesting thing I've found is that people are more forgiving of something like Google Cardboard. They are also sometimes more excited by the fact they could see themselves buying and using a cardboard set + mobile device tomorrow vs the Oculus.

One architect who I showed some VR demos to told me the Oculus looks so cool and intense that it's sort of a let down when you try it on and feel nauseated. The cardboard on the other hand looks so cheap that when you try it on it surpasses your expectations. So if you feel sick you're more forgiving since it is after all just a piece of cardboard.

What about https://www.kimonolabs.com/ ? Makes it pretty easy to collect data and presents in a structured format (JSON).

Eerily similar to my current life. I quit 11 days ago, spent a week with my family, and now working on some personal projects.

Good luck!

As an undergrad I found myself thinking similarly. Looking back, I definitely think I rushed some things and agree with most people in this thread. The stuff you described won't and shouldn't be taught in schools. You're there to engage in thoughtful discourse that will help you come up with better solutions to the worlds problems. Node, RoR, etc. are just tools to make those ideas come to life. You can be a code monkey, but that doesn't make you a good software engineer. Find the right balance and I think you'll find the quality of your hacks will improve as well.

Wow this is fantastic. I think exposure to this kind of stuff is something that not enough kids get. It's not their fault and I'm glad to see somebody taking charge of spreading the word about tech.

I'm working on a hackathon to merge students (not just college) and professionals in NYC and would love to get in touch with you guys.