Difference between revisions of "Team:NYU Shanghai/VirtualReality"
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<li>Open "downloads" on your Android phone, tap on .apk file, and tap "yes" when prompted. The app will begin installing.</li> | <li>Open "downloads" on your Android phone, tap on .apk file, and tap "yes" when prompted. The app will begin installing.</li> | ||
<li>View the animations through a Google Cardboard.</li> | <li>View the animations through a Google Cardboard.</li> | ||
+ | <br>NOTE: Only works on Android 4.0 and above. Phone must have gyroscope, the VR will not work otherwise. We used Android S4 to run the program. | ||
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<img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2015/thumb/d/d6/NYU_Shanghai_Day_24.jpg/800px-NYU_Shanghai_Day_24.jpg" width="480"> | <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2015/thumb/d/d6/NYU_Shanghai_Day_24.jpg/800px-NYU_Shanghai_Day_24.jpg" width="480"> | ||
<img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2015/4/47/NYU_Shanghai_Day_8.jpg" width="480"> | <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2015/4/47/NYU_Shanghai_Day_8.jpg" width="480"> | ||
+ | <br><font color="#3cb">The Cardboard</font> provides a cheap and accessible venue to VR. The Google Cardboard can be bought for $25USD. Knock-off versions can be found for less than $5USD. You can also DIY the cardboard. The quality of the VR simulation will depend on the quality of the phone that runs the APK. | ||
+ | <br><font color="#3cb">The Oculus Rift</font> provides a more immersive, professional, and expensive experience. They can be bought for approximately $400USD. Your computer needs a good video processing card to run this program, otherwise the simulation will be choppy. We used a macbook pro to run the program. | ||
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