2015 Facebook F8 - Michael Abrash 'Why Virtual Reality Will Matter to You'

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Michael Abrash's 2015 Facebook F8 talk on why virtual reality will matter. It includes live demonstrations of how the brain handles depth, color, motion and sound, and what it will take to reach convincing VR.

HN people recommend it for its demonstrations of how the brain interprets perception, and quote its estimate of the resolution needed for retinal VR.

“It is a fascinating talk where he provides a number of interesting demonstrations regarding how the brain interprets information”
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@Arjuna2015 · in “Jump – Experiences like you're actually there”
You might be interested in this talk that Michael Abrash gave about 2 months ago at Facebook F8 [1]. It starts at around 00:42:20. It is a fascinating talk where he provides a number of interesting demonstrations regarding how the brain interprets information, including depth perception, color interpretation, movement, auditory cues [2] etc. Highly recommended. [1] ▶ this video [2] Absolutely fascinating. What you hear depends on what you are looking at, not just on what you are hearing. This demonstration starts at approximately 01:02:00 - ▶ this video
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@uptown2015 · in “2015 Facebook F8 Michael Abrash 'Why Virtual Reality Will Matter to You'”
Submitted the video to Hacker News.
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@Strom2021 · in “New report on Apple’s VR headset: 8K in each eye, potential $3k price tag”
Depends on the field of view angle you want to achive, but 8K is unlikely to be enough. Back in 2015 Michael Abrash said: In order for it to have retinal resolution across a field of view of 180 degrees it would have to have something on the order of 16K by 16K resolution [per eye]. [1] -- [1] ▶ this video
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