Metaverse Working Group
Agenda & Meeting Minutes
Date: May 3, 2016
Time: 3:00 PM EST / 12:00 PST
Location: BlueJeans - Info TBD
Agenda
- Introductions for first time attendees
- Co-chair needed - volunteers?
- Updates on consumer VR hardware releases
- Internet2 Global Summit - Chicago - May 15-18, 2016
- Interest in seeking funding for VR hardware/standards development?
e.g. NSF Research Network Coordination (RCN) - http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15527/nsf15527.htm - Open Discussion
Meeting Minutes
In Attendance:
Ben Fineman, Internet2
Chris Collins, University of Cincinnati
Tom Pollock, Trinity College, Dublin
Eric Mazlowski, University of Michigan Library
- Introductions
- (Missed some of the initial discussion)
- Discussed the AltSpace experience from the last meeting
- Majority of MWG participants did not have VR devices to try the platform in VR, experience on 2D monitor was largely unremarkable
- In an unfortunate coincidence of timing, the Oculus Rift had a hardware update the same day as our AltSpace meeting, so Rift users who had not yet updated the firmware could not attend in the Rift
- Briefly discussed limitations of spatial audio for collaboration when people are exploring a virtual space
- Ben mentioned he'd heard of another collaboration platform, will forward when he finds more info about it
- All agreed to continue to look for additional platforms, Altspace was ok but would like to find a more open (standards/source) option, and ideally something more suited to professional collaboration
- Discussed benefits of the "psychosocial moratorium" of participating in avatar form, and industry interest in using VR for remote collaboration
- Interest in seeking funding for VR hardware/standards development?
- Discussed options to seek funding, agreed first goal would be to get members on a common VR hardware platform/ecosystem.
- cookbook/best practices guide;
- develop a rubric or framework for evaluating VR hardware/software platforms;
- evaluate collaboration platforms;
- federated identity and security in VR;
- Preliminary Timeline:
- May - Will discuss in-person at Internet2 Global Summit.
- June - Bring ideas and suggestions to June 7, 2016 meeting when project objectives will be determined, rough project outline draft in June
- July - Identify appropriate funding mechanisms and write proposals
- Upcoming Conferences
- iED 2016 Denver or Italy - http://immersiveeducation.org/i2016
- Internet2 Global Summit - Chicago - May 15-18, 2016
- Hardware/Software discussion
- Eric shared Microsoft Research video about Hololens and Holoportation:
- Eric shared Microsoft Research video about Hololens and Holoportation: