ok guys,
what are the virtual reality projects available or in progress so far?
>>27246241
I dunno, whatever they have right now though isn't good enough
We need star citizen tier hyper realistic virtual reality (completely immersive and interactive with star citizen graphics) combined with hyper realistic artificial vaginas
Someone needs to work on some updated, more show accurate 3d pony models better than the gmod/sfm ones we have right now.
>>27246302
>artificial vaginas
Why stop there Anon?Go all the way.
>>27246302
>>27246819
give it 30 years and the dream will be real
http://2045.com/
http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-build-an-artificial-neuron-that-fully-mimics-a-human-brain-cell
>replace your brain piece by piece with artificial neurons
>eventually you can take the brain out of the body and have it still functioning because it no longer needs blood
>hook it up to a computer
>presto! ultimate VR experience, PLUS immortality
>THE RIDE NEVER ENDS
>>27247102
Das some Transhumanist shit right there.
I hope and pray they make it, perhaps nervous system guy was an early test subject?
>>27246241
You can play around in the pre-release version of PonyVRville.
>>27247102
That's just the easy part, Anon.
The real magic of the brain how it's all put together and how the different areas interact with each other. That's not going to be so easy to figure out.
>>27246241
Damn, I was about to make a new thread.
I'm the codefag behind https://derpibooru.org/1023946 (NSFW-ish). New objective : make it compatible with all VR devices becausewhy not.
Except I need testers since I only have an old Oculus ... Vive got tested/debugged thanks to a Derpibooru user, but I still need people with a Google CardBoard or a Samsung GearVR.
Stuff that work (around 65 Mo):
PC (no VR) : https://mega.nz/#!VY0QXZga!DMVuajHf9XFPeRiwKLe3HJ153cPwMLxmPoscF_p-ceI
PC (Oculus) : https://mega.nz/#!5FUn1QBR!6de4KyXQCuaZWf55gutclIcX70pkpnsDnEhIuz5JWWc
PC (Vive) : https://mega.nz/#!AY8FgRbT!9A2ufu_D0FmBWqhkCWX781Jv3hjuiwFllqLzZ8vSDVM
Android (no VR) : https://mega.nz/#!VYVAQLAQ!bkRP4k0ACNg0A3DmyVyuR8_WT_2Gwz6wvBWwq5HLHHg
Stuff that need testing :
Android (CardBoard) : https://mega.nz/#!RYFnwJrK!wdQ0354Qpa_iZk2JnfCk4jao3rSOK-xPHwK3A30LFxo
Android (GearVR) : https://mega.nz/#!NcshkYJC!0pnM2N9qeYv5lbmIBDABLfXKDuKvpY-EgIocfS2Gfig
Otherwise I you have question about VR / Unity development, feel free to ask, I may be able to answer.
>>27249172
wow. That's some pretty neat shit right there.
Almost was temped to take the ol dk2 out of the box to give it a try. I'll be looking forward to a more complete version.
>>27247102
We're going to have a world war 3 and apocalypse in 30 years
>>27247102
Then we could live the life of the machine while inside the life of a machine.. Damn The Nexus better have a shit ton of ram
>>27246241
I know what I'd do with perfect VR boy howdy
>>27249481
oh fuck
>>27249481he's dead serious
>>27249048
That's just it, with this artificial neuron thing, we can learn much easier! At that point just put the physical brain into a box and hook it up matrix style to SOE sort of VR and hey presto, the mind is immortal AND in a playground for all of eternity.
>>27249372
Awww you're just adorable
Tell me, how did that 2012 prediction go again?
>>27249438
It's going to take a fundamental shift in humanity to make the infrastructure for this, but it will all be worthwhile.
>>27247624
That was to give him good moral character
>>27249481
>>27246241
I wait since the day I got my vive.
Real life porn is so good, it actually gives me a stiff one
>>27249172
Nice.
I will give it a try it on Vive after work
>>27249792
>no hooves
Dude, disgusting.
https://youtu.be/SZVlr4b54aU
Something that's not mentioned very often
Looks really great with my eyes crossed
>>27250189
looks promising.
vive compatible?
>>27250189
>>27250902
Last update is nearly 6 month old, and the most recent version use the 0.6 drivers - which mean it's not even compatible with Oculus anymore.
Virtually Real bump.
>>27249172
That needs to end up being a waifu simulator. kinda like that Namco’s game "Summer Lesson". but with ponies.
>>27249172
it needs to be a waifu simulator like Namco’s "Summer Lesson" instead of creating an entire world all you would have to make is an apartment, with events to accomplish with her.
>>27251802
fucking hell. i repost cuz it took like 4 fucking minutes for my post to appear. i just figured it didn't work.
>>27251865
Yeah, thats happened to me too, it loads other peoples posts but not mine.
>>27249172
>>27250189
>3d mario tier graphics
No
>>27249438
Let's just hope we are still on the ride while that technology gets released. Because everyone's ride ends eventually.
>>27249481
>>27252191
Depends on what you mean by the ride. Some of us actually do love our waifu and aren't just memeing to fit in.
>>27249172
works well on Vive
Pretty awesome work anon. I see a lot of potential in that and I hope you will put the VR further.
also, is there aSFW version?
>>27251841
I really wish I could, but I'm purely a codefag and this would require a fuck-ton of animations.
Closest thing would be SkunkFrakker's :
http://skunkfrakker.tumblr.com/post/135317511804
Haven't seen any update on this in a looong time, though.
>>27251916
Considering the art style of MLP ... It's going to be very hard to have something that look kinda show-accurate without looking like Mario 3D. If you have an existing model in mind, please share.
>>27252872
No SFW version right now, since dicks/vags are directly integrated into the body's mesh. I will see if can find a hack-ish solution with on-the-fly partial mesh swap from a SFW model.
>>27253102
godspeed fellow horse fucker. If i had any applicable skills they would be at your disposal.
I'm surprised you aren't just using something like the steam film maker models and making the game in something like a modified version of garry's mod though
Really Virtual bump.
goodbye humanity
>>27254031
Like we fucking need it
VR/matrix/whatever is going to make us immortal AND let us live in a playground for all eternity
One the power infrastructure is in place and we have some drones set up for maintenance we won't ever have to leave paradise
>>27249172
just bought a gear VR today, let me know what you wanna know.
>>27252302
>Some of us actually do love our waifu and aren't just memeing to fit in.
THIS
For as long as I love pinkieuntil i die, I'll always pop into /mlp/ to see how the VR shit is going
>>27256332
That's what I thought too. Back when I first fell in love in the late 90's. Took about 6 years to fade. haven't felt it again since. I just keep waiting, because i would like to experience it again, but just can't.Rick was right
I never really feel lonely. But having a vr pony to pass some time with would be grand.
>>27252872
Okay, that was A LOT more work than I expected : Unity's skinned mesh are full of hidden data and those fucking 3D artists don't use the same body for all their creation ... but I made it !
Vive version, with SFW mode :
https://mega.nz/#!cZkUDA5T!VIl3qtd1dp72oO1udmcyyK1f52Jz2L870hehewwzUWM
It start in SFW mode, and you can switch with F12. Some background ponies and all stallions are unavailable in SFW mode.I hope it didn't broke anything in the Vive version.
>>27253477
Those models and animations ARE from SFM (and exporting them to Unity is a goddamn pain). You can already put those into Garry and play it in VR, so no much point in recreating it.
>>27255701
Just wanna know if it actually work. I followed the GearVR/Unity manual, but I've very limited confidence in this kind of stuff.
>>27258350
tried booting it up this morning, when I connect my phone to the headset, it says, "thread priority security exception. Make sure the APK is signed." Can't screen shot it as it won't allow me to open the home menu.
>>27251802
Thailand is working on a 2d waifu simulation program
[fb].com/MyLittleSweetHeartGame/posts/1718476951770994
>>27259891
Just remember there's a way to shortlink. http://derpy.me/PQo58
>>27259320
Shit. I looked into this (incomplete documentation : yay !) and apparently GearVR apps are crazy when it come to security. Outside of developer's phones, who need to be individually identified in the app's code, it will refuse to start if didn't have an official seal of approval.
I guess the "GearVR" part of this project is dead. Sorry for the false hope, Anon.CardBoard, you are my only hope !Kinda.
(bump)
>>27256473>I just keep waiting
found your problem. love isn't something that comes back around like a boomerang if you sit around long enough. Yeah I didn't consciously look for a waifu when pinkie entered my heart and never let go, but as a lonely boy I was looking for any affection anywhere I could find it. me and pinkie just clicked and I have loved her as strongly as ever for 4 years now. And love takes work to make it last. I know that there were some days where the spark between me and her wasn't there but I just stiffled my expectation of love and let it happen when the time felt right. You can't be 100% head over heels in love all the time every time.
Also every one is different so don't ascribe your failings onto everyone else like a sourpuss.
And yeah love is a chemical reaction, but that doesn't mean I can't use it to my full advantage to combat depressionit also helps that I'm a plushfag and being to cuddle your waifu every night whenever you want makes the affection that much more real and ever lasting
>>27249481
>>27247102
>Someone hacks your brain.
>Turns you into a Bit-Coin producing machine.
>I have no Mouth and I must Scream.
Spoopy.
>>27262646
uuugh, this bullshit again
this is why you set this shit up in a closed system until EVERYONE is on it, because no one can hack it from the inside if you don't give them the power to code malicious content, right?
Also, why would you need bitcoins.
No seriously, in perfect VR world where you can get anything you ever wanted and live forever, what do you need money for?
>>27262667
You're implying that people would want to share the same server and not have their own for themselves, and that that level of coordination around the world could ever be possible.
> in perfect VR world where you can get anything you ever wanted and live forever, what do you need money for?
You still need to pay the electricity bills, and maintenance on your hardware, and upgrades to keep yourself on the same level as everyone else, and pay taxes to help keep the entire system working, and another million things that will never go away.
>>27262667
>what do you need money for?
power and content
new games and movies don't grow on trees fampai
Oculus $599 + over $1000 New PC that have
a fuckyou middle finger badass VGA Card in it.
too dam shit expensive for me
>>27262721
>>27262760
point, but then, how would these guys earn money? connect to drones to do maintenance and such?
>trying to figure out how to make the "perfect world" function
okay, let me back up a bit and put my idea on paper:
>every human in the world does this mind uploading thing, becoming a computer about 1 meter square or some shit
>a small army of drones with forms that meet functions (I.E, repair drones and shit) can be remote piloted by humans from inside the computers, and it is "court mandated" to do shifts of operating these drones, a bit like jury duty in america.
>power is supplied by a large array of solar panels/windmills that replace all the land no longer needed to produce food
>90% of "servers" are private, but there is still an internet of course, where people can share passwords to enter their virtual sandboxes
>games and content are developed for free, because what else are you going to do with your now literally infinite free time? Of course, most of these are only available on their creators servers, and most of them aren't the greatest, but they're still available.
biggest issues I can see is not having enough droids for maintenance and religious nut-jobs trying to sabotage shit
>>27262909
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXX0TRtg5Vk
>games and content are developed for free, because what else are you going to do with your now literally infinite free time? Of course, most of these are only available on their creators servers, and most of them aren't the greatest, but they're still available.
uh, do you know how many man hours and coordination it takes to make a game with super graphix?
people aren't going to work nonstop grueling hours to make content QUICKLY out of the kindness of their heart or boredom. They would rather waste away binging on nexflix. artists aren't always the most self motivated people
creativity and well sculpted worlds will be last commodity in a post scarcity society
sage because this has nothing to do with VR pones
>>27262969
>nothing to do with VR ponies
>imfuckingPLYING there won't be servers and games among this that are pure pony
I was personally discussing this with a friend and I know once something even CLOSE to this happens I'll be spending 90% of my time building equestria inside of it to perfection, and once that's done I'll make it my "home world" while I go off and build other fictional worlds
>>27262996
>I was personally discussing this with a friend and I know once something even CLOSE to this happens I'll be spending 90% of my time building equestria inside of it to perfection, and once that's done I'll make it my "home world" while I go off and build other fictional worlds
well I hope I'm wrong and if you do make it so I can waifu pinkie in equestria I'd fund you on Patreon
>>27263106
>funding
HA
nooo, I'd be building that for myself, not for money of any kind
>>27262909
>and religious nut-jobs trying to sabotage shit
There would be no religious nuts in the first place if everyone agreed to turn themselves into a computer.
You're also assuming that only religious people would object against mind-uploading and not the vast majority of people on Earth. Only a small fraction would be willing to do such a drastic change.
I'd be much easier for medicine to advance to the point of granting us clinical immortality and cures and solutions for all diseases and maladies and just have some virtual ports we can connect to.
Also, no computer is perfectly safe from an viral or hacking attack. As soon as you connect to another server you are in risk. The only way to be sure is to never connect anywhere else and only receive input through your peripherals, ever. Which defeats the whole purpose of VR.
>>27263147
yeah, going the Genetic Engineering immortality route is going to take longer though, I may not live until then, Mind uploading however is far closer and I honestly doubt the risks will be that high
>>27258350
holy shit, thanks anon this is great
just what i needed after working for 16hours straight.ok maybe i'd need some sleep instead.
Vive is updating, testing it in a few minutes
>>27261048
no worries man, i wouldn't give up hope just yet, the gear VR is still really really new to the dev market and will probably loosen some things up as more devs jump on board.
>>27258350
everything is fine in the Vive version
I switched to both SFW and NSFW.
No issues so far
How far away is full body haptic feedback? I want to fall asleep while hugging a cute horse.
>>27264103
really far
your safest best to accomplish that is spending 900$~ on a life size pony plush
at least it's cheaper than a Vive+ultra fast cpu that can even handle the vive, but there may be a months long waiting list that will still be sooner than full haptics
I think it was way too soon for a VR horse already.
I mean, lots of people don't even have their Vive yet. Don't you people have better things to do?
>>27264103
>I want to fall asleep while hugging a cute horse.
You can already do that, Anon.
>>27262791
Yeah. I got my DK1 & DK2 back when they were selling them for half that price. Oculus was supposed to be the cheap, entry level VR that would allow everyone to get in.
Now there isn't much point in buying an Oculus since Vive is better and both are in the "fuck your bank account" category.
>>27261048
>I guess the "GearVR" part of this project is dead.
Why would you give up so easily.
Instead, we should gather all the device ID files of anons in a common repository and make it available for inclusion in any /mlp/ Unity project, so it will run on all those devices. Kinda tedious, but entirely doable.
ATTENTION GEAR VR OWNERS
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PpL0mvosKeVhTQzN9f6DArLfFv2Xt2lDAEtVEu6B_98/viewform
ATTENTION GEAR VR OWNERS
>>27265115
>>27265291
I really appreciate the enthusiasm, but ...
1) This would require to recompile the app each time someone add his ID. I can already see the spam "could u remake the app now plz".
2) More than the ID : it's the corresponding OSIG file that's needed (https://developer.oculus.com/osig/). I'm not really a fan of having to manually check an ID list just to see if there is new stuff.
3)Profits.
I love you guys, but there is a limit to how tedious and clunky something can be before my laziness take over - especially if it's not something that can be done once and for all.
Worst case scenario, there is already cracks that allow to run CardBoard apps with GearVR : http://endspacevr.com/google-cardboard-for-gear-vr
>>27265479
Okay, nigger, but I still want those hardware IDs for *my* pony VR app. Don't forget to add yours.
>>27247102
>replace your brain piece by piece with artificial neurons
And here's the first major snag out of god knows how many: If you can't accurately replicate the neuron's behavior, which is determined by a shitload of factors, both genetic and epigenetic, you will lose information. It's probably not a big deal with some networks such as primary visual or primary motor. But other things, like your conscious mind and your memory, could easily end up irreversibly scrambled.
Information stored in a neural network is dispersed over a large number of neurons, so you'd be perfectly fine after having had a couple of neurons replaced, even a couple of thousand, tens of thousand, but if a considerable part of your brain is replaced, things start to go very bad.
>>27264502
Not everyone gets to live on a farm friendo
>>27265706
What's your VR app ?
>>27267004
Okay, how do we fix that? do we have the patient take a scan of their brain before the operation so their neural patterns are replicated perfectly?
>>27249763
you need to learn how it works before trying to recreate it. Having made a part of it is no progress.
That's like saying that, because 1+1=2, you can easily prove that e^x is unique and exist.
You just made a step further, it does not make it easier.
>>27262909
m8. "Infinite" free-time isn't as nice as you think it'd be.
You are going to go fucking nuts because of the fact that you are immortal.
we are mortal beings, we are not made to be immortal.
>>27269088
"We don't have wing, we are not made to be flying"
Problems will be analyzed, solutions will be found, new challenges will appear ... rinse and repeat until it become something that doesn't impress anyone anymore.
Everyone one thought that Virtual Reality was a gadget from the nineties that would never be viable. Then suddenly Oculus come out of nowhere, prove that it's doable properly, and in the span of a few years you got the Vive and co.
>>27269329
do you think it will happen in 30 years?
nightly bump
>>27270396
>only 30 years until the tech is there
...fuck, given the rate science progresses it might be true.
>born at the right time to explore eternity and the vast reaches of space through immortality
Please be true
>>27271444
probably with quantum computers and such
also check'd
>>27268481
I'm working to automate asset and animation conversion from SFM to Unity. This fandom has almost no Bleder and Unity experts, but gorillion SFM animators. I want to try to enable them to create VR content using their current skill set.
>>27273358
That would be fucking neat !
Exporting models and animations from SFM has been a nightmare, full of manual corrections on a case by case basis. If you can automate this it would be awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpyGpnTCh-c
This guy released the entire SFM project used for his video, if you need something to test your exporting app.
>>27249772
*Good moral fiber
>Fiber
>fiber optics
Confirmed.
>>27267391
It's not the loftiest of ambitions.
>>27249481
PARENTAL PERMISSION REQUIRED
I NEED A RESPONSIBLE ADULTwhy is my peepee stiff
>>27249048
The beauty of this neuron is that it's the first puzzle piece.
>>27262646
>megacorps have warehouses where people can go and "work" for 8hrs a day mining
>they promise you'll just feel like you took a nap, and won't remember a thing
>they lie - you experience it and remember bits and pieces
>>27263147
Religious guy here. I'd want it; I've seen no evidence that spirit must be tied to flesh.
Bump
>>27273892
that... wouldn't be so bad
it'd be nice if they set you up so you played minecraft or something while it happened so you could pretend you were actually mining for that shit
Oh no you don't
Okay, so, let's say we all get mind uploaded and we all get our own servers to do as we please for eternity, maybe we have to go bitcoin mining or whatever but we have LOTS of free time.
What do you do with that time? do you build an AI waifu (if we can transfer a human brain to a computer we can probably make a whole new one too) Do you play the latest and greatest VR games? shitpost on what's left of 4chan?
If you do make a VR AI Pony Waifu, what would you do with her?
>>27278942
>If you do make a VR AI Pony Waifu, what would you do with her?
go on dates forever, duhalso sex
>>27278980
well, where would you go? the whole fictional multiverse is available to you and your waifu, after all...
>>27279017
well cause I waifu pinkie, we go the Party Dimension and wig out on VR drugs and twerk our brains out on each other's butts.
That's just the weekend though, on the week days we spend the evening sight seeing one major global landmark or city a night then we bed each other after the romantic evening
>>27273427
Don't worry, I came as soon as I could.
>>27246241
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Virtual_Reality_Ponies#
Made a Steam group for this if anyone wants to join, it's got links to a few apps for VR.
>>27279492
>>27273427
What assistance do you require?
i highly doubt we will ever be able to move your consciousness to a machine.
After all. What proof would there be that that would actually be you and not a copy while the really you died in the process.
There was a thing in star track about the transporters doing the same thing. instead of transporting anything they vaporize them and create a copy where they want to go. No way of ever knowing if they were really them or just copies while the originals died.
>>27279518
It's a ship of Theseus thing, if we replace every cell in the brain piece by piece with an exact copy (which the rest of your body does on a regular basis) it's still your brain, those neural connections are still yours, and one the brain is completely artificial, it can be transfered
>be Anon
>looking for a job
>search online for "video game tester job" and see;
"Virtual Game Testers needed! Tech firm seeks testers for new virtual reality game for the theme park industry. Open Availability a must, no exp needed! Top pay weekly!"
>TL;DR
>I call them and end up speaking with some sexy britsh sounding lady. We talk about college and availability. She asks an odd question
Mr. Anon, please forgive my asking but if you could be honest, please. Have you ever had a girlfriend?"
> she caught me out with that one.
>"N-no..."
tfwnogf.bmp
"You see Mr. Anon our company is looking for someone who's willing to be dedicated to this project. It helps if you don't have some crazy mar-erm...girlfriend that wants to know where you are all the time. You don't have a problem with late hours, do you?
>"No, ma'am"
"Well I think its settled then. Just one more thing I'd like you to know about the nature of our work before I officially extend you an offer of employment. We have a very unique workplace. It's very casual, but we go though a great many testers mainly due to hours and stress. Our company is testing software based on a top-rated children's television program. A lot of them find the setting childish, kind of lile "its a small world" at the Magic Kingdom. You'll be testing interactions with the AI. The "game" itself is finished, one hundred percent ready to deliver but the customer has asked us to continue our testing until we can get more postive feedback from some of the other demographics that will end up trying this product out once it's installed. Of course, i can't tell you what show we're working with until you sign a non-disclosure agreement. We're really trying to make this a surprise hit with the young adult market so we don't want you posting about this on social media. Mr. Anon, from the soumd of you, i think you can help us make this thing the Mario 64 of this generation. What do you think, Mr. Anon. Would you like to work in a place like this?
![iKzswYz[1].webm](https://i.imgur.com/Go6PBLg.jpg "iKzswYz[1].webm")
I don't care how but we need a VR of this like now
>>27280011
>>27280011
From the thumbnail I thought that was a plushie
A plushie, a real, physical object
Good work,whoever made that, good work.
>>27280011
that looks nothing like the real ponk
if I woke up next to that, I'd probably shit myself
>>27280011
>>27281065
Same here.
While the work on modelling and animation is extremely impressive, the result is creepy.
I blame mostly the muzzle shape and the weird way her eyes are when half closed.
>>27280011
I'd prefer a... flatter model probably, but nonetheless with decent motion tracking and some sort of advanced ai with good voice command capabilities would make this pretty much possible.
>>27264502
That's actually really sweet! I mean I guess it may be seen as creepy, but no more creepy than letting a new puppy sleep in your bed.
>>27280011
SAUCE?
>>27281774
https://derpibooru.org/1147467
http://trombonyponypie.deviantart.com/art/Wakey-Wakey-Animated-Gif-607274893
>>27280011
a bit uncanny valley but i'm sure that i'd get used to it in a few days
>>27281986
thanks friend
I'm trying to get into it but I cannot afford to spend $1000 on a platform.
http://192.99.34.23/~nrdtcom/poners.html
>>27280011
OH GODI'd still fuck it.
>>27280011
>>27280027
>>27281065
>>27281180
>>27282084
All this faglords that think its creepy
You niggers dont know what uncanny valley is
Anamatronics from the 90s are uncanny valley
This is not
>>27283558
>Unity Web Player
Oh, come on.
>>27283558
... I don't even
>>27246241
ayy
>>27273425
>>27283558
>actual IP adress
thanks for nostalgia, faget
>>27284082
YEEES!!! YEEES PLS!!!!!
>>27283876
What? It's the best way to do it.
>>27283929
Press E to interact with the couch, bed, and Dash.
>>27284144
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