Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
One the most useful features of virtual reality is when you can tune out distractions from the physical environment to focus on accomplishing a specific task. Researchers Andreas Rene Fender and Christian Holz at ETH Zürich's SIPLAB recently explored how "Causality-preserving Asynchronous Reality" could let you catch up on what happened while you were away. Holz joined the UploadVR studio recently to walk us through the research.
00:00 Asynchronous Reality Summary
01:17 How did this research begin?
02:43 Horizon Zero Dawn's holographic recordings
03:33 Will we have depth sensors everywhere in the future?
07:39 Is this the VR equivalent of an answering machine?
12:21 Will future VR headsets watch us when they're not being worn?
15:56 Creating a 'causality graph' to make sense of what's happening in a space
17:36 How far off is this technology from consumers?
21:20 What are the ethical considerations for companies like Apple, Meta, or Microsoft?
24:44 Is Diminished Reality a key concept in protecting privacy and the selective sharing of physical features in the future?
Paper: siplab.org/papers/chi2022-asynchronous_reality.pdf
Project: siplab.org/projects/Asynchronous_Reality
Article: uploadvr.com/asynchronous-reality-time-machine
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One the most useful features of virtual reality is when you can tune out distractions from the physical environment to focus on accomplishing a specific task. Researchers Andreas Rene Fender and Christian Holz at ETH Zürich's SIPLAB recently explored how "Causality-preserving Asynchronous Reality" could let you catch up on what happened while you were away. Holz joined the UploadVR studio recently to walk us through the research.
00:00 Asynchronous Reality Summary
01:17 How did this research begin?
02:43 Horizon Zero Dawn's holographic recordings
03:33 Will we have depth sensors everywhere in the future?
07:39 Is this the VR equivalent of an answering machine?
12:21 Will future VR headsets watch us when they're not being worn?
15:56 Creating a 'causality graph' to make sense of what's happening in a space
17:36 How far off is this technology from consumers?
21:20 What are the ethical considerations for companies like Apple, Meta, or Microsoft?
24:44 Is Diminished Reality a key concept in protecting privacy and the selective sharing of physical features in the future?
Paper: siplab.org/papers/chi2022-asynchronous_reality.pdf
Project: siplab.org/projects/Asynchronous_Reality
Article: uploadvr.com/asynchronous-reality-time-machine
Subscribe for the latest VR trailers & clips: youtube.com/c/VRTrailersClips?sub_confirmation=1
