Oculus Quest - Hand tracking on flat surfaces Greg Madison 2020-01-17 | Transform any surface into a giant touch screen. While many of us spend almost all day in front of a table, there are no apps/games taking advantage of this providential armrest. @unity @Oculus #OculusQuest #MadeWithUnity #XR #SpatialComputing For more information: twitter.com/GregMadison/status/1218220146675732480
MELODIX•R - Quest3 - XR Design fiction prototype Greg Madison 2024-01-31 | The Need for Fictional XR AppsIn an era where Mixed Reality/Spatial Computing devices are reaching maturity, design fiction emerges as an indispensable tool. This approach extends beyond the creation of speculative XR applications - it establishes a shared language that promotes understanding on both experiential and practical levels. While many discuss the potential of MR apps, design fiction enables us to take action, pioneering tech innovations and envisioning how we will integrate this technology into our daily lives, even in the most mundane ways.
Merging Reality with Magic - Unity Prototype on Oculus Quest 3 Greg Madison 2023-12-18 | A sneak peek of a tangible XR Wizard Staff that merges physical elements with augmented reality, brought to life through Unity and showcased on the Oculus Quest 3.Crafted from a PVC tube and a Beat Saber Oculus Quest Pro Controller Grip, this staff is more than just a prop. It represents my obsessions into making digital illusions feel real in a passthrough video environment. By channeling the controller's vibrations through the tube, I create a subtle yet tangible sensation that mimics the act of casting spells [*] , enhancing the immersive experience. [*Yes... I know what it feels ; ]
Mesmerizing Digital Reality on Quest Pro Greg Madison 2022-11-12 | The standalone color passthrough is IMO the most promising direction for MR. I tested for fun some ideas over the weekend, the magic is there and it’s mesmerizing to play with. Demo available for free here github.com/GregMadison/LightDelights/releases/tag/V0.0.1
Mesmerizing Digital Reality on Quest Pro Greg Madison 2022-11-08 | The standalone color passthrough is IMO the most promising direction for MR. I tested for fun some ideas over the weekend, the magic is there and it’s mesmerizing to play with.
Playing with realities in ShapeXR - Meta Quest 2 Greg Madison 2022-08-15 | Digital Twin ExperimentsDo you want a sneak peek? Go in the app, and enter this room with the following Space code: EW9XZ5A5oculus.com/experiences/quest/3899112273551602
In the Metaverse computers are semi-virtual : Augmented Keyboard - Meta Quest 2 Greg Madison 2022-03-16 | You don't really need thousands of distracting virtual screens, just a smart one to get things done. #productivity
Meta Quest 2 - Keyboard Logitech k830 alignment Hack Greg Madison 2022-03-16 | Thanks to the "The Physical Tracked Keyboard SDK" you can use a compatible keyboard as an "Image Marker" to (re)align or sync a Unity scene with one or many players. developer.oculus.com/documentation/unity/tk-overview
Unity Slices: Table. Sliding along the spectrum of realities. Greg Madison 2021-10-28 | When we stop to think about the future, beyond the limitations of any device, there will no longer be any AR, MR or even VR... There is only a sliding scale of perception, along the spectrum of realities. blog.unity.com/technology/unity-slices-a-look-into-the-future-of-social-mixed-reality
Unity Slices: Table Greg Madison 2021-10-28 | Today at Facebook Connect, my team shared a demo of Unity Slices: Table, to show how Passthrough VR can support mixed reality social experiences focused on tangible interfaces.blog.unity.com/technology/unity-slices-a-look-into-the-future-of-social-mixed-reality
Tangible UI in Oculus Quest - Hand tracking on flat surfaces (with Music) Greg Madison 2020-06-22 | Transform any surface into a giant touch screen. While many of us spend almost all day in front of a table, there are no apps/games taking advantage of this providential armrest. #OculusQuest #MadeWithUnity #XR #SpatialComputing
Concept video: Business card contextual application - 2017 Greg Madison 2020-04-15 | blogs.unity3d.com/2017/09/21/looking-to-the-future-of-mixed-reality-part-iiWe need to think “Object centric”. Although there are multiple ways of imagining MR, we should focus primarily on the awakening of matter, meaning that objects in our surroundings augment themselves to communicate with us.We are not Tom Cruise! Staying upright and making big gestures is the opposite of our everyday interaction habits. The mouse-keyboard combo has yet to be replaced because it is the most efficient way to execute a maximum number of actions with minimum movement in a seated position. The question becomes how do we interact with digital matter if input devices such as keyboard, mouse, and gamepad disappear? The “World as a device” approach not only creates an entry point to contextual services, but also transforms each object into an interactive controller. Physical objects will inherit the attributes, interactions and behaviors of a virtual replica, a 3D asset that I call a smart object.For example, a simple business card could give both direct access to an application like LinkedIn and be a user interface that avoids the user having to take out their smartphone or use a computer.
Oculus Quest - Gamified Real Estate - #StayHome Greg Madison 2020-03-20 | I turned my apartment into a VR game platform since I work from home. Thanks to @Oculus Quest & @unity3d. If you have to be locked in your home all day, might as well make it fun!Available soon on @SideQuestVR for you guys, to try out my experimentations with tangible UI #MadeWithUnity
Concept: AR cereal box - 2017 Greg Madison 2020-02-22 | For more information : blogs.unity3d.com/cn/2017/09/21/looking-to-the-future-of-mixed-reality-part-ii
Oculus Quest - Windows update on Android :D Greg Madison 2020-02-18 | Experiment with #OculusQuest, targeting a release on Sidequest youtube.com/watch?v=sv6T-tg6RL4 #MadeWithUnity #XR #SpatialComputing For more information: twitter.com/GregMadison
Audio Augmented Reality with face-tracking Greg Madison 2020-01-06 | Use smartphone's face-tracking feature to turn regular earphones into dynamic spatial sound for cheap. Can be use to emulate 5.1 installation for video games, music/concerts, and movies. More about the concept here twitter.com/GregMadison/status/1214231582480879617?s=20#SpatialComputing
Tangible Mixed Reality 06 : Oculus Touch & ROBOT Greg Madison 2016-12-22 | 6/7 ► Control the Virtual to control the Reality. Make them indistinguishable #MixedReality #IoT #OculusTouch #Spherodeveloper.gosphero.com
Tangible Mixed Reality 05 : Oculus Touch & board game Greg Madison 2016-12-21 | 5/7 ► Mixed Reality will uberize physical objects, like MP3 did. Are you ready for this new wave of #disruption?
Tangible Mixed Reality 04 : Oculus Touch & keyboard Greg Madison 2016-12-20 | 4/7 ► Virtual Keyboard on real surfaces gives haptic feedback, speed and high precision #Tangible #MR #VR #AR #proto #UX #UI
How should be the VR Pictionary of Jimmy Fallon ? In Mixed Reality ! Greg Madison 2016-12-20 | Here how to proceed : http://owlchemylabs.com/owlchemyvr-mixed-reality-update-2
Tangible Mixed Reality 03 : Oculus Touch & synthesizer Greg Madison 2016-12-19 | 3/7 ► The use of reality as an extension of #VirtualReality increases dramatically the sense of presence #Tangible #MR
Tangible Mixed Reality 02 : Oculus Touch & launchpad Greg Madison 2016-12-18 | 2 ►Tomorrow's objects will all have interactive augmented features #MixedReality #tangible #proto #MadeWithUnityInspired by iDaft 2 from Samuel Vermetteitunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=311671506&mt=8
Tangible Mixed Reality 01 : Oculus Touch & haptics Greg Madison 2016-12-17 | 1 ► Use @oculus Touch controllers to augment the real reality #AR #tangible #MR #MadeWithUnity in 16 minutes
Unity Hackweek XI project : Marbelous Machine Greg Madison 2016-05-26 | Unity Hackweek XI project: Rube Goldberg machine creation app in VR using Oculus Rift and Touch controllers.http://blogs.unity3d.com/2016/05/25/unity-at-hack-week-11For this project we integrated a procedural 3D modeling technology called Sceelix. Sceelix already had a Unity plugin for retrieving models from the Sceelix server at runtime. We invited them to Hackweek and work together for adding run time 2-way communication between Sceelix and Unity.VR input and object manipulation was designed for the Oculus Touch controllers specifically. For example we used the capacitive touch sensors to grab pieces without actually having to press buttons.By communicating with Sceelix we are able to smartly manipulate pieces. For example, stretching is not just scaling the object but adapting it to a new space through patterns. Each piece has an underliying graph representation in Sceelix that tells how it is made and how it should grow. Interactions with objects in Unity are turned into parameters and sent through sockets to Sceelix, which in turns generates and sends back meshes with colliders.Sceelix website: http://www.sceelix.comUnity Asset Store packages used:» Vectrosity by Starscene Software - assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/82
Présentation de lOculus Rift par Damien Doury Greg Madison 2015-07-17 | Damien Doury : linkedin.com/in/damiendouryMeetup Unity by BeMyApp : http://www.meetup.com/fr/Paris-UnityPrésentation de l'Oculus Rift : comment ca marche, son historique, la concurrence.- Comment faire un projet sous Oculus Rift avec Unity 4.X et Unity 5.1.1 (accompagné d'une démo)- best practices pour un projet réussi
MiddleVR - La VR collaborative par Sébastien Kuntz @ LAVAL VIRTUAL 2015 Greg Madison 2015-04-13 | MiddleVR (previously ” i’m in VR ” ) is a software company providing immersive virtual reality (VR) applications and services.Their flagship product, MiddleVR SDK, is a VR toolbox to accelerate the creation of VR applications.MiddleVR SDK is fully integrated into the powerful 3D application creation tool Unity3D. See MiddleVR for Unity.
Light and Shadows par Stephane IMBERT @ LAVAL VIRTUAL 2015 Greg Madison 2015-04-11 | LIGHT and SHADOWS, a Virtual Reality companyLight & Shadows is a creative company specializing in photo-realistic VR Contents, Innovative VR Products and VR software development.
Never Blind VR expliqué par David Nahon @ LAVAL VIRTUAL 2015 Greg Madison 2015-04-10 | "Never Blind VR” Enhancing the Virtual Reality Headset Experience with Augmented VirtualityIn this demo, we share our findings in building real-time 3D experiences with consumer headsets so as to go beyond the first person shooter gaming usage for which they are designed. We address the key problems of such user experiences which are to isolate the user from his own body, have him lose contact with other people in the room and with the real world. To solve those issues we use an off-the-shelf Kinect for Windows v2 to inject some reality in the virtuality.David NahonInternational Innovation Expert in Immersive Virtual RealityLab Director @ Dassault Systèmesfr.linkedin.com/in/davidnahon
GoogleIO 2014 - Le retour à chaud de Josse Blais Greg Madison 2014-07-05 | Umanlife a confié la couverture du Google I/O à Josse Blais. Sur place, j'en ai profité pour lui demander ses réactions à chaud. Josse étant très actif dans la communauté française des Google Glass, je ne pouvais pas manquer l'occasion de le questionner au sujet du silence quasi absolu sur ce périphérique cette année.
Interview SoftKinetic Réalité Mixte pour Oculus DK1 Greg Madison 2014-06-14 | http://www.softkinetic.comVR toolkit for Oculus DK1 http://www.softkinetic.com/en-us/products/coolstuff.aspxRetour complet de mon ressenti : http://www.gregmadison.fr/2014/06/softkinetic-ou-matiere-virtuelle.htmlMerci @Mayaneguez pour ces superbes images ;)
1 2 3 PARADE Canal A Greg Madison 2014-03-04 | Fraîchement âgé de 17 ans, voici ce qui doit être réellement ma première apparition télévisuelle en 1996, dans l'émission pour enfant "123 Parade".OMG que c'est kitsch ! Je ne sais pas ce qui est le pire ... mon phrasé qui tombe à plat dû à l'absence d'un public ou ma coupe de cheveux Trunks de Dragonball Z !? :D
Spherendipity Greg Madison 2013-06-30 | Sphero + Kinect + Indoor Localisation + video projection mapping
PandorasBox - POC - Nouvelles formes dinteractions avec linformatique pervasive Greg Madison 2013-05-22 | A reality that we cannot touch, can it still be called reality?The Pandora's Box works with cleverly hidden video projectors for the video mapping, the Kinects to calibrate the projections as well as to trigger the users' scenarios, NFC to make inert objects communicate with various devices, and so on. This P.O.C. in the shape of a simple paper cube, demonstrates that we could use basic shapes as notifications vectors (email, weatherforecast) and as interaction device.Augmented Reality is not a magic solution that should replace our powerful computers specialized for work. It can also be used to improve the existing devices, by discharging them of the secondary tasks so that they can remain focus on their workflow.For the user it is almost transparent, he could almost have the feeling that he has super powers. But tomorrow, when everything is in place, by synchronizing all visible and invisible sensors, everyone will be able to benefit from these augmented capacities, as if they were innate abilities and I call this ecosystem:The Egosystem.link.medium.com/sDNfTBMOnob Effacer la technologie pour se concentrer sur un comportement qui correspond au contexte d'utilisation est la mission de l'informatique pervasive. Au quotidien, l'utilisateur doit s'adapter au matériel informatique qui l'entoure mais la tendance commence à s'inverser. Et si les autres objets du quotidien, apparemment inertes, surprenaient les utilisateurs en se transformant en interfaces tangibles avec pour seul but de répondre à leurs besoins ? Au moment où les interfaces utilisateurs naturelles arrivent entre les mains du grand public, le prochain pas est en marche.http://www.microsoft.com/france/mstechdays/programmes/2013/fiche-session.aspx?ID=4964287f-a5e7-4b0b-a5d2-6a842cb904cd#Voici un aperçu de l'un de mes projets qui a été présenté lors des Microsoft TechDays le mercredi 13 février 2013 à 17h30 au palais des Congrès de Paris.«Когда я создал „Ящик Пандоры“, я основывался на внутренней уверенности в том, что завтра наш мозг с помощью нанотехнологий будет графической картой, которая сможет генерировать изображения окружающих интерфейсов. Он уже отлично выполняет эту функцию, когда мы спим! Так или иначе, дисплеи обречены исчезнуть! Тем не менее важно иметь объединяющие элементы, которые могут быть идентифицированы и которыми можно манипулировать. И причина нашей неспособности материализовать ментальные проекции для работы с ними вовсе не в том, что сегодня мы не имеем возможности их создавать. Сейчас Ящик Пандоры функционирует со спрятанным проектором для видеомэппинга, Kinect для калибровки проекций и запуска пользовательских сценариев, NFC для взаимодействия инертных объектов с различными устройствами и так далее.Для пользователя это почти незримо, он почти чувствует, что у него есть сверспособности. Но завтра, когда можно будет использовать всё через синхронизацию видимых и невидимых датчиков, каждый сможет извлечь пользу из этих расширенных возможностей, как если бы они были врождёнными. И я называю такую экосистему Эгосистемой».
PandorasBox - Nouvelles formes dinteractions avec linformatique pervasive Greg Madison 2013-01-29 | http://www.microsoft.com/france/mstechdays/programmes/2013/fiche-session.aspx?ID=4964287f-a5e7-4b0b-a5d2-6a842cb904cdVoici un aperçu de l'un de nos projets qui sera présenté lors de cette session le mercredi 13 février 2013 à 17h30 au palais des Congrès, Paris. Pour y assister, rendez-vous sur sur le lien ci-dessus.Le sujet de la session:Effacer la technologie pour se concentrer sur un comportement qui correspond au contexte d'utilisation est la mission de l'informatique pervasive. Au quotidien, l'utilisateur doit s'adapter au matériel informatique qui l'entoure mais la tendance commence à s'inverser. Et si les autres objets du quotidien, apparemment inertes, surprenaient les utilisateurs en se transformant en interfaces tangibles avec pour seul but de répondre à leurs besoins ? Au moment où les interfaces utilisateurs naturelles arrivent entre les mains du grand public, le prochain pas est en marche.
ARparis #4 du 25/06/2012 à La Cantine Greg Madison 2012-07-01 | A l'occasion de ARparis, j'ai été speaker à La Cantine pour présenter mon projet "7ème Sens". J'y ai pu aussi aborder deux sujets qui me sont chers: la Réalité Alternative et la mise en place de "l'égosystème" ainsi que ses possibilités. Les 5 premières minutes de la vidéo sont laborieuses mais après ce délai, tout rentre dans l'ordre.Voici comment RApro, Association de promotion de la réalité augmentée, présente cette rencontre:"ARparis est un évènement régulier axé autour de la réalité augmentée. Notre mission avec ces évènements est de réunir l'écosystème RA, en créant un lieu de networking pour les professionnels et les passionnés de la réalité augmentée, en permettant à des entreprises innovantes de présenter leurs projets, en organisant des sessions de développement RA ou encore en discutant du futur de la réalité augmentée et de son impact dans notre avenir.Les trois dernière éditions ont réunis plus de 80 personnes et ont donnés lieux à des moments de veilles, des ateliers, et d'intenses séquences de networking."http://www.augmented-reality.fr/
The 7th Sense Greg Madison 2011-01-25 | Made in 2009 for the Microsoft Imagine CupAbout the project: fr.slideshare.net/gregmadison/the-7th-sensehttp://fr.linkedin.com/in/gregmadisonhttp://www.gregmadison.coIn 2009, I presented my project “The 7th Sense” in the Human Machine Design category at the Microsoft Imagine Cup. This device offered the possibility of visualizing and interacting with alternative realities among others. In other words, with today’s technology, the Google glasses crossed with the Kinect. I was a finalist with this concept to the world finals. How to keep our acquired numerical skills, while drastically reducing our consumption of raw materials, energy and fossil resources? By creating a single device that will replace all of them, which could not become obsolete, and whose only functionality’s limit would be the imagination of the developers . The 7th Sense device enables to superimpose the digital world on the real environment. Everything around us turns into a Microsoft Surface and offers intuitive interaction and much more, since, this is the first device to enable the viewing of holograms and also enables the sharing of true-life experiences in stereoscopy. Imaginez un instant que toutes vos surfaces puissent être exploitées et offrir d'emblée des informations ou options augmentées évolutives... Imaginez que votre tasse à café au petit déjeuner vous donne la météo du jour, le cours de la bourse ou que vos mails s'affiche sur votre table de cuisine sans adaptation technologique ou encore que votre porte de frigo se transforme en un instant en une liste de course tactile et interactive ... Imaginez que vous puissiez acquérir un 7ème sens grâce au mariage de la réalité augmentée et de l'informatique pervasive. Cette approche, d'une vision transformée par le concept technologique 7ème Sens ©, fut finaliste de la Microsoft Imagine Cup 2009.En rassemblant dans un casque des technologies comme la pico projection, le touch, la vision stéréographique, l'intelligence artificielle déportée, la réalité augmenté, les accéléromètres ou bien encore le Cloud computing, le projet 7ème Sens vous ouvrira à la superposition en temps réel d'un monde digital sur votre environnement réel. Grace à un système de vidéo projection miniaturisé qui s'adapte au champ de vision de l'utilisateur, il transforme toute surface l'entourant en une surface interactive.Le 7ème Sens © fera ainsi partie de cette nouvelle génération d'appareils permettant la visualisation d'hologramme volumétrique dans votre milieu existant. Sa philosophie d'interaction esquisse les bases avant-gardistes d'une nouvelle façon d'interagir entre le monde réel et le monde digital : une Réalité Alternative Pervasive (RAP).Au-delà du concept, il permet d'entrevoir ce dont l'humain sera naturellement capable lorsque les technologies seront suffisamment avancées et miniaturisé pour fonctionner de manière pervasive et endogène.
The MadySplay Greg Madison 2009-09-07 | English http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-TRON-Style-Lamp-The-MADYLIGHT Français http://www.instructables.com/id/SG79PAXFC2E8T5K
The Madyluxe Greg Madison 2009-09-05 | English http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-TRON-Style-Lamp-The-MADYLIGHT Français http://www.instructables.com/id/SG79PAXFC2E8T5K
SALON PRIVE AOUT 2006 Greg Madison 2008-07-01 | "Salon privé" est un pilote de talk tourné dans une boîte connue de Paris.
How to make a TRON style lamp Greg Madison 2008-01-04 | For more details go to http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-TRON-Style-Lamp-The-MADYLIGHT
The MADYLIGHT Greg Madison 2008-01-04 | Thanks to my job as a magician, I have been able to acquire skills to materialize in our reality, effects that at first might seem completely impossible to achieve (except of course in special effects movies) like transforming a human being in a snow storm... Always surpassing limits is by far my favorite challenge.Unfortunately I will neither be telling you on this video how to cut your wife into four pieces (she will thank me) nor how to make your car levitate in the air (though it might be very useful when changing the tires)... Professional secrecy.My main source of inspiration resides in movies, video games and science fiction. Well, what is the common point between TRON, Zelda, Final Fantasy, etc???Answer: The luminescent shapes which represent electronic circuits or magic spells. I have always been marveled by these visual effects and I do think I am not the only one.I have recreated this effect on a cube but it can be reproduced on any other object of everyday's life; like a coffee table, a Plexiglas chair, PC modding etc. I have a list of objects I am already working on .For more details go to http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-TRON-Style-Lamp-The-MADYLIGHTThis is my first online contribution to the world of design and I hope the beginning of many others.
