Virtual Reality Lab Demo Day at Hearst Tower, Friday May 13, 2016
VR Lab Demo Day at Hearst
Enthusiastic attendees at Hearst Tower on Friday, May 13, 2016
“Angry Jenga”
Multiplayer VR/Vive game. Team: Ollie Rankin, Will Wurtzebach, Sean Hyland, Zhen Cao
The Cool Cats
Johann Rodriguez, GM Hearst Labs, Annie Malarkey of Made in NY Media Center, Lisa Beth Kovetz, CUNY TV
Angelique Anderson, Kristin Loeb
“Humpty Dumpty and Other Goosey Tales” – interactive pop-up book in VR and “Dinner with Friends” – cinematic VR of two couples in conflict
“Not You”
VR experience exploring sexism in the workplace. Team: Maxwell Foxman, So Sun Park, Bunmi Sijuwade, Rebecca Poulson, Erika Scott
Zhen Cao, Matthew Cornelius
Zhen Cao (NYU) and Matthew Cornelius (Director, Motion Capture at NYIT) of Virtual Reality Lab NY
“rePLAY” – VR/Vive experience
VR Lab Co-Director John Benton’s Vive demo based on an award-winning graphic novel
“Breach”
Multiplayer Gear VR game. Team: Rehmat Qadir, Matthew Cornelius, Dorian Dargan, Christopher Hill
“Interplay”
Interactive Leap Motion installation by So Sun Park (Vassar)
“Collage”
Evan Harper turned Hearst Tower into a stunning interactive VR experience.
“A Dream Within a Dream”
An animation using motion capture for the Oculus Rift. Team: Adam Miao, David Wang
“Endanger!”
“Endanger!” is a VR/mobile/PC game to virtually and socially find & save endangered species and their habitats. Team: Lynn Rogoff
“The Giftschrank (Poison Room)”
Save a masterpiece and solve puzzles from a famous art heist. Team: Bracey Smith, Jacqueline Hurwitz, Matthew MacVey
“Unboxed”
VR experience about the early history of video game consoles. Team: Jackson Tam
Multiplayer VR Game on Vive
Attendees line up to play “Angry Jenga” – three phones and a Vive
Multiplayer Game on Gear VR
Folks gather to play the amazing maze game “Breach” on Gear VR