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so anyone got any good app ideas? wouldn’t mind prototyping something

graypegg 3y ago
Silly little AR models maybe? The thing I’ve trying to cobble together at the moment is a flag waving simulator like https://krikienoid.github.io/flagwaver https://krikienoid.github.io/flagwaver So custom image texture on a model with some animation, so you can checkout how a flag design would look when flying.
m3kw9 3y ago
Some violent little game where it turns all occupants into zombies with real gore
m3kw9 3y ago
Turn your room into 1:1 scale and everything remodeled into over the top designs.
briandear 3y ago
An app that solves dyslexia.
mackross 3y ago
I would love a bit of AR object recognition with overlays in a target language for language learning. Via the mics you could overlay a translation of whatever was just said as well. A little pinch on an object could tell you what the object is. Another similar idea with object recognition would be an AR scavenger hunt.
A4ET8a8uTh0 3y ago
I was thinking of doing something simple and silly like a model of our solar system with the idea that you can get close ups to everything based on recent high res. images ( ok, maybe that part is not that simple ).
- wlesieutre 3y ago
  A virtual planetarium like Stellarium could be pretty amazing in VR
  - dylan604 3y ago
    That was one of the very few apps they showed in the demo.
  - ohgodplsno 3y ago
    Nothing can beat the sheer scale of Space Engine when it comes to VR space exploration experiences.
- zeristor 3y ago
  This is starting to remind me of the Total Perspective Vortex from Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. I believe you needed to be insane, and drunk to survive it. On the flip side you do get a sense of the full size of the Universe.
  - A4ET8a8uTh0 3y ago
    Hmm, how about Simpson zoom out simulator, where you move further and further away only to end up back at cellular level again?:D
- classified 3y ago
  Like, an AR version of Celestia. That would be great!
crooked-v 3y ago
A virtual duck that wanders around, occasionally quacking. The quacking is appropriately muffled if the duck is 'behind' a real object.
- wlesieutre 3y ago
  Duck Hunt, but the duck is waddling around your house and you shoot at it with finger guns that make cartoon "BANG!" effects
- sgu999 3y ago
  and if you catch its eyes while looking confused, it runs to sit on your laps and ask you to explain to it what's wrong
- Timon3 3y ago
  I will not use this unless it has a goose mode.
  - XorNot 3y ago
    "Untitled Goose Home Invasion"
- dylan604 3y ago
  A virtual cricket. The goal is to find it before you go insane
scheeseman486 3y ago
A virtual CRT simulator, emulating the various attributes of CRT displays. Shadow masks/aperture grilles, phosphor glow, bloom, geometric distortions. EmuVR does some of this already but it'd be a fun novelty to have such a thing in a AR headset with Vision Pro's resolution and other capabilities. The lack of a 60/120hz mode will cause inevitable stutter, but that's going to be the case with any 60hz content (24p will be fine due to the 96hz mode).
- sfpotter 3y ago
  Nice. It’s like a lame version of The Matrix. Instead of going to a fantastic and amazing virtual world I get to ~virtually~ be in the same room I’m already in but with a crappy CRT monitor. For the sake of nostalgia, I guess?
  - scheeseman486 3y ago
    Nostalgia sure, but also preservation. CRTs have visual characteristics that flat panel monitors can't fully emulate, which matters in that a lot of media was created for display on them and only look correct when viewed that way, mostly old video games. Current AR headsets can't fully replicate it either, that'd require 1000hz+ high contrast screens so the beam scanout could be emulated. But it'd do a better job than a flat panel, particularly with CRT's more physical attributes like the thick curved glass and the layers underneath it. Or, I dunno, they could single-handedly port Half Life Alyx. But I feel like the virtual CRT thing is more manageable.
    - cubefox 3y ago
      CRT monitors had exceptional "motion clarity", because they worked more like a fast strobe light than displaying a sequence of frozen frames for a fraction of a second, like current flat screens. The former is apparently better at tricking our eyes to perceive it as fluid motion. OLED monitors could theoretically emulate that, to some degree, with black frame insertion. But manufacturers hate to implement it, perhaps because it causes wear. It also makes the screen dimmer. CRTs also had no native resolution. They would instead change resolution physically, which made fuzzy interpolation unnecessary. For a long time, they also had much higher refresh rates and better contrast than LCDs, though this has been matched in recent times.
sfpotter 3y ago
An app that does nothing except the default pass through and says in a booming voice every 10 seconds “YOU WILL DIE ALONE…”
- Gunnerhead 3y ago
  It’s like the opposite of a meditation app, an anxiety inducing app. Love it!
reaperman 3y ago
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/human-anatomy-atlas-2023/id1117998129 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/human-anatomy-atlas-2023/id111... https://anatomy3datlas.com https://anatomy3datlas.com This, but with movement. Also do pose detection on others or a mirror and see the organs move in a scientifically accurate way. --------------------- Bring real-world objects into VR but render them in the style of the scene which already exists. (99% sure not possible with this API). Basically, if I'm playing a flight simulator/etc, I want to be able to see my water bottle, keyboard, mouse, cell phone, etc so that I can easily grab them. But I don't want the immersion to be broken. --------------------- Track conversations I have with other people and use an LLM to remind me about the relevant conversation history we've had. ----------------------
MikusR 3y ago
https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/ https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/ https://applabgamelist.com/Best https://applabgamelist.com/Best
tiahura 3y ago
Alternative app store?
robertn702 3y ago
An app that corrects your vision while using passthrough mode and makes it look like you're wearing glasses from the outside.
- crooked-v 3y ago
  You need actual physical corrective lenses for the vision correction (which, of course, will be available in first and third party addon form), because of the way your eyes are actually focused well past the physical location of the tiny screens in the headset. It's one of the non-intuitive things about the optics involved.
elcritch 3y ago
Gamiyfing museums and historical locations! Years back I did a "startup training" weekend. My team decided to use my idea of gamifying museums and historical sights. The team was fun and had some good puns! I'd originally thought it'd be fun to play a version of the "floor is lava game" at the ruined temple where they partly filmed the Temple of Doom. I still wish I could do that someday! A sort of historical scavenger game would be really fun way to engage the history of the place.
losvedir 3y ago
An eye tracking measuring app, so I can just look from corner to corner to corner and don't have to break out my measuring tape.
- jes5199 3y ago
  add a protractor and a compass too. maybe a level

Silly little AR models maybe? The thing I’ve trying to cobble together at the moment is a flag waving simulator like https://krikienoid.github.io/flagwaver https://krikienoid.github.io/flagwaver So custom image texture on a model with some animation, so you can checkout how a flag design would look when flying.

m3kw9 3y ago

Some violent little game where it turns all occupants into zombies with real gore

m3kw9 3y ago

Turn your room into 1:1 scale and everything remodeled into over the top designs.

briandear 3y ago

An app that solves dyslexia.

mackross 3y ago

I would love a bit of AR object recognition with overlays in a target language for language learning. Via the mics you could overlay a translation of whatever was just said as well. A little pinch on an object could tell you what the object is. Another similar idea with object recognition would be an AR scavenger hunt.

A4ET8a8uTh0 3y ago

I was thinking of doing something simple and silly like a model of our solar system with the idea that you can get close ups to everything based on recent high res. images ( ok, maybe that part is not that simple ).

wlesieutre 3y ago
A virtual planetarium like Stellarium could be pretty amazing in VR
- dylan604 3y ago
  That was one of the very few apps they showed in the demo.
- ohgodplsno 3y ago
  Nothing can beat the sheer scale of Space Engine when it comes to VR space exploration experiences.
zeristor 3y ago
This is starting to remind me of the Total Perspective Vortex from Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. I believe you needed to be insane, and drunk to survive it. On the flip side you do get a sense of the full size of the Universe.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 3y ago
  Hmm, how about Simpson zoom out simulator, where you move further and further away only to end up back at cellular level again?:D
classified 3y ago
Like, an AR version of Celestia. That would be great!

crooked-v 3y ago

A virtual duck that wanders around, occasionally quacking. The quacking is appropriately muffled if the duck is 'behind' a real object.

wlesieutre 3y ago
Duck Hunt, but the duck is waddling around your house and you shoot at it with finger guns that make cartoon "BANG!" effects
sgu999 3y ago
and if you catch its eyes while looking confused, it runs to sit on your laps and ask you to explain to it what's wrong
Timon3 3y ago
I will not use this unless it has a goose mode.
- XorNot 3y ago
  "Untitled Goose Home Invasion"
dylan604 3y ago
A virtual cricket. The goal is to find it before you go insane

scheeseman486 3y ago

A virtual CRT simulator, emulating the various attributes of CRT displays. Shadow masks/aperture grilles, phosphor glow, bloom, geometric distortions. EmuVR does some of this already but it'd be a fun novelty to have such a thing in a AR headset with Vision Pro's resolution and other capabilities. The lack of a 60/120hz mode will cause inevitable stutter, but that's going to be the case with any 60hz content (24p will be fine due to the 96hz mode).

sfpotter 3y ago
Nice. It’s like a lame version of The Matrix. Instead of going to a fantastic and amazing virtual world I get to ~virtually~ be in the same room I’m already in but with a crappy CRT monitor. For the sake of nostalgia, I guess?
- scheeseman486 3y ago
  Nostalgia sure, but also preservation. CRTs have visual characteristics that flat panel monitors can't fully emulate, which matters in that a lot of media was created for display on them and only look correct when viewed that way, mostly old video games. Current AR headsets can't fully replicate it either, that'd require 1000hz+ high contrast screens so the beam scanout could be emulated. But it'd do a better job than a flat panel, particularly with CRT's more physical attributes like the thick curved glass and the layers underneath it. Or, I dunno, they could single-handedly port Half Life Alyx. But I feel like the virtual CRT thing is more manageable.
  - cubefox 3y ago
    CRT monitors had exceptional "motion clarity", because they worked more like a fast strobe light than displaying a sequence of frozen frames for a fraction of a second, like current flat screens. The former is apparently better at tricking our eyes to perceive it as fluid motion. OLED monitors could theoretically emulate that, to some degree, with black frame insertion. But manufacturers hate to implement it, perhaps because it causes wear. It also makes the screen dimmer. CRTs also had no native resolution. They would instead change resolution physically, which made fuzzy interpolation unnecessary. For a long time, they also had much higher refresh rates and better contrast than LCDs, though this has been matched in recent times.

sfpotter 3y ago

An app that does nothing except the default pass through and says in a booming voice every 10 seconds “YOU WILL DIE ALONE…”

Gunnerhead 3y ago
It’s like the opposite of a meditation app, an anxiety inducing app. Love it!

reaperman 3y ago

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/human-anatomy-atlas-2023/id1117998129 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/human-anatomy-atlas-2023/id111... https://anatomy3datlas.com https://anatomy3datlas.com This, but with movement. Also do pose detection on others or a mirror and see the organs move in a scientifically accurate way. --------------------- Bring real-world objects into VR but render them in the style of the scene which already exists. (99% sure not possible with this API). Basically, if I'm playing a flight simulator/etc, I want to be able to see my water bottle, keyboard, mouse, cell phone, etc so that I can easily grab them. But I don't want the immersion to be broken. --------------------- Track conversations I have with other people and use an LLM to remind me about the relevant conversation history we've had. ----------------------

MikusR 3y ago

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/ https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/ https://applabgamelist.com/Best https://applabgamelist.com/Best

tiahura 3y ago

Alternative app store?

robertn702 3y ago

An app that corrects your vision while using passthrough mode and makes it look like you're wearing glasses from the outside.

crooked-v 3y ago
You need actual physical corrective lenses for the vision correction (which, of course, will be available in first and third party addon form), because of the way your eyes are actually focused well past the physical location of the tiny screens in the headset. It's one of the non-intuitive things about the optics involved.

elcritch 3y ago

Gamiyfing museums and historical locations! Years back I did a "startup training" weekend. My team decided to use my idea of gamifying museums and historical sights. The team was fun and had some good puns! I'd originally thought it'd be fun to play a version of the "floor is lava game" at the ruined temple where they partly filmed the Temple of Doom. I still wish I could do that someday! A sort of historical scavenger game would be really fun way to engage the history of the place.

losvedir 3y ago

An eye tracking measuring app, so I can just look from corner to corner to corner and don't have to break out my measuring tape.

jes5199 3y ago
add a protractor and a compass too. maybe a level