AltspaceVR – Virtual Reality Community for Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR and HTC Vive

What is AltspaceVR? It’s a new application for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Samsung Gear virtual reality devices, and it allows people to get together in a virtual space and interact. In the early days of the Internet, we had chat rooms where people could talk via text. Then, graphical chat rooms like The Palace began to surface. Though primitive with their 2D images and smilies for avatars, The Palace gave people a sense of space as they chatted via text. Next we had virtual worlds such as Second Life, which allowed people to create avatars and engage with others in a virtual space on their desktop computers. The space was confined to the size of the monitor you used to run the software. Fast-forward to 2016, and we have the release of consumer VR devices such as the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Samsung Gear VR. With the hardware, there are now software developers creating applications for these futuristic headsets. Among these applications are the world’s first consumer-ready virtual reality communities that put real people together in an immersive virtual space. And in these spaces you can move around, have real voice conversation, play games, watch videos and more. It’s truly an incredible experience and one you need to see if you want to understand what the future looks like. In this video, I take you inside the world of AltspaceVR and demonstrate what it looks like through the Oculus Rift headset.

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