On this last trip, a fast visit to Ken Perlin's Future Research Lab (FRL) at NYU. I think of it as his new lab, but he has been there for 9+ years.
The first thing I noticed was all the extra space and high ceilings. A lab like this needs to be able to do an instrument grid in the ceiling. I also noticed a real kitchen and several couches to sleep on for exam week or project crunches.
Ken showed me his Augmented Reality (AR) work with the Meta Quest 3. For the moment, we will ignore that Meta / Facebook is run by fascists who helped Trump get elected in 2016 by supporting the Russian disinformation campaign against Hillary Clinton. I have always felt that this was cause enough to go to war with Russia, but not everyone agrees.
The work with Quest 3 was compelling. I never got a headache although I was using one for at least 1/2 hour or possibly longer.
The reality view was perfect, the synthetic imagery was stable. There were some issues as you might imagine for a research lab but it was perfectly presentable.
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