DSCVR: designing a commodity hybrid virtual reality system

This paper presents the design considerations, specifications, and lessons learned while building DSCVR, a commodity hybrid reality environment. Consumer technology has enabled a reduced cost for both 3D tracking and screens, enabling a new means for the creation of immersive display environments. However, this technology also presents many challenges, which need to be designed for and around. We compare the DSCVR System to other existing VR environments to analyze the trade-offs being made.

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