TangoChen

Experimenting with VR + mirror.
Same as the previous video, the Passthrough view is casted to my computer. And the full body tracking is done on computer using OpenPose.
Because Quest isn’t allowing apps to access actual Passthrough image.

The Oculus Quest currently won’t allow any access to the actual Passthrough content inside the app. Only displaying(or changing the outline color), no accessing. (And the Passthrough view won’t even be captured by the built-in recorder or by casting it to the Quest app.)
So I had to cast it to my PC and do the colorization on the PC. The view isn’t transferred back to the Quest. Though it could partially done with some delay. I’d like to stop it here and feel good to just see what it can look like.

Colorization method: Colorful Image Colorization. Richard Zhang et al. 2016.
The training sets can be emphasized on daily home views for a better prediction result.

Please stay tuned for more actual cases applied with Passthrough feature.

This is like a Try-Not-To-Type-In-A-Normal-Way challenge for myself, with a backlit keyboard.

As always, things are done early but it took me a lot of unpredictable procrastinating(waiting and not doing anything more) time before videos are made to publish.

The video clips are in a super bad quality. *facepalm*
Also, I’ve compromised on inconsistent unstable recorded voices.
Enough(time spent) is enough.

Every video is made like an experiment without being in a consistent style and quality. Some are put more effort with new editing ideas, some are simpler. After all, I hope I’ve done more (than nothing) while in a balance between time consumption and trying more for skills expansion.

I had never been a fan of mechanical keyboard until I thought, there is something programmable with it…

Specifically with a backlit keyboard. Every key has its individual RGB lighting. Just like a LED matrix panel with interactable pixels.

And I want to program these pixels…

10 effects included in this video. I’ve done more actually, will publish in other videos.

You may have experienced seeing things from something unrelated. like.. a human face-alike cloud in the sky. (Oops I can not give another example for a “such as”.)

This is called Pareidolia. “The tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern.” (- Definition on merriam-webster)

When I was young, I used to see human faces out of dense leaves on the tree. Actually I still can, but without a normal vision to see things far away clearly and I’m yet too busy to feel it.
It’s not something bad to me and I don’t feel suffering from it. Instead, I just feel interested of seeking out something from normal stuff.
(Being busy is bad.)

This video is also about Pareidolia without exception. I have prepared the included captured clips since 2015, but hadn’t made one compilation out of them until just now. Time to share!

I tried to make a 2D game with Toy-Con garage and this is what I have come up with. Though it’s not a complete “game” experience. It’s fun to build something seems to be simple but with even “simpler” graphics nodes.

-It doesn’t feel easy. Especially with the simple editor, which doesn’t support multi-select on objects.. space is a bit limited.. and difficult to get one object selected when there’re several ones overlaying together…

But I kind of feel and understand it is mainly designed for simple-yet-fun graphics programming. Otherwise it doesn’t feel fun if users are not making complex enough projects. However you can try building one but take responsibility for your choice while it can be quite inconvenient. And anyway… it’s been quite good to have as something on a game console.

There’s something not covered to explain in the video. If you have a question, you can leave a comment below.