Fani Kiran Vulapalli

It makes absolutely perfect sense that augmented reality would find its way into an Iron Man toy. Tony Stark and AR go together like peanut butter and jelly. The Iron Man films, borrowing inspiration heavily from Minority Report, show an alternate universe where a man can slap on a tiny headset and get a cool computer graphics overlay onto his very real world. When Apple and Google both announced AR toolkits, it seemed like only a matter of time before we saw AR experiences that let you play pretend like you’re in an Iron Man suit. And it was. But what’s really surprised me about  Hasbro’s new Hero Vision Iron Man AR Experience  is that it costs just $50. For everything that’s included that feels like a pretty nice bargain for baby’s first augmented reality experience! Disney and Lenovo’s comparable  Star Wars  AR experience goes for $200—a price I felt was simply too much when reviewed it . To be fair to Lenovo and Disney the tech beh...

Flashlights and toy lightsaber might do a decent job of making you feel like a Jedi when you’re twelve, and fancy prop reproductions might do the job when you’re adult. But it is all still make believe. You’re not taking on Darth Vader in your living room, you’re waving a toy and making “vrm vrrm” noises. A new augmented reality game from Disney hopes to change that. Star Wars: Jedi Challenges is Disney’s first standalone augmented reality machine. Created in conjunction with Lenovo, it’s a $200 set that includes a headset, tracking beacon and lightsaber remote. Pop your Android or iOS phone into the headset, put the beacon on the floor, ignite the lightsaber and your path to becoming a Jedi Master begins. Now, any product that promises to make you feel like a Jedi obviously has to be approached with a heapin’ helpin’ of skepticism. Giving people a lightsaber feel without providing them with an actual laser sword is not an easy task and it’s one fans have been drea...

You ever wished to be an Astronaut? Want to sit in a cockpit of a spaceship? Dreamed of visiting all planets and moons of solar family? Now fly to the edges of solar system and go beyond at the comfort of your couches. Make your mobile a cockpit of interstellar spaceship. hoop from one planet to another with just one blink of eyes. Immerse in the knowledge of solar system. See the true titans of space beyond sun. Feel the magnitude of stars. This is what I experienced around a year back when I was watching “Titans of space” VR app from DrashVR LLC. My daughter shared this experience with me when we were talking about VR and Space, our common subjects of interest, & I fell in love with the experience. Whenever I introduce VR to someone this app comes to the topic. Titans of space is an educational app. It shows the magnitude of solar system and stars on your mobile. To feel the scale of the planetary bodies one must experience it in VR. In it you can lea...

Virtual reality based puzzler for mobiles     introduction VR game puzzler is an introduction scene of an imaginary fantasy game that deals with puzzles. I was playing a fantasy based game that given spark of idea for this project. Even though the environment is similar I wanted to be medieval kide of setting. With simple puzzler at the center I want to give experience of a password or gate pass authentication kind of setup.   The Idea Enter a well protected business town, getting a gate pass by solving a “Simon says “ type of puzzler. In simple words the orbs (balls) glow in a pattern and player have to repeat same to get a gate pass. Once enter in to the city the game starts (not included in this project, imaginary game).   Outcome The puzzler is easy to solve using gaze pointer and simple interactions. Below video shows how it works. Story of the process   This is the story of how  we completed the project from idea to final ...