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Meet the ZEISS VR ONE App Contest Winners                                   After ten weeks, the ZEISS VR ONE AppContest has now ended successfully. Over 515 virtual reality enthusiasts, technologyaficionados and creative people submitted 526 app ideas and finalized apps forthe ZEISS VR ONE headset.A lot of high-potential ideas and apps were submitted to the contest, so selecting the winners was a difficult process. After an intensive and interesting evaluation phase, the international jury with representatives from China, America, Austria, England and Germany announced the two winners in each category on March 18. We are proud to announce the winners of the ZEISS VR ONE App Contest:1.      Category: Ideas for apps1st Prize: ZEISS VR ONE headset & iPhone 6. Award winner: Mind Wall by Sumit GoskiThe best app idea in the ZEISS VR ONE Contest is Mind Wall submitted by Sumit Goski. This creative idea brings the mind palace technique to a new level and uses the VR ONE headset for the visualization of the human memory lane in virtual reality. With Mind Wall, users can store and retrieve their own memories in a virtual palace and generate  their personal memory aids. Using memorization techniques, users can create their own personalized Mind Wall, instead of using mind palace in augmented reality.“This idea for a virtual reality app taps into very promising potential to solve one of our everyday difficulties: memorizing complex connections or storing notes virtually,” says the Product Manager of ZEISS VR ONE, Franz Troppenhagen.2nd Prize: ZEISS VR ONE headset & ZEISS TERRA ED binoculars. Award Winner: Paraplegic mirror box by EpskampieMany people who have lost a limb often suffer from phantom pain and experience severe discomfort in their missing limb. The second winning idea of the VR ONE Contest is based on the excellent idea of using the VR ONE to support the existing “mirror box therapy.” This therapy uses mirrors to help alleviate phantom limb pain by showing the patient’s remaining limb in the place of the phantom limb. The therapy itself is out of reach for many people, but by simulating the same processes, the VR ONE could potentially make it widely available.“This idea for a virtual reality app requires further developing and analysis. The use of VR in a psychological treatment environment has been tested and has shown potential as a viable concept, but it needs further research”, explains ZEISS VR ONE Project Manager Andreas Klavehn.2.      Category: Finalized apps for the VR ONE1st Prize: Invitation to ZEISS & ZEISS VR ONE headset & iPhone 6. Award Winner: Trinus Gyre by oddsheepThe first award in the second category of the ZEISS VR ONE Contest goes to Trinus Gyre. This useful app links your smartphone and PC in order to use 3D PC software in VR mode. Trinus Gyre can turn most software into a VR experience. To enable the experience of PC games in VR mode, the visuals are streamed to the mobile device and the head tracking data from the smartphone sensors is sent back to the PC to deliver a complete VR experience.“A very promising and continually improving app that enables one of the core competencies of ZEISS VR ONE: take your smartphone device as is and combine it with your PC’s processing power to enjoy an exciting gaming experience using ZEISS VR ONE,” concludes Franz Troppenhagen.2nd Prize: Invitation to ZEISS & ZEISS VR One headset & ZEISS TERRA ED binoculars. Award Winner: Project Anywhere by cmiltiadisThe second winner of the finalized apps is Project Anywhere. This project creates a vivid experience in an augmented reality space. Together with its entire app system, it enables people from distant locations to coexist in other virtual landscapes. Project Anywhere aims to break through the limits of physical human presence, by replacing kinesthetic, visual and auditory with artificial sensory experiences, in a fully interactive virtual environment. “Project Anywhere is indeed an intriguing concept as it represents one of every science fictionists dreams – that of experiencing an alter ego as a virtual dimension. It might also be a way to get people used to this futuristic interaction concept,” says Andreas Klavehn.Thank you all for your creative and enthusiastic contributions to this contest. By submitting your innovative ideas and app projects, you provided a preview of the future of virtual reality. Your ZEISS VR ONE Team

Meet the ZEISS VR ONE App Contest Winners                                   After ten weeks, the ZEISS VR ONE AppContest has now ended successfully. Over 515 virtual reality enthusiasts, technologyaficionados and creative people submitted 526 app ideas and finalized apps forthe ZEISS VR ONE headset.A lot of high-potential ideas and apps were submitted to the contest, so selecting the winners was a difficult process. After an intensive and interesting evaluation phase, the international jury with representatives from China, America, Austria, England and Germany announced the two winners in each category on March 18. We are proud to announce the winners of the ZEISS VR ONE App Contest:1.      Category: Ideas for apps1st Prize: ZEISS VR ONE headset & iPhone 6. Award winner: Mind Wall by Sumit GoskiThe best app idea in the ZEISS VR ONE Contest is Mind Wall submitted by Sumit Goski. This creative idea brings the mind palace technique to a new level and uses the VR ONE headset for the visualization of the human memory lane in virtual reality. With Mind Wall, users can store and retrieve their own memories in a virtual palace and generate  their personal memory aids. Using memorization techniques, users can create their own personalized Mind Wall, instead of using mind palace in augmented reality.“This idea for a virtual reality app taps into very promising potential to solve one of our everyday difficulties: memorizing complex connections or storing notes virtually,” says the Product Manager of ZEISS VR ONE, Franz Troppenhagen.2nd Prize: ZEISS VR ONE headset & ZEISS TERRA ED binoculars. Award Winner: Paraplegic mirror box by EpskampieMany people who have lost a limb often suffer from phantom pain and experience severe discomfort in their missing limb. The second winning idea of the VR ONE Contest is based on the excellent idea of using the VR ONE to support the existing “mirror box therapy.” This therapy uses mirrors to help alleviate phantom limb pain by showing the patient’s remaining limb in the place of the phantom limb. The therapy itself is out of reach for many people, but by simulating the same processes, the VR ONE could potentially make it widely available.“This idea for a virtual reality app requires further developing and analysis. The use of VR in a psychological treatment environment has been tested and has shown potential as a viable concept, but it needs further research”, explains ZEISS VR ONE Project Manager Andreas Klavehn.2.      Category: Finalized apps for the VR ONE1st Prize: Invitation to ZEISS & ZEISS VR ONE headset & iPhone 6. Award Winner: Trinus Gyre by oddsheepThe first award in the second category of the ZEISS VR ONE Contest goes to Trinus Gyre. This useful app links your smartphone and PC in order to use 3D PC software in VR mode. Trinus Gyre can turn most software into a VR experience. To enable the experience of PC games in VR mode, the visuals are streamed to the mobile device and the head tracking data from the smartphone sensors is sent back to the PC to deliver a complete VR experience.“A very promising and continually improving app that enables one of the core competencies of ZEISS VR ONE: take your smartphone device as is and combine it with your PC’s processing power to enjoy an exciting gaming experience using ZEISS VR ONE,” concludes Franz Troppenhagen.2nd Prize: Invitation to ZEISS & ZEISS VR One headset & ZEISS TERRA ED binoculars. Award Winner: Project Anywhere by cmiltiadisThe second winner of the finalized apps is Project Anywhere. This project creates a vivid experience in an augmented reality space. Together with its entire app system, it enables people from distant locations to coexist in other virtual landscapes. Project Anywhere aims to break through the limits of physical human presence, by replacing kinesthetic, visual and auditory with artificial sensory experiences, in a fully interactive virtual environment. “Project Anywhere is indeed an intriguing concept as it represents one of every science fictionists dreams – that of experiencing an alter ego as a virtual dimension. It might also be a way to get people used to this futuristic interaction concept,” says Andreas Klavehn.Thank you all for your creative and enthusiastic contributions to this contest. By submitting your innovative ideas and app projects, you provided a preview of the future of virtual reality. Your ZEISS VR ONE Team

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Art Exhibition in Interactive Virtual Reality with  ZEISS VR ONE.The Digital De Re Gallery in Los Angeles is amongst the first art exhibitions to feature interactive virtual reality. Visitors to the Digital De Re Gallery can use the ZEISS VR One virtual reality app to view the art on display. The VR headset enables users to view the paintings of the artist Gretchen Andrew on an interactive, self-guided tour of a computer-generated recreation of the De Re Gallery.  Combined with a special app, the VR ONE enables digital visitors to choose how they navigate the gallery and to activate augmented reality content related to each painting. In the Digital De Re Gallery, the user becomes the active director of his or her visit, rather than a passive audience member in a traditional video tour.The Digital De Re Gallery is published by Immersiv.ly, the platform for news in virtual reality, and was created by the London-based developers Amplified Robot.Visit www.immersiv.ly and www.amplifiedrobot.co.uk for more information.Photographs by Fernan Maxus Espejo.

Art Exhibition in Interactive Virtual Reality with  ZEISS VR ONE.The Digital De Re Gallery in Los Angeles is amongst the first art exhibitions to feature interactive virtual reality. Visitors to the Digital De Re Gallery can use the ZEISS VR One virtual reality app to view the art on display. The VR headset enables users to view the paintings of the artist Gretchen Andrew on an interactive, self-guided tour of a computer-generated recreation of the De Re Gallery.  Combined with a special app, the VR ONE enables digital visitors to choose how they navigate the gallery and to activate augmented reality content related to each painting. In the Digital De Re Gallery, the user becomes the active director of his or her visit, rather than a passive audience member in a traditional video tour.The Digital De Re Gallery is published by Immersiv.ly, the platform for news in virtual reality, and was created by the London-based developers Amplified Robot.Visit www.immersiv.ly and www.amplifiedrobot.co.uk for more information.Photographs by Fernan Maxus Espejo.

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ZEISS VR ONE Wins 2015 iF Design-Award. ZEISS VR ONE virtual reality headset has won the 2015 iFDesign Award, and thus counts among the award winners of the renowned iF Label in the Audio/ Video product category. There was a large number of contestants: the international expert jury assessed almost 5,000 entries from 53 countries. Experience virtual reality any time, any place - the ZEISS VR ONE VR headset features high-performance precision lenses and offers complete immersion. Form follows mindset: Carrying on the best German technological and design tradition, the reduced ergonomic design delivers functions with added value. The unique seamless integration of mobile devices ensures excellent usability and mobility.The iF Design Award rewards our efforts to develop an ergonomic and smart solution for the user. We are very delighted with this special award!

ZEISS VR ONE Wins 2015 iF Design-Award. ZEISS VR ONE virtual reality headset has won the 2015 iFDesign Award, and thus counts among the award winners of the renowned iF Label in the Audio/ Video product category. There was a large number of contestants: the international expert jury assessed almost 5,000 entries from 53 countries. Experience virtual reality any time, any place - the ZEISS VR ONE VR headset features high-performance precision lenses and offers complete immersion. Form follows mindset: Carrying on the best German technological and design tradition, the reduced ergonomic design delivers functions with added value. The unique seamless integration of mobile devices ensures excellent usability and mobility.The iF Design Award rewards our efforts to develop an ergonomic and smart solution for the user. We are very delighted with this special award!

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500 Entries Later, ZEISS VR ONE App Contest Ends. We are bowled over by the fantastic entries for the ZEISS VR ONE App Contest! Participants from 66 countries submitted numerous app ideas as well as finished apps for the ZEISS VR ONE and presented them on the contest platform. After about 10 weeks of great discussions and ongoing design development by the VR ONE community, the participation stage of the App Contest is now over. Now comes the difficult selection of the best entries by our jury members. The winners will be announced in early March.We would like to thank all participants for their efforts and we will keep our fingers crossed for you!

500 Entries Later, ZEISS VR ONE App Contest Ends. We are bowled over by the fantastic entries for the ZEISS VR ONE App Contest! Participants from 66 countries submitted numerous app ideas as well as finished apps for the ZEISS VR ONE and presented them on the contest platform. After about 10 weeks of great discussions and ongoing design development by the VR ONE community, the participation stage of the App Contest is now over. Now comes the difficult selection of the best entries by our jury members. The winners will be announced in early March.We would like to thank all participants for their efforts and we will keep our fingers crossed for you!

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We have already given out 16 ZEISS VR ONE headsets to early birds in our online contest for their excellent drafts and entries for virtual or augmented reality applications. Nine more headsets are now up for grabs.  What’s your idea for VR? Will we be able to walk on the moon virtually one of these days? Will new treatment possibilities become available? Will we watch TV series in 360° in the future? Take part, network and develop exciting projects of the future here: www.zeiss.com/vronecontest The closing date is 16 February 2015.

We have already given out 16 ZEISS VR ONE headsets to early birds in our online contest for their excellent drafts and entries for virtual or augmented reality applications. Nine more headsets are now up for grabs.  What’s your idea for VR? Will we be able to walk on the moon virtually one of these days? Will new treatment possibilities become available? Will we watch TV series in 360° in the future? Take part, network and develop exciting projects of the future here: www.zeiss.com/vronecontest The closing date is 16 February 2015.

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New Unity3D SDK 1.1 version with integrated native low-latency head-tracking We now offer a newly developed native head-tracking plugin within the VR ONE Unity3D SDK for iOS and Android. The head-tracking plugin makes use of all motion sensors available in your smartphone and uses sensor fusion algorithms to reduce latency significantly.  In contrast to the standard device orientation software sensors delivered with Android SDK, iOS SDK or Unity3D, the ZEISS head-tracking library processes low-level sensor data to deliver a pose estimation which is fast and precise enough to deliver a good VR experience.  It incorporates advanced sensor fusion and forecasting techniques to reduce the latency by 50%. Create a great user experience for your VR ONE app - both on iOS and Android.  In order to get started, just download the VR ONE Unity3D SDK Version 1.1 and check out the demo project, where head-tracking is already configured.  If you are not using Unity3D and want to develop your native iOS or Android app, you can use the head-tracking library as well. 

New Unity3D SDK 1.1 version with integrated native low-latency head-tracking We now offer a newly developed native head-tracking plugin within the VR ONE Unity3D SDK for iOS and Android. The head-tracking plugin makes use of all motion sensors available in your smartphone and uses sensor fusion algorithms to reduce latency significantly.  In contrast to the standard device orientation software sensors delivered with Android SDK, iOS SDK or Unity3D, the ZEISS head-tracking library processes low-level sensor data to deliver a pose estimation which is fast and precise enough to deliver a good VR experience.  It incorporates advanced sensor fusion and forecasting techniques to reduce the latency by 50%. Create a great user experience for your VR ONE app - both on iOS and Android.  In order to get started, just download the VR ONE Unity3D SDK Version 1.1 and check out the demo project, where head-tracking is already configured.  If you are not using Unity3D and want to develop your native iOS or Android app, you can use the head-tracking library as well. 

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ZEISS VR ONE App Contest off to a Record Start! More than 200 fantastic ideas have already been gathered within one week at the ZEISS VR ONE App Contest. Join now our vivid community and help shape the virtual reality world together. We are looking for designers, engineers, artists, developers, innovators, users – in short, you. Where does the virtual reality world lead? What would you create there? Share your ideas and apps and help build an exciting world for the new ZEISS VR ONE virtual and augmented reality headset. Let’s get started and join our contest here: https://vronecontest.zeiss.com/

ZEISS VR ONE App Contest off to a Record Start! More than 200 fantastic ideas have already been gathered within one week at the ZEISS VR ONE App Contest. Join now our vivid community and help shape the virtual reality world together. We are looking for designers, engineers, artists, developers, innovators, users – in short, you. Where does the virtual reality world lead? What would you create there? Share your ideas and apps and help build an exciting world for the new ZEISS VR ONE virtual and augmented reality headset. Let’s get started and join our contest here: https://vronecontest.zeiss.com/

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Experience augmented reality with the ZEISS VR ONE AR app.  This fun app is intended for use with the ZEISS VR ONE headset and the paper cube which is part of the ZEISS VR ONE retail package. Each side of the paper cube features a different background image. The app is programmed to detect which background image is in front of the camera at any given time, and to project the corresponding 3D model onto it. Each background image has its own model, or the same model doing a different movement. Download the foldable box template Now available on the Apple® App Store and on Google Play™.

Experience augmented reality with the ZEISS VR ONE AR app.  This fun app is intended for use with the ZEISS VR ONE headset and the paper cube which is part of the ZEISS VR ONE retail package. Each side of the paper cube features a different background image. The app is programmed to detect which background image is in front of the camera at any given time, and to project the corresponding 3D model onto it. Each background image has its own model, or the same model doing a different movement. Download the foldable box template Now available on the Apple® App Store and on Google Play™.

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The ZEISS VR ONE is a one-of-a-kind device allowing us to take our first steps in the world of virtual reality. Its lightweight design and 100% portability make it the perfect companion for videos, games and augmented reality.

"This $99 Headset Could Get
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- Peter Rubin, Wired

ZEISS VR ONE
Media Launcher

The ZEISS VR ONE Media Launcher is your central hub for launching VR apps on your smartphone. Discover the latest apps made for ZEISS VR ONE, as well as other apps which are compatible with your ZEISS VR ONE virtual reality headset.

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Plugin for native accelerated headtracking

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Check out our SDK for Unity3D to create VR apps for iOS and Android.

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Enhance your app's visibility by submitting it to the ZEISS VR ONE Media Launcher.

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Available VR apps, which are made for VR ONE will be listed in the VR ONE Media Launcher app.

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ZEISS VR ONE

Leading-edge optical design and ZEISS precision lenses for the ultimate immersive visual experience. ZEISS VR ONE supports smartphones with display sizes between 4.7 and 5.2 inches and users can wear their eyeglasses as normal while using the headset.

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Optics Leading-edge optical design and ZEISS precision lenses for ultimate immersive visual experience
Supported devices Smartphones with display size between 4.7 and 5.2 inches
See-through front shield Enabling smartphone cameras for augmented reality apps
Eyeglasses Eyeglasses can be worn while using the headset
Distance between wearers' eyes supported 53 - 77 mm
Field of view Field of view of approx. 100°
Audio Ports to plug in the smartphone audio and charging connectors
Smartphone tray Innovative slide for exact positioning of the smartphone. Please visit this page for more information about supported smart phones.
Air ventilation Ventilation openings to ease airflow and prevent fogging of lenses
Tracking sensors Internal tracking by smartphone sensors
3D support Stereo side-by-side format for 3D pictures & videos
SDK An open source SDK as well as the documentation are available to software developers. For technical questions, please follow the link to the StackOverflow Forum.
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