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[[Janus VR]] is a [[VR App]] for the [[Oculus Rift]]. It is a platform that allows the user to see and experience the internet through virtual reality. | [[Janus VR]] is a [[VR App]] for the [[Oculus Rift]]. It is a platform that allows the user to see and experience the internet through virtual reality. Janus VR is an immersive, collaborative, multi-dimensional internet where web pages are represented as fully interactive rooms with doors acting as links between them. It allows users to have spatial walks through the internet. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
The internet is seen as a collection of different search engines, apps and websites. Janus VR allows the user to experience the internet in 3D. The basic analogy to explain Janus VR is that webpages are rooms and the website links are doorways that connect the rooms. It can be defined as an immersive, collaborative and multi-dimensional internet. It is based on a [[VR]] version of Firefox called [[MozVR]]. The initial version of | The internet is seen as a collection of different search engines, apps and websites. Janus VR allows the user to experience the internet in 3D. The basic analogy to explain Janus VR is that webpages are rooms and the website links are doorways that connect the rooms. It can be defined as an immersive, collaborative and multi-dimensional internet. It is based on a [[VR]] version of Firefox called [[MozVR]]. The initial version of janus VR was named Firebox, but it was later decided to change the name since the browser is not in any way affiliated with Firefox web browser. The current iteration of janus VR supports [[Oculus Rift DK2]] and [[Leap Motion]]. Rooms are created using an extended HTML and JavaScript and can be edited interactively from within the VR. | ||
The growing community has more than 90,000 members who, in most cases, actively participate in the development of this multiverse. | The growing community has more than 90,000 members who, in most cases, actively participate in the development of this multiverse. | ||
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Recent enhancements to Janus VR include increased support for 3D object textures and greater flexibility in the sizing and positioning of doorways between the rooms, and the ability to record ghosts of your avatar to bring some life into otherwise static rooms. Support for video files has also been included and is already being used for virtual movie theaters and variety of other uses. | Recent enhancements to Janus VR include increased support for 3D object textures and greater flexibility in the sizing and positioning of doorways between the rooms, and the ability to record ghosts of your avatar to bring some life into otherwise static rooms. Support for video files has also been included and is already being used for virtual movie theaters and variety of other uses. | ||
The current iteration of | The current iteration of janus VR supports [[Oculus Rift DK2]] and [[Leap Motion]]. janus VR is available for Windows, OSX, and Linux. It does not require installation and all that users have to do is to download the archive, extract it, and run the executable file. | ||
==System Requirements== | ==System Requirements== | ||
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==About the creators== | ==About the creators== | ||
James McCrae is the creator of | James McCrae is the creator of janus VR. He has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Toronto. Karan Singh, another important team member in janus VR project is a professor of interactive computer graphics at the University of Toronto [1]. | ||
==Images and Videos== | ==Images and Videos== | ||