Reality Mixer lets you bring real objects into VR. It uses the cameras on the headset to show a real object and its surroundings in the current VR environment.
Think of objects like keyboard & mouse, a racing wheel, a clock on the wall, a drink on your desk, a phone, a tablet, a chair, a couch, etc.
Also larger real objects can be used. Like the door to your room, so you can see who comes in. Or bring the whole floor into VR, which helps with untangling from the headset cable.
Bringing real objects into a virtual environment is known as '
Augmented Virtuality'.
Reality Mixer creates 'boxes of reality' which are shown in VR. Chroma keying (green screen) will make the background of the objects transparent so the VR world shows through. This can be useful for objects such as a racing wheel and HOTAS. (Chroma keying is in development. Please see the
Early Access part above.)
The real objects will not be visible all the time. They ...
