Protocol:

Two VR actors tape forks to their controllers in order to feed each other real marshmallows while feeding each other virtual marshmallows at the AltSpaceVR campfire.

The main oversight:

We would be attempting to align the physical and virtual spaces for two people with separate devices that had different degrees of freedom (HTC Vive, 6 dof; Oculus Go, 3 dof).

Results:

This was terrible. Did not foresee how complicated aligning the virtual avatars and real actors would be. This made it very hard to sync the feeding with the visuals and extremely frustrating. Made it clear that a fixed spatial environment is ideal for cross-reality interaction.

Hypothesis/assumption:

The experience of actual VR feeding will feel more real than the pretend feeding alone.

Protocol:

VR actor feeds themself virtual raspberries. Meanwhile, CR actor sneaks a real raspberry into VR player’s mouth.

Results:

This kind of “actual” feeding requires a CR party. This was more successful than the other feeding scenario and did elicit a reaction from the VR party. Not quite as engaging for the CR party.