A tool that allows people to gather in VR space for free and watch movies and work together 'Dream'

Using the VCR headset Oculus Rift, gather with fellows in the VR space, watch movies, watch sports, open meetings among people in remote areas, and "place" where you can do various collaborations The tool that provides us is " Dream ". It is distributed free on the Oculus Store, and anyone with Oculus Rift can create their own secret base in VR space.

Dream launches online VR collaboration and productivity tool | VentureBeat
https://venturebeat.com/2018/10/04/dream-launches-online-vr-collaboration-and-productivity-tool/

You can tell what kind of tool "Dream" is by looking at the following movie.

Dream Launch Trailer - YouTube


Dream is a tool that Chrome can be used in VR space.

Oculus Touch is necessary for use. With this touch feeling, use the Oculus Touch to manipulate the virtual keyboard displayed on the VR.

A space like a secret base is set up in the VR space, and friends gather from various places through the Internet here.

The menu of Dream is as follows. In addition to being able to invite users and switch to another avatar ......

Applications such as Chrome and YouTube are available. Since you can use Chrome in your web browser, basically any browser based service can be used in Dream.

Using Trello as a task management tool, we hold meetings with colleagues working in remote areas ......

You can also check documents with Dropbox.

In addition, playing a movie on YouTube and taking a lecture on life-saving measures ......

Play a movie and dance lessons with everyone ......

Watching e sports with Twitch etc ... ....

You can do anything possible on the browser, like watching movies.

Overseas media VentureBeat says, "Except occasional bugs, it works as intended, I was able to browse the website of VentureBeat, chat on VR, enjoy nice scenery" I write it. The VR tool "Dream" was developed based on San Francisco based Dream. The company's CEO Aidan Beck has revealed that he has developed Dream as an open software project since its inception.

Beck says that VR tools like Dream will be a big advantage for remote workers, companies emphasizing that overseas-based companies will be able to communicate easily with employees working far away by using Dream It is. Since there is no need to visit overseas if there is only Dream, it will lead to cost reductions and it will be possible to share important information in real time, so that team work will be smoothly turned around.

In recent years, with the advent of many web applications that can be used on browsers, web browsers are beginning to play a role as a simple browser. Although VentureBeat expresses the browser as "meta OS on Windows", Dream also points out the possibility of being treated as meta OS in the VR space, and at the time of article creation, development tools for Dream Although it does not exist, third parties developers will develop applications for Dream, and if it appears, they can evolve into tools that can be used in more diverse ways.

In addition, "Dream" can be downloaded for free from the Oculus Store.

Dream | Oculus