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Publisher Copyright: © 2020 Owner/Author. Humans have sharp central vision but low peripheral visual acuity. Prior work has taken advantage of this phenomenon in two ways: foveated rendering (FR) reduces the computational workload of rendering by producing lower visual quality for peripheral regions and foveated video encoding (FVE) reduces the bitrate of streamed video through heavier compression of peripheral regions. Remote rendering systems require both rendering and video encoding and the two techniques can be combined to reduce both computing and bandwidth consumption. We report early results from such a combination with remote VR rendering. The results highlight that FR causes large bitrate overhead when combined with normal video encoding but combining it with FVE can mitigate it.

Indigenous people (IP) living in remote areas, at the margins ofmainstream society, are often the last ones to experience emergingtechnologies and even less to shape those experiences. It could beargued technology exposure and experience is necessary for IPto gain agency in making informed decisions on the rejection orappropriation of novel technologies. In this paper, VR is introducedto a remote San community within a broader community-basedresearch collaboration considering political and ethical perspectivesof technology inclusion. The intent was to familiarise the communitywith the technology through the development and playthroughof a game, to explore future opportunities for joint co-designs ofVR applications, meanwhile gauging the barriers for how VR operatesoutside of its intended setting. The community membersexpressed their excitement about the experience and the desire tore-create traditional San games in VR. The paper reflects on thecommunity experiences, the setup and use of VR in remote settings,and the choices made to facilitate the familiarization of emergingtechnology