Dell’s Visor might be the most comfortable VR headset ever
Guest Contribution
Read more… More about Vr, Windows 10, Vr Headset, Dell, and Mixed Reality Read the full article…
Read MoreGuest Contribution
Virtual Reality
-
| Aug 28, 2017
-
Chroma Lab brings particle physics to Steam for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift
| Aug 27, 2017Mesmerizing particle physics simulator Chroma Lab is now available on Steam for $5. It works with both Vive and Rift and lets you use your hands to interact with colorful particles floating around you. The particles behave like a fluid and can be toyed with as they react realistically to the ways you play with them. According… Read the full article…
Read More -
AR smart glasses will become standard issue with self-driving cars
| Aug 27, 2017GUEST: Imagine flying into a new city. The rental car company hands you a pair of smart glasses at the airport. As you step outside the terminal amid the airport traffic chaos, your AR glasses identify the autonomous car driving up to get you with a digital “Your car” sign hovering above it. It knows… Read the full article…
Read More -
Sliver.tv raises $9.8 million for esports in VR
| Aug 26, 2017Esports VR broadcasting company SLIVER.tv announced it completed series A round equity funding with $9.8 million raised. To date, the company has received $17.5 million. Danhua Capital, Heuristic Capital Partners, and ZP Capital led the round while addition funding came from DCM, Sierra Ventures, The VR Fund, Samsung Next Fund and Sony Innovation Fund. SLIVER.tv CEO and… Read the full article…
Read More -
Revolutionary approach brings 3D sound into the living room
| Aug 26, 2017Computer vision and sound experts have demonstrated ‘Media Device Orchestration’ – an innovative home audio concept which enables users to enjoy immersive audio experiences by using all available devices in a typical living room. Read the full article…
Read More -
Star Wars: The Last Jedi characters hit AR in Find the Force event on September 1
| Aug 26, 2017Star Wars fans will soon be able to use the power of AR to find out more about the latest entry in the series, The Last Jedi. Disney and LucasFilm today announced Find the Force, a global AR event kicking off on September 1. As IGN reports, from next month, over 20,000 retail locations across 30… Read the full article…
Read More -
4 myths are blocking real, needed VR standards
| Aug 25, 2017GUEST: Virtual reality, though still in its nascent stages of evolution, is becoming increasingly commercially viable, just as augmented reality is also gaining popularity. But as with any gold rush, developers and vendors are feverishly working to stake their claim on a new frontier while still partially mining in the dark, as both VR and… Read the full article…
Read More -
Monetizing VR: Turning the magic into money (VB Live)
| Aug 25, 2017VB LIVE: Virtual reality is an entirely new way of interacting with content, but is the technology too new to engender consumer confidence? Join our latest VB Live event for insight into the future of VR commerce and how payment technology can revolutionize – and monetize — VR experiences. Register here for free. At the… Read the full article…
Read More -
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Playing the SNES Classic, and Nintendo discovers PayPal
| Aug 25, 2017Hello and welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, Nintendo finally adopts PayPal support, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ first tournament was a success, and the World Electronic Sports Games (WESG) organization is under fire for how it’s separating an esports tournament based on gender. Oh, and don’t forget to check out our Madden NLF 18 guide for the… Read the full article…
Read More -
Despite doomsayers, smartphones will be essential for AR’s evolution
| Aug 24, 2017GUEST: With Apple’s recent introduction of ARKit, developers have rushed to create seriously impressive AR demos for the iPhone. This has resulted in some futurists and techies proclaiming that the age of the smartphone has ended and that the takeover of AR smart glasses is not only inevitable but also imminent. However, rumors of the… Read the full article…
Read More -
KFC’s creepy VR training game is a terrifying way to welcome new employees
| Aug 24, 2017New trainees can only escape this room when they learn how to make KFC’s Original Recipe fried chicken. A creepy-sounding Colonel Sanders narrates the game and teaches employees the five step process. Once they complete this challenge, they even get a certificate with their time and grade on it. Terrifying. Read more… More about Virtual… Read the full article…
Read More -
Scott Stratten, unmarketing, and how AI is not optional for retail – VB Engage
| Aug 24, 2017Travis and Stewart interview Scott Stratten, the man behind “unmarketing,” in this week’s episode of VB Engage, as part of the Unbounce CTA Conference interview series in Vancouver. Scott reveals some of his greatest engagement tips and tells us how AI will affect the marketer’s life. Speaking of AI, and the news this week, we debate… Read the full article…
Read More -
Augmented reality’s future isn’t glasses. It’s the car
| Aug 23, 2017GUEST: In the next seven years, true augmented reality will likely not become mainstream anywhere, except the automotive industry — and here are the reasons why. By “true” augmented reality” we mean AR that shows virtual objects to be actually integrated with the real environment and visible on various depths, not only on a screen’s… Read the full article…
Read More -
Facebook brings its AR, VR, and consumer hardware teams closer together
| Aug 23, 2017Consumer hardware is increasingly becoming part of Facebook’s plans for the next decade, and that shift has led to a change in the social network’s executive ranks. Veteran executive Andrew Bosworth will now lead Facebook’s augmented reality, virtual reality, and consumer hardware initiatives, a Facebook spokesperson informed VentureBeat today. Mark Rabkin will step into Bosworth’s… Read the full article…
Read More -
Use of brain-computer interface, virtual avatar could help people with gait disabilities
| Aug 23, 2017Researchers have shown for the first time that the use of a brain-computer interface augmented with a virtual walking avatar can control gait, suggesting the protocol may help patients recover the ability to walk after stroke, some spinal cord injuries and certain other gait disabilities. Read the full article…
Read More -
Social VR is evolving, and AltspaceVR paid the price
| Aug 22, 2017GUEST: Last month, AltspaceVR, one of the most beloved startups in the burgeoning, albeit struggling, VR consumer industry announced it was shutting its doors due to what they described as “unforeseen financial difficulty”. This is by no means an ordinary player in the VR community. The California-based startup is one of the earliest pioneers in the… Read the full article…
Read More -
Cat Sorter VR transforms your HTC Vive into a chaotic feline assembly line
| Aug 22, 2017If you can’t get enough of cats in actual reality, you can now obsess over kitties in virtual reality, too. The adorable Cat Sorter VR is exactly what it sounds like: a game where you sort cats. It hits Steam and Viveport, the HTC Vive content platform, on August 29. The Cat Sorter demo was chaotic… Read the full article…
Read More -
LCD Soundsystem’s new VR experience lets you join the dance party
| Aug 22, 2017Get ready for an LCD Soundsystem listening experience unlike anything else. The band announced this week that it has officially released its first virtual reality experience called “Dance Tonite.” SEE ALSO: LCD Soundsystem covered David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’ at Coachella, and it was just about perfect The project was put together with the help of… Read the full article…
Read More -
When fish swim in the holodeck
| Aug 21, 2017Standard behavior experiments to investigate behavior in popular lab animals only incompletely mimic natural conditions. The understanding of behavior and brain function is thus limited. Virtual Reality helps in generating a more natural experimental environment but requires immobilization of the animal, disrupting sensorimotor experience and causing altered neuronal and behavioral responses. Researchers have now developed… Read the full article…
Read More -
Samsung launches Relúm?no app to help the visually impaired see more clearly using VR
| Aug 21, 2017The virtual reality (VR) wars are starting to heat up, with HTC announcing earlier today that it is slashing the price of its Vive VR headset from $800 to $600 — a month after Facebook scythed prices for the Oculus Rift headset and Oculus Touch controller. But VR remains very much a niche medium, and we’ve yet… Read the full article…
Read More
