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Google’s ‘Project Soli’ Radar Hand Tracking and How VR and AR Might Use it

Google's I/O 2015 conference last week was packed with technology with potential uses with VR or AR. The most unusual among them, Project Soli, uses radar technology to detect minute movements and gestures and translate them for input. Google ATAP (Advanced...

Google Wants to Use Tango Tech for VR, But Admits Current Dev Kits Aren’t Optimized

Project Tango, Google's computer vision project able to track and map 3D spaces in realtime, may well find its way into future VR projects from the company, but they admit that current developer hardware may not be up to...

Google’s New ‘Cardboard Design Lab’ App Uses VR to Teach You About VR Design

Google has just released the Cardboard Design Lab app for Android which puts users inside of a VR environment and teaches them fundamentals of VR design. The app demonstrates each of its lessons quickly in impressively effective ways. As Google further...

200 Companies Now Hiring – A Look at the Growing Virtual Reality Jobs Market

We all know that the VR market is heating up, but what is staffing like at the companies that are creating these devices and applications? Whether or not companies are able to find the talent they need may have...

Google I/O 2015 VR Itinerary Day 2 – Virtual Reality Sessions Livestreamed

Today is the second and last day of Google I/O 2015 and we've spotted three livestreamed sessions that VR developers and enthusiasts might enjoy. Catch the livestream along with us right here. Above is Google’s official I/O 2015 livestream player...
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Video Preview: Manus Machina’s Wireless VR Glove Looks Promising, Headed to E3 2015

Manus Machina, a tech startup based in the Netherlands, have released a video preview of what they're calling 'the first consumer VR glove' ahead of its appearance at E3 2015 where the device will quite literally be on hand...

Google Bringing VR to iPhone, Cardboard App Now Available on iOS with New Demos

Ready or not, Apple, here comes virtual reality on the iPhone courtesy of Google. The search giant has now released the official Cardboard app for iOS with a few brand new demos. What's more, the Cardboard SDK is compatible...

Google ‘Jump’ is an Open VR Camera Design with “Seamless” Stitching Solution and YouTube Playback

Amidst other VR related announcements from Google at today's I/O 2015 conference comes 'Jump', a VR camera that will follow Cardboard's path by offering up an open design. Google is also revealing the 'Assembler' which the company says can...

GoPro to Make 16 Camera VR Film Rig Based on Google’s ‘Jump’ Design

GoPro, the biggest name in rugged 'action' video cameras, is ready to jump into the VR space with a 16 camera array based on Google's new 'Jump' design for 360 degree VR video. Just three years ago, the idea that big...
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Google ‘Expeditions’ Lets Students Take VR Field Trips to Anywhere

Google today unveiled an educational initiative that leverages virtual reality and the company's low-cost Cardboard VR viewers to let teachers take their students on trips around the world as a classroom—they call it 'Expeditions'. Virtual reality and education are receiving...

Google Announces New, Larger Cardboard VR Viewer with Universal Input Button

At Google's I/O 2015 developer conference today, Clay Bavor took to the stage to update the world on the company's VR developments and has revealed a new and improved Cardboard VR viewer for smartphones. Google announced the Cardboard viewer and...

Google Lists 8 New Full-time Virtual Reality Jobs in Biggest VR Hiring Spree Yet

While it was exciting last year to see Google post some five full time job listings for virtual reality projects, eight additional full-time job listings from the company shows how fast they're growing their VR team. Earlier this month Clay Bavor, Vice President...

Google is Creating a “Next-generation” 3D VR Camera “From Scratch”

A slew of new virtual reality job listings from Google hint at projects the company may have up their sleeve, including the creation of a stereoscopic 3D VR camera. Two new job listing from Google seek a Hardware and Software...

Best of the Oculus Mobile VR Jam 2015 – Part 6: Phase Shift, The Night Cafe,...

Coming to our 6th and final installment of our series covering some of the most promising content to come out of the Oculus Mobile VR Jam, we take a look at a mix of games and experiences that not only focus on a cohesive...

“We’re working on things not made out of cardboard,” Google says as I/O 2015 Looms

While the initial uptick of Google's 'Cardboard' VR initiative may have exceeded their expectations, the company is now taking a very active approach to guiding the project into the future. The next step for Cardboard, which we expect to hear...
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