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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...
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...
New Oculus 0.6 SDK Built Into Unreal Engine 4.8 Preview 3, Available Now
With the exciting new developer features revealed with the Oculus SDK 0.6 earlier this month, it's great to see Epic working diligently to bring the new version to Unreal Engine 4. The first integration of 0.6 for UE4 comes...
Oculus Acquires Computer Vision Company Surreal Vision for 3D Scene Reconstruction
Oculus today announced that they've acquired Surreal Vision, a computer vision company that's using technology to interpret the real world in a way that can be visualized and interacted with within virtual reality.
Surreal Vision is a UK company that was founded...
Epic’s ‘Showdown’ Demo Runs at 60 FPS on Morpheus After UE4 Optimizations
Epic's high fidelity Showdown demo was only barely able to hold framerate on one of the most powerful GPUs in the world when it debuted last September. But now, after optimizations for Unreal Engine 4 on PS4, the demo runs on...
Samsung’s Milk VR Gets New Community Channel, Showcases Emerging VR Filmmakers
Samsung's VR video streaming platform, Milk VR, is loosening up to make way for community-made content. So you too can potentially get eyeballs on your VR video project through the stock Gear VR app (provided your film makes the grade).
Announced at this year's SVVR...
Oculus Announces ‘Connect 2’ Conference as they Gear Up for Consumer VR
Oculus have announced that their second 'Connect' developer event will take place September 23-35 at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, CA and it's set to prime the industry for VR's imminent consumer debut.
Oculus's inaugural 'Connect' event last year was...
Best of the Oculus Mobile VR Jam 2015 – Part 5: Telescopic, Tana Pura, SoundScape
Now in our 5th installment of our ongoing series covering some of the most promising content to come out of the Oculus Mobile VR Jam, we take a look at three submissions that awake in the user a childlike wonder of life, the Universe,...



















