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Oculus Rift Creator: “Don’t get too hyped on the possibility of seeing [VR input] at GDC”
Palmer Luckey, creator of the Oculus Rift, has preempted any rumors that Oculus might be showing a first-party VR input solution at the upcoming GDC 2015 in March.
'VR input', a more natural way of interacting with the virtual world...
Epic Games Offering up Cash from $5 Million Fund to ‘Anyone Making Cool Things with UE4’
Epic Games is offering developers a "no strings attached" piece of their recently established development fund, a financial grant pool that tops out at $5,000,000 worth of cash. The funds are earmarked for projects with working prototypes, that are...
Why Social Virtual Reality is Worth Celebrating
When I opened my eyes I suddenly found myself in an art gallery that had been transformed into a full-blown party with thumping music, bright red helium balloons pulling at the furniture, and a menagerie of life forms, humanoid...
New CastAR Promo Video Shows a Vision of an Augmented Home
Technical Illusions, the company behind the CastAR augmented reality glasses, have just revealed a new promo video showing their vision of an augmented home.
"We're committed to not making "high concept" videos that most people do. For our Kickstarter we...
GDC 2015: The Games Industry is Gearing Up for VR’s Arrival – Road to VR will...
GDC is once again upon us, and on March 2-6 the people responsible for creating the games we love come together at the Moscone Center in San Francisco to talk shop. This year, virtual reality dominates the conference agenda. Here's...
Apple Posts New Job Listing for Senior Software Engineer with “proven Track Record in Virtual and...
On the tail of their newly granted patent for a mobile head mounted display, Apple is continuing to search for new hires that would bring augmented and virtual reality experience to the company.
It first came to light that Apple...
‘[NUREN] The New Renaissance’ Oculus Rift DK2 Demo Now Available (video)
The developers of The New Renaissance have released a demo of their feature-length virtual reality music experience, showing a segment that reminds me of just why I got into this VR business in the first place: dancing robot girls...
Apple Granted Patent for Gear VR-like Mobile Headset, Could Have “Broad Ramifications” for Such Devices
Yesterday, Apple was granted a patent for a Gear VR-like mobile headset which would use a portable device (like a smartphone) as the primary display. The patent strikes similarities between both Samsung's Gear VR and a swath of VR...
Following $23 Million Series A, Meta 1 Developer Kit Hackathon to Be Held March 6
On the tail end of this year's GDC, Meta will be hosting their very first 24-hour AR hackathon centered around their Meta 1 Developer Kit, a crowdfunded augmented reality headset that is now shipping out to backers. The event comes after...
‘Proton Pulse’ Free on Android for Google Cardboard, 3D Brick-Breaking Action from Maker of ‘Vanguard V’
Proton Pulse for Google Cardboard is free of cost for a whole month starting today on the Google Play store. The full game, which came to Cardboard in December 2014, has 53 different levels and 5 boss battles to keep you playing on...
‘NUREN’ Lands on Kickstarter for “Feature-Length VR Music Experience” for the Oculus Rift
The New Renaissance is planned to be an interactive cinematic VR experience, more than an hour in runtime, featuring original music and voice-acting. The project, which will work in virtual reality with the Oculus Rift, and on standard...
View-Master Comes to the 21st Century with Help From Google, Delivers ‘Kid-Friendly Immersive Digital Experience’
It was announced yesterday at the New York Toy Fair that Mattel's View-Master is ditching the film 'reels' and partnering with Google "to deliver an affordable, kid-friendly immersive digital experience" using a chunky plastic version of Google's Cardboard smartphone...
NBA Games to Be Recorded in VR Video, Exclusively for Samsung Gear VR
The NBA have announced that they're to bring a collection of their events to VR, giving basketball fans the chance to go courtside without even being there.
The ability to capture the electric atmosphere of a live sporting event for...
SEER 100 Degree FOV ‘Augmented Reality’ Headset Approaches $100,000 Kickstarter Goal
SEER, an augmented reality device from San Francisco/Shenzhen based Caputer Labs Inc, launched their Kickstarter campaign in late January, and have already reached beyond $75,000 of their $100,000 funding goal. The device, which takes advantage of the user's smartphone,...
Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 93): What is OSVR? with Razer’s Chris Mitchell & Sensic’s Yuval Boger
I am a big fan of open source stuff, so when I heard that Razer and Sensics have decided to team up to bring an open source virtual reality platform to the VR space, I knew I had to...
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