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Oculus Rift News Bits: Prototype Review and New Display Details

Time for a catch up on the latest Oculus Rift news. In this edition of ORNB we look at an Oculus Rift review of a prototype developer kit and learn details about the new 7" display that the head...

Minecraft Reality AR App Let’s Players Import Creations Into the Real World

Minecraft Reality is an AR app created by 13th Lab in Conjunction with Minecraft developer Mojang. The app, which is currently only available for iOS devices, allows users to place Minecraft creations in the real world as augmented reality...

Google Glass New York Fashion Week Gallery

In the world of technology reporting, it's rare to have a good excuse to stare at beautiful women. Let's indulge while we have the opportunity -- as I noted earlier, Google Glass walked the runway in September during New...

Google Glass News Bits: Panoramic Photo Mode, Models Wear Glass on the Runway

This one slipped under my radar but I think it's worth a mention. Back in September, Spencer Ante of the Wall Street Journal spoke with Google co-founder Sergey Brin and got a brief exclusive preview of Google Glass (sometimes...

Oculus Rift Developer Kit Delayed Until March; New Prototype Photos, Larger Screen

Not the best news for backers of the Oculus Rift Kickstarter this morning -- Oculus Inc. has announced that shipment of the Oculus Rift developer kit has been delayed until March. The company also says that they're moving up...

TIME Names Google Glass Among ‘Best Inventions in 2012’… Doesn’t Launch Until 2014

TIME Magazine has named Google Glass as one of the 'Best Inventions of 2012' which is interesting because they also mention that the product isn't expected on the market until 2014.... Google Glass found itself among 26 other inventions on...

Android-powered Vuzix M100 Smart Glasses to Compete with Google Glass in 2013

Vuzix has just introduced the M100 Smart Glasses. The M100 is an unobtrusive head mounted display, much like Google Glass, which Vuzix hopes will be used as a hands-free smartphone display and for augmented reality applications. In addition to...

Cave Automatic Virtual Environment Used in a Willow Music Video

After talking about Cave Augmented Virtual Environments the other day, reader Yossi pointed out that the Belgium band Willow recently utilized a CAVE in a music video for their song Sweater. The band put together a very neat sequence using the VR platform...

This is What it Looks Like Inside of a Cave Automatic Virtual Environment [video]

While inexpensive head mounted displays and virtual reality locomotion platforms promise to bring VR to the mainstream in the near future, you might be surprised to find that extremely immersive and interactive virtual reality environments already exist today. We talked about VIRTSIM...

Oculus Rift News Bits: Palmer Keynotes Evolve, Early 3D Rift Model, First Image of Tracker, and...

Once again it's time for an update on the latest Oculus Rift news. First of all, Oculus LLC is now Oculus Inc., according to the company's official website. This morning they've dropped an update to Kickstarter backers which includes...

Carl Zeiss Cinemizer HMD Now Available in US and Canada for $749, Headtracker Coming in January

Today Carl Zeiss is announcing that the Cinemizer head mounted display is available in the US and Canada for $749. The Carl Zeiss Cinemizer has technically been available for a few months, though it would seem that the company...

Montas Oculus Rift Game Goes to Indiegogo for Crowd-funding

Montas is an upcoming indie horror game with support for the Oculus Rift. We heard about Montas a few months back and now the creators, Organic Humans, have begun a crowd-funding campaign to help them raise money to get...

VIRTSIM is the Virtual Reality Platform That Gamers Crave but Can’t Have

VIRTSIM is a highly immersive virtual reality system which can pit squads of players against each other in a realistic virtual reality combat environment. The system utilizes full-motion body capture, VR headsets, gun props, and even shock-feedback. Unfortunately, the...

Augmented Reality Magician Shows You the Future Today

Augmented reality (AR) seems an inevitable part of our future. The possibilities are easy to see but realizing the necessary technology is incredibly complex. Researchers, experimenters, and tech folk are slowly advancing what can be done with augmented reality....

Sony HMZ-T2 Head Mounted Display Now Available for a Whopping £999 in UK, Cheaper Elsewhere

Sony quietly announced the HMZ-T2 head mounted display / VR headset back at the end of August. The unit is now available in several regions (though notably still not in the US). In the UK you can buy the HMZ-T2 for a...
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