Foveated Rendering is one of the most discussed topics in Virtual Reality, promising to
power the headsets of the future. Here, Tom Sengelaub of SensoMotoric Instruments
gives his insight into the tech behind SMI’s latest project.
It’s only really a matter of time until humanity befalls some Malthusian calamity, bringing with it roving bands of cannibals, face-eating pathogens, etc. etc. Don’t panic! Because in Neptune Flux, a friendly dystopian corporation is recruiting submarine technicians for their deep sea base, and you’re just the type they’re looking for.
If you are part of a virtual reality startup, are you ready to survive the next 18 months?
We got our hands on Alien Trap’s HTC Vive multi-player sandbox physics title at Unity’s Vision VR/AR Summit last week and loved its playful encouragement to create and destroy. Now, this latest video shows the developer’s tests with mind-bending portals.
What do you get when you cross immersive video with a TV newscast? Belgian news channel VRT Nieuws today released a 360 video that could be the answer.
The VOID started when Curtis Hickman brought on James Jensen to do some pre-visualization of the Evermore theme park that he was developing with Ken Bretschneider. When Curtis asked James if he had any other cool ideas, he shared his long-time vision of creating a virtual world that was overlaid on top of a physical world to create a mixed reality experience. They created an initial proof of concept that convinced them they were on to something really compelling, but they still had to solve a number of big problems in order to create their “Vision Of Infinite Dimensions” that The VOID set out to accomplish. So the VOID turned to ‘magic’ to solve them.
The human desire to create is strong, but our desire to destroy perhaps even stronger. Frank He takes Alien Trap’s new, motion control, made-for-VR title Modbox out for a spin and finds he’s all about the destruction.
Frank He lets his curiosity get the better of him as he tears apart his consumer Samsung Gear VR headset for your information and in the interests of science and for those perhaps interested in considering modifying their units.
A the 2016 Toy Fair conference in NYC this weekend, Mattel showed the first glimpse of the new and improved View-Master DLX.
Thee One Zero’s made-for-VR ‘astronaut in peril’ game ADR1FT is one of the most anticipated releases for VR headsets, and now it looks to be launching, on March 28th – in close proximity to the consumer Oculus Rift ship date at the end of March.
Many following the resurgence of VR starting with Oculus’ 2012 Kickstarter have bet their careers that VR and AR will be a disruptive technology, but sometimes it takes buy-in from one of the world’s largest and most influential investment banks to prove to the rest of the world that you aren’t crazy.
Being far away from the people you love the most is the pits, and it’s often times the little things you miss that really wear on your special friendships. This year is different though, as social VR apps are beginning to bridge the gap between us with their immersive virtual environments.
Duck Hunt (1984) inspires frustration in anyone who plays it, and for good reason. After a while the ducks are just too fast, the ammo supplies too low, and that dog. That smug little dog. It’s enough to make you want to retire your NES Zapper and never touch it again. That is, until we found the perfect recreation in virtual reality.
HTC’s second iteration of their SteamVR hardware, the Vive Pre, was unveiled last month at CES with a number of ergonomic and technical enhancements. Well it looks like developers worldwide are taking to twitter to rejoice the receipt of the last Vive, and here are some of the lucky developers who took to Twitter to celebrate.
It seems as if those VR pioneers that were part of the revolution prior to Oculus forming and starting their successful campaign to bring the Rift to life, may also now receive a consumer Oculus Rift.
