Oculus Founder to Make ‘Special Announcement’ at The Game Awards on December 3rd
Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey is set to take the stage of The Game Awards this Thursday, December 3rd to make a ‘special announcement’.
Google Venture’s Investment Strategy and Outlook for Virtual Reality
Joe Kraus is a general partner at Google Ventures, and he was on a panel at the Virtual Reality Intelligence conference in San Francisco talking about VC investment trends in virtual reality. Joe predicts that 2016 will be a “perceptual year of despair” for virtual reality where the market won’t really start to take off in a big way until 2017. He says that for VR start-ups, the key will be to conserve cash and survive 2016 until 2017 when the VR market will start to really take off. Joe talks about some of the VR investments that Google Ventures has made, and some of his predictions for the future of VR and AR.
Cyber Monday: $1 Gear VR Phone Deal Continues at Best Buy
If you’re hoping to pick up a smartphone compatible with Samsung’s Gear VR headset, Best Buy is continuing their Black Friday sale on compatible phones for Cyber Monday.
LucidCam 180-Degree VR Camera Passes $100K Crowdfunding Goal
LucidCam, a 3D 180-degree photo/video camera with a sleek and pocketable design, has passed its IndieGogo funding goal of $100,000.
‘Escape Velocity VR’ Trailer – Coming to Gear VR in December
Not much is known about Escape Velocity VR, but it’s safe to say that this Gear VR title is going to be a lonely ride through space, stranded or otherwise.
‘The Martian’ VR Sneak Peek Hits Gear VR, 15-20 Minute Experience Debuts in 2016
Executive produced by Ridley Scott and directed by Robert Stromberg, a sneak-peek of The Martian VR Experience has landed on Samsung’s Gear VR headset. The full experience is set to debut in 2016 on desktop-class VR headsets, clocking in at 15-20 minutes.
One of the World’s Largest Adult Entertainment Studios Launches VR Initiative
Kink, a San Francisco based adult entertainment studio and network of adult websites, has today taken their first step into virtual reality, offering adult films for playback on Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, and Google Cardboard.
Black Friday Deal: Free Shipping on Samsung Gear VR
Samsung’s Gear VR headset is shaping up to be a hot holiday item… if you can get your hands on one.
Black FridayDeal : $1 Samsung Gear VR Phones or $250 Best Buy Gift Card
With Samsung’s consumer Gear VR headset now up for sale, folks looking for compatible phones this holiday season should keep their eyes peeled for holiday deals. For Black Friday, Best Buy is offering cash back in the form of a gift card for Gear VR phones or deep discounts if you’re buying on-contract.
Improving E-Commerce Conversions with 3D Models of Products with Prizmiq
Darrick Morrison is a the founder and CEO of Prizmiq, which is working as e-commerce tools to scan products with photogrammetry techniques, and then embed them within a shopping cart experience. Darrick comes from an ecommerce background, and he has found that seeing a 3D rendered product has been able to increase conversions and reduce returns. He sees that virtual reality has a huge potential to disrupt a lot of the brick and mortar retail stores by being able to better replicate the proportion and scale of products within a virtual reality experience. He also foresees that augmented reality experiences will start to be a much bigger part of adding a layer of marketing experience, but providing purely digital fashion items. He sees that VR and AR has the potential to unlock the creative potentials of our imagination, and has a visionary perspective for how VR and AR could help our culture mature as we’re heading towards a potential transhumanist singularity.
Virtuix Omni Walks the Wasteland in Fallout 4, Powered by VorpX
The Virtuix Omni is well on its way to being the first consumer-facing VR treadmill to hit the market, with the first shipments set to go out in next month. In the mean time, Virtuix is keeping the hype alive with a new video demonstrating its use with Fallout 4 in VR, using the VR injection driver VorpX.
John Carmack Casts Critical Eye Over Gear VR Title ‘Bazaar’
John Carmack takes up his role as VR educator once again as he takes a technical deep dive into new Gear VR title Bazaar and analyses, ruminates on and illuminates where the developer could make changes to improve their design and technology approach.
Elite:Dangerous Horizons 1.5 Beta Brings HTC Vive Support
Elite:Dangerous is evolving and the first in a series of expansions, named Horizons, will be available on November 30th – bringing with it a host of new features. One exciting addition is the first inclusion of official HTC Vive / SteamVR support in the upcoming beta release, the development team have revealed.
Sixense Reveals 3 New STEM VR Controller Demo Videos
Sixense’s wireless motion controller system STEM and its protracted development process seems finally to be nearing an end. To that end, the company have released 3 new videos of demo games early adopters will receive along with their hardware.
