VR Video Transition Pioneered by News Channel is the Best We’ve Seen Yet
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: Using VR Magic to Create Astonishment
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.
Hands On: Modbox on HTC Vive Indulges Your Creative & Destructive Urges
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.
Consumer Gear VR Teardown Reveals Easily Replaceable Lenses
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.
Improved View-Master DLX Coming This Fall
A the 2016 Toy Fair conference in NYC this weekend, Mattel showed the first glimpse of the new and improved View-Master DLX.
ADR1FT is Coming March 28th for Oculus Rift
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.
Goldman Sachs: VR and AR “Will Be the Next Generation Computing Platform”
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.
4 Ways to Use VR to Connect With Loved Ones on Valentine’s Day
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’ in VR is a Faithful Recreation of the Classic NES Shooter
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 Vive Pre Arrives With Developers, Twitter Rejoices
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.
Free Oculus Rift to be Sent to Pre-Kickstarter Backers, Source Claims
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.
NextVR Takes You to the Spectacular Opening Ceremony of 2016 Youth Olympic Games
Yesterday marked the start of the 2016 Youth Olympic winter games held in Norway. VR video company NextVR was on the scene to stream the opening ceremony and will be capturing highlights throughout the event.
VR Puzzler ‘Dimensional’ Has Interesting VR Locomotion Ideas, On Kickstarter Now
Dimensional from UK developers is a built-for-VR puzzle platformer for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift which leverage’s experimental locomotion ideas to tackle nausea and enhance presence. The project has just hit Kickstarter, so we thought we’d take a quick look at it.
VR Music Experience ‘Polydome’ Now Available on Gear VR via Oculus Concepts
Polydome from developer Plan8, is a VR music experience that encourages you to “create endless musical combinations and permutations by connecting sequences of floating gems”, and it’s just arrived for free via Oculus Share’s ‘Concepts’ category.
Syfy’s New Crime Drama ‘Halycon’ Will Feature 5 ‘Made for VR’ Episodes
NBCUniveral’s Syfy channel have announced its new, futuristic crime drama ‘Halycon’ will include the production of 5 special episodes, designed to be viewed through the Oculus Rift VR headset.
