Road to VR

Excitement and Enthusiasm for VR at Sundance’s New Frontier Program

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Jan 31, 2016

The Sundance New Frontier program had 37 different virtual reality experiences showing on two different floors on Main Street in Park City during the Sundance Film Festival. Bechir Sylvain is an independent filmmaker who got his first taste of VR at Sundance last year at the New Frontier program where there were only about a dozen different experiences. For Bechir, going through all of VR experiences at Sundance was like a kid getting to experience Disney World for the first time, and I had a chance to capture his reactions and enthusiasm as he got his second big exposure to VR.

Hands On: Everest VR is a Visceral, Beautiful Interactive Documentary

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Jan 31, 2016

Frank He continues his VRLA Winter Expo adventures as he goes hands on with Everest VR, a HTC Vive powered experience from Sólfar Studios and RVX, that blends beautiful visuals with informative narration to present a compelling, interactive VR documentary.

Hands-on: ‘Budget Cuts’ Inventive Locomotion is a Lesson for VR Developers

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Jan 31, 2016

Budget Cuts is a stealth-action virtual reality game in development for the HTC Vive. The polished experience has the player avoiding humanoid robots and attacking from the shadows with throwing knives and crossbows. The game’s portaling locomotion system is a lesson for VR developers.

‘The Hobbit’ VR Experience Nominated for Visual Effects Award Alongside Halo 5, Destiny, and Others

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Jan 31, 2016

Thief in the Shadows, a VR experience based on The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013), has been nominated for a Visual Effects Society award for ‘Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project’.

Hands On: Crytek’s ‘The Climb’ is an Exhilarating Yet Comfortable VR Experience

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Jan 30, 2016

Frank He goes hands on with Crytek’s Oculus Rift exclusive rock-climbing VR title ‘The Climb‘ at this year’s VRLA Winter Expo.

Oculus Adds Video Capture Function to Gear VR SDK

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Jan 30, 2016

Gear VR users are still waiting for Oculus to officially open video capture for the masses, but according to a recent update in the documentation section for the Mobile SDK, app developers will now be able to capture “live, full resolution, undistorted, single-eye, full-layer-support VR video.” In layman’s terms: no more weird 3rd-party recording programs.

New Gear VR Games and Apps – January Weeks #3 and 4

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Jan 30, 2016

Got a Samsung Gear VR? Hungry for new games and experiences? We’re rounding up recent Oculus Store releases for fans of the mobile VR platform. A bumper roundup this week: highlights include Cube-inspired puzzler Neverout, comedy VR film experience BUTT’s: The VR Experience and take a walk in space with Escape Velocity.

Apple’s Latest Acquisition Adds to ‘Secret VR Team’, Report Suggests

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Jan 30, 2016

tim-cook — Apple CEO Tim Cook [Image courtesy Mashable]

The latest news in the world of Apple is the latest acquisition of computer vision company Flyby, together with a recent comment from Apple’s CEO seems to be indicating some significant virtual reality commitments from the company.

WEARVR Weekly Top Ten VR Downloads – January #4

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Jan 29, 2016

Looking for something fun to play in VR? We’ve got the top 10 downloads from the last week on the WEARVR app marketplace, a cross-platform repository of virtual reality experiences.

TED 2016 Attendees Will Step into THE VOID’s Mixed Reality World

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Jan 29, 2016

ted-conference — Photo courtesy TED Conference (CC BY-NC 2.0)

The ever-famous TED conference kicks off on February 15th in Vancouver, Canada and this year will feature The VOID mixed reality VR experience, including the latest hardware from the company.

Facebook on Rift Sales: “It’s not going to be material to our financials this year”

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Jan 29, 2016

mark-zuckerberg-facebook-oculus-rift-sales-expecations — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the company's F8 conference | Photo courtesy Facebook

During Facebook’s Q4 2015 earnings call this week the company reiterated conservative expectations for Oculus Rift sales in 2016.

Samsung is Fostering VR Storytelling at Sundance

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Jan 29, 2016

Samsung had a huge presence at Sundance this year as the mobile sponsor of the festival. They were evangelizing Gear VR to independent filmmakers with their Gear VR theater as well as collaborating with Sundance’s New Frontier program to provide Gear VR headsets for the mobile VR selection of cinematic VR experiences. I had a chance to catch up with Jim Wilson, who is the director of immersive products & VR for Samsung.

‘BUTTS: The VR Experience’ Comes to Gear VR

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Jan 29, 2016

BUTTS: The VR Experience has today come to Gear VR, released by creator Tyler Hurd. We just can’t get enough of BUTTS.

Stepping Into Star Wars and Jurassic World with ILMxLab’s ‘Holo-Cinema’

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Jan 28, 2016

Chris Madsen steps into the beloved universes of Star Wars and Jurassic World via ILMxLab’s ingenious 3D C.A.V.E experience which uses positional tracking to create the illusion that you’re inside the film. It’s called ‘Holo-Cinema’.

VR Minigolf is Here and Real Minigolf Should be Scared

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Jan 28, 2016

Virtual reality has an amazing capacity to make you feel like you are somewhere else, and to step into new worlds. But as far as actually being an accurate stand-in for most real life activities, VR still has a long way to go. Cloudlands: VR Minigolf, however, is so darn close to the real thing that I would not advise investing in any minigolf business opportunities any time soon.

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