Sébastien Kuntz is the founder of MiddleVR, which is a middleware solution that allows you to connect to a wide range of consumer and industrial VR peripheral devices. He talks about some of the other VR locomotion and 3DUI features that are included within the MiddleVR Unity integration.
The HTC team are in marketing overdrive mode right now, with an estimated arrival date for their (and Valve’s) first VR headset slated for the end of the year (albeit in limited numbers), the team’s whistle stop ‘world’ tour is getting the tech onto as many people’s heads as possible. As a result, it’s garnering some pretty good reactions from the public (and the occasional celebrity). This video, collated from reactions to the company’s PAX Prime presence, is the best kind of hype.
The extremely promising looking space combat shooter Everspace, focused on accessibility and adrenaline rather than space trading, has completed its Kickstarter campaign, raising a whopping 420,252 EUR ($477,139) of it’s original 225,000 EUR target.
As we approach Oculus’ 2nd developer conference, Connect 2, we’re expecting to learn much more about the next generation of mobile VR hardware the that might emerge from the Samsung Oculus partnership. The latest specification leak for Samsung’s forthcoming Galaxy S7 mobile phone, suggests the device may house a depth-sensing camera, which could be used to provide a form of Gear VR positional tracking.
We reported yesterday that critically acclaimed The Vanishing of Ethan Carter had received VR support as part of the Redux edition, a rebuild of the game on the Unreal Engine 4 engine. It now appears that VR support was released by mistake – according to Co-owner of developer The Astronauts Adrian Chmielarz.
One of the most elegantly terrifying games available on the Oculus Rift, one that debuted in Oculus and IndieCade’s VR Jam back in 2013, has been brought back up to date – receiving Oculus Runtime 0.7 support.
Version 4.0 of the ’80s inspired NewRetroArcade is out, now offering an even wider selection of ’80s and ’90s emulated titles. The developers, DigitalCyberCherries, have added some major features in this release including remappable controller buttons and support for Oculus’ latest 0.7 runtime as well as Windows 10 support.
The German banking and financial services giant Deutsche Bank has projected the virtual reality industry to be worth up to $7 Billion within 5 years as mainstream adoption of the immersive technology ramps up post retail release in 2016.
In a short film exploring the evolution of storytelling, veteran Disney animator Glen Keane, creator of some of the most iconic characters of all time, steps into virtual reality to learn how to draw in virtual reality, with Tilt Brush and the HTC Vive.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a critically acclaimed, story driven mystery from developer ‘The Astronauts‘. It’s a game which always seemed ideal for virtual reality and now, with the release of the game’s Unreal Engine 4 ‘redux’, VR support is finally included.
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.
In collaboration with Wesley Louis and THE LINE, Super Turbo Atomic Ninja Rabbit – The Virtual Reality Experience is the first VR demo from NO GHOST. A collective of artists and programmers, working to build worlds in virtual reality.
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
See Also: ‘Super Turbo Atomic Ninja Rabbit’ 80s Cartoon Experience Loves Me and I Totally Love it Back
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
Set in the near future, the entire population of Earth is vigorously addicted to coffee. Once Earth’s caffeine reserves are depleted, the largest of the corporations build massive lumbering space ships with the sole purpose of seeking out the minerals needed to synthesize artificial caffeine. You awaken aboard one of these caffeine mining ships alone. Before long you realize that you are a young boy with no memory of what has transpired on this seemingly empty space station.
Naturally you set out to explore the depths of the huge structure to figure out what exactly is going on. Each character you discover in Caffeine has a rich and detailed back story, giving the empty structure an eerie “lived in” feeling. To accompany the eerie visuals Caffeine offers, the sound is being prepared by two amazing professionals. Composer Adam Klingman and Sound Designer Jonathan Wachoru provide an amazing sense of immersion and chills.
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
This is just a fun little project thrown together by a Star Trek fan. Each of the ships is the correct size relative to one another, but their scale is set to 1:100.
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
See Also: Preview – ‘Enterprises’ a VR History of Star Trek’s Most Beloved Ship
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
Now available on Samsung Gear VR!
Platforms: Rift DK1/DK2 (Windows), Android, Samsung Gear VR
See Also: Review – Descend into a 360 3D Abyss with SONAR on Gear VR
Google released the second version of their Cardboard VR viewer back in May. Sticking to their commitment to make the design of the handheld HMD completely open for third-party manufacturers, the company has now released the complete design specification for Cardboard v2.
Here’s a name you may not expect to be entering the immersive wearable market, Canon. They just demonstrated a virtual reality viewer (this is not a traditional headset) at Canon Expo in New York, and it packs some interesting display and optics technology.
