‘VRLO’ Gathers Virtual Reality Industry Creatives for New London Meetup on 15th July
VRLO, a London, UK based virtual reality meetup has it’s inaugural event on 15th July with the likes of Two Big Ears, RewindFX and VRSE.Works scheduled to speak.
SIGGRAPH 2015 ‘AR/VR Contest’ Finalist Shows Multiplayer Widescale Mixed Reality System
A recently released video from Kenzan Technologies (3D visual effects) and Artanim Foundation (real-time mocap) showcases the Geneva based partnership’s multiplayer version of their mixed reality system. Be careful with that torch, buddy!
Why the Oculus Rift’s Integrated Headphones Might Replace Your Gaming Headset
At E3 2015 we got our eyes and ears on the consumer Oculus Rift, which now of course includes integrated headphones. Here’s why we think you may consider ditching your existing gaming headset in favour of Oculus’ alternative.
Grab One of 50 Early Access Tickets to Today’s Sold-out SoCal Virtual Reality Conference
WEARVR Weekly Top Ten VR Downloads – July #2
WEARVR and Road to VR are joining forces this month to bring you VR goodness from the WEARVR app marketplace, a cross-platform repository of virtual reality experiences. This video gives a glimpse of the top 10 most popular experiences from the last week.
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dSky VR: ScenePlay – Star Wars Edition – Rift DK2 (Windows/Mac)
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CINEVEO – Rift DK2 (Windows), Android
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Corcovado – Rift DK2 (Windows), Android
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HellEvation – Rift DK2 (Windows)
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Car Car Crash – Rift DK1/DK2 (Windows)
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Sector 14 – Rift DK1/DK2 (Windows)
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Teleport: Google Street View for VR – Rift DK2 (Windows)
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Space Emperor – Rift DK2 (Windows)
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A Wine Tale, “Where the Journey Begins” – Rift DK2 (Windows)
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Levitate – Rift DK2 (Windows)
Which is your favorite?
Interested in listing your app on WEARVR? The company encourages you to reach out to info@wearvr.com. In the next few weeks they’ll allow developers to manage their own listings and upload files directly.
Epic’s Big Data VR Challenge Winner Will Take Home $20,000 Next Week at Develop: Brighton Conference
Epic Games’ Big Data VR Challenge has been underway since March and is coming to a close next week. With luck, the teams have created some entirely new ways of visualizing complex data sets in a VR space so that their hidden meanings can be easier understood.
End of an Era: Disney’s First VR Attraction Set to Close
Sad news greeted the VR attractions sector with the confirmation from the Orlando Sentinel that DisneyQuest, the famous Indoor Interactive Theme Park, would be closing its doors in 2016 for the final time. Originally opened in 1998, the Orlando, Downtown Disney virtual entertainment facility was to have been one of over twenty facilities planned; however, only a sister site would ever be opened in Chicago, and that would close just over a year from opening.
‘Blocked In’ Creator Daniël Ernst on the Art of the Virtual Reality Diorama
Daniël Ernst is the founder and sole member of The Shoebox Diorama, a production company dedicated to exploring the brand new artistic possibilities of a new genre, the virtual reality diorama.
Top 5 Things We Still Don’t Know About the Consumer Oculus Rift
Although Oculus has revealed the design of the consumer Oculus Rift (the so called ‘CV1’), there’s still some crucial facts that we’ve yet to learn about the highly anticipated VR headset.
Research Survey Suggests Kids Are Equally Aware of Major VR Headsets, Want to Buy One at Console Prices
A recent survey conducted by Touchstone Research, an online marketing research firm, suggests that kids and teens between the ages of 10–17 know what VR is, and when they see it in action they think it’s “off the charts cool.”
New FOVE Industrial Design Aims to Enhance Eye-tracking Precision
Just before nearly doubling their Kickstarter funding goal of $250,000, Fove introduced a new and improved design for their eye-tracking VR headset, making it lighter, smaller, and more ergonomic.
‘VR: The Movie’ Raising Funds for Feature Length Documentary on History of VR
VR: The Movie is an in-depth documentary film that follows virtual reality from its mid-1900s past to the VR technology of today. The documentary features interviews with designers, scientists, engineers and several industry professionals to help illuminate virtual reality’s legacy.
2nd Round Winners of ‘Render the Metaverse’ VR Panoramic Contest Announced, Available Now on Gear VR
Oculus and OTOY have today announced the winners of the second round for Render the Metaverse, a three-month long contest to find the most compelling 360-degree stereo-panoramic still images rendered by OTOY’s OctaneRender software.
GameFace “Guarantees” Latency Equal to Gear VR, Mark 6 Prototype Field of View Impresses
We recently got our hands on the latest ‘Mark 6’ mobile VR headset prototype from GameFace Labs. The ‘Head Mounted Console’ as the company calls it, features a 2560×1440 OLED display and an on-board processor, making the device a self-contained mobile VR headset with a notably wider field of view than Samsung’s Gear VR. The company says their headset will be on par—or better—than Gear VR’s superb headtracking latency.
Sony Supporting but Not Funding “Non-gaming content” for Morpheus, Says Yoshida
Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony’s Worldwide Studios, recently revealed that Sony won’t be producing or funding any first-party “non-gaming content” for Project Morpheus.
