ABC News VR is Here, First Report from Syria is Powered by JauntVR
ABC News announced the release of a VR experience now available on Jaunt VR’s iOS and Android apps. The video follows ABC News’ Alexander Marquardt as he reports on curatorial efforts to preserve endangered antiquities in Damascus, Syria, the capital of the country that has been embroiled in both a civil war and a fight against ISIS for some four years. ISIS in particular has repeatedly targeted and destroyed culturally and historically significant sites in Syria.
AltspaceVR Launches New SDK to Promote Social VR Application Development
AltspaceVR have had a hell of a week. As part of their ongoing ‘Social Week’ the company have made some big announcements, Gear VR support and cross platform capabilities with the addition of HTC Vive support. Now, the company have revealed a new Software Development Kit, which they’ve designed to make “…creating VR applications simple for developers”.
‘Metal Gear Solid’ Creator Hideo Kojima Tries PlayStation VR and Oculus Touch at TGS
Video-gaming legends stepping into the world of VR is always a popular topic, and they don’t come much bigger than Hideo Kojima, the mind behind the long running and fabulously successful Metal Gear franchise.
Using Three.js to Create Social VR Applications with AltspaceVR’s JavaScript SDK
The new JavaScript SDK from AltspaceVR is going to allow front-end web developers to quickly and easily create social VR applications. The AltspaceVR SDK is based upon three.js, which means that developers can create a WebVR-enabled application on the web, and then bring up that experience from a Chromium browser within AltspaceVR and have a fully immersive VR experience that is aware of the other people within Altspace.
Rothenberg Ventures Invests $1 Million Across 10 New VR Startups in ‘River’ Program
PlayStation VR is Coming to EGX 2015, Book Your Demo Slot from Friday 18th September
EGX, the UK’s biggest gaming show is just around the corner – running for 4 days starting 24th September – and Sony’s newly christened PlayStation VR will be there – but if you want to try it, make sure you ready this.
Sony Confirms New 90Hz Display Mode for PlayStation VR (formerly Morpheus)
Sony wowed us back in March when they announced a 120Hz display mode on the latest version of the PlayStation VR headset (formerly known as ‘Project Morpheus’), the fastest available on any of the ‘big three’ consumer VR headsets soon to hit the market. Now the company has confirmed that a new 90Hz display option will be available, giving developers more flexibility for their target framerates.
New ‘Foxhole’ HTC Vive Concept Footage Released from The Virtual Dutchmen
The Virtual Dutchmen, a Netherlands based VR studio, has come out with a second video showing their HTC Vive concept Foxhole.
SpaceVR’s Second Kickstarter Raises More Than $40k in First Six Days
SpaceVR, the Ryan Holmes-founded San Francisco startup that wants to build a 360-degree video platform for space footage, has re-launched its Kickstarter geared towards putting its VR camera Overview One on the Cupola module of the International Space Station (ISS).
Valve’s Alan Yates Slams Spherical Photos and Video, “They Basically Suck!”
Alan Yates, who somewhat euphemistically identifies himself as “Chief Pharologist” at Valve Corporation, is one of the minds behind Valve’s laser based motion tracking technology, Lighthouse, used in SteamVR’s flagship HTC Vive VR headset and controllers. It seems the hardware engineer has no love for the wealth of 360 videos and photos flooding into the VR space right now, and he wasn’t afraid to share his honest opinion on the subject.
‘Deus Ex’ Creator Warren Spector Has U-Turned on VR, “I’ve started to come around”
One of the most respected game developers in the business, Warren Spector, has been a fairly vocal critic of virtual reality’s recent resurgence of late. But in a recent interview, the Deus Ex creator says he’s changed his mind and that “You may see me dabbling in VR yet”.
5 Days at SIGGRAPH 2015, My Virtual Reality Highlights
Frank He digs into his journal to bring us his favourite moments from SIGGRAPH 2015, where virtual reality’s presence was stronger than ever before (pun intended).
‘Blocked In’ VR Diorama Gets Visual Overhaul and Oculus Runtime v0.7 Update
One of the most original, visually arresting and sombre VR experiences, Blocked In, has just received an update bringing with it a host updates from reworked geometry to Oculus runtime 0.7 support.
