A developer at Facepunch Studios, the team behind Garry’s Mod, has whipped up a Minecraft VR prototype for the HTC Vive. Thanks to natural input devices like the SteamVR controllers, interaction and manipulation will be beyond anything gamers have seen before, completely redefining building games as we know them.
Want to step inside the HTC Vive and SteamVR? HTC continues their ‘Vive World Tour’, hauling the headset around the US and beyond to give folks a chance to try out the new headset. The tour makes five stops in August.
Despite a recently announced partnership between Microsoft and Oculus, the VR headset maker recommends that Rift users wait for official compatibility before updating to Windows 10.
UBM Tech, the company behind the annual Game Developers Conference and many other events across industries, is recognizing the continued explosion of consumer virtual reality by forming a standalone Virtual Reality Developers Conference to be held alongside their massive GDC event.
Sphericam 2’s Kickstarter has come to an end today after having more than tripled their initial funding goal of $150,000. The little baseball-sized 360 camera is now promising some pretty ambitious extra features thanks to the added funding.
Nokia has taken a firm stride in VR territory with the introduction of Ozo, a VR camera designed for professional content makers, but ultimately it’s going to be consumers on the other end of the screen that experience the camera’s capabilities en masse. We’ve gone hands-on with three experiences filmed with the camera to find out just how well Ozo can transport viewers into the scene.
Microsoft is reaching out to US-based universities and research institutions with a new program that will award $100,000 and two HoloLens development kits to 5 carefully chosen projects.
AltspaceVR, the virtual reality communication platform, has announced it’s to receive an additional $10M of funds to help accelerate the company’s product development.
Nokia today announced a new VR camera that they’re calling ‘OZO’. The camera, built specifically for the professional market, shoots 3D 360 degree video and captures surround sound audio simultaneously. Nokia is touting Ozo’s ability to instantly preview the footage without the need for stitching as a key differentiator.
Oculus Story Studio revealed their second made-for-VR cinematic creation Henry to the world today. Noah Nelson reports for Road to VR from the Hollywood premiere where he got to watch the short film in its entirety on the Oculus Rift CV1. Beyond this invite-only premiere, Henry will debut widely with the launch of the Oculus Rift VR headset in Q1 2016.
Today Oculus Story Studio is premiering their second made-for-VR short film called Henry, a tale about a not-so-cuddly porcupine who, in a cruel twist of fate, wants nothing more than the embrace of a friend. With the premiere of the film, Oculus has revealed a new featurette which gives us a closer look at the interactive VR film.
Microsoft researchers have published a paper detailing a technique to record live action ‘holographic’ video suitable for the company’s HoloLens augmented reality headset. The high quality capture can be viewed from any angle and streamed over the web.
