Oculus Acquires Pebbles Interfaces, Computer Vision Hand Tracking- Breaking
Oculus today announced the acquisition of Pebbles Interfaces, an Israel based firm focused on depth sensing technology and computer vision for the purpose of hand tracking.
‘Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes’ Comes to Gear VR Store, PC Release Later This Year
Steel Crate Games, an Ottawa based indie studio, has today announced that their bomb-defusing party game—Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes—is now coming to the Gear VR store.
Radial-G Update #4 Adds Oculus SDK 0.6.0 Support, “Gruelling” Single Player Campaign
Tammeka Games‘ Radial-G, the futuristic ‘Wipeout’ inspired racer built from the ground up for VR support, has just been updated with Oculus SDK 0.6.0 support and the addition of a challenging new single player campaign.
‘The Last Starfighter’ TV Spin-off to Integrate Virtual Reality Enabled Scenes
1984 cult classic The Last Starfighter, beloved by 80’s video-gamers the world over, is coming back in a new TV spin-off that will apparently feature scenes created for virtual reality.
‘VRTGO 2015’ UK Conference to Usher in Consumer VR on November 12th
‘Pixel Ripped 1989’ is a Flight of Fancy that Pays Homage to Gaming History, Kickstarter Now Live
Pixel Ripped 1989, a time-bending VR project that aims to bring back the video games of old, have today announced a Kickstarter campaign in hopes that the team’s “game within a game” will strike a chord with classic game enthusiasts.
‘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.
