Project Tango is Google’s computer vision initiative that seeks to equip consumer devices with consistent and useful environmental tracking capabilities. Google thinks that the platform could be useful for virtual and augmented reality too, and is encouraging developers to start experimenting by adding an AR/VR track to the Project Tango dev contest.
Oculus has revealed their second VR film project from Story Studio, the company’s internal CG film studio. The VR film is called Henry and is based on a lovable but folly-prone cartoon hedgehog.
Reload Studios, a VR development studio formed by former Call of Duty developers, has announced that they’ve received a $2 million investment from World Innovation Lab.
The latest public data point on the number of Google Cardboard viewers shipped shows tremendous growth for this inexpensive entry point into virtual reality.
Cyberith are well known for their fun and irreverent gameplay videos, demonstrating their omni-directional treadmill the Virtualizer. The team are back with this new video, showing 2-player Grand Theft Auto V hilarity as they career around San Andreas in VR using two individual Virtualizer treadmills – all in virtual reality courtesy of VorpX.
Cyberith are gearing up for the E3 Expo this month as they release details of new exciting Virtualizer (an omni-directional treadmill for VR) features. They’ve also confirmed they’ll be on hand at the event with 3 Virtualizers for attendees to try.
Virtual Reality is a worldwide phenomenon which has inspired people from around the world to connect with one another, virtually and in real life. Today, we’re introducing the VR Event Calendar, in an effort to help highlight and promote the growing social VR scene.
nVidia has launched the first salvo in the impending VR GPU wars as it launched it’s newest graphics card, the GTX 980ti. The message from the GPU giant is clear: if you’re a gamer interested in either 4k or VR gaming, this is the card for you.
The Virtual Reality Foundation have announced dates for both the VRLA Summer Expo and the 2015 Proto Awards today. We take a look at what to expect from the events.
nVidia, who has been making noises on the virtual reality front for a while now, has announced that they’re to launch ‘Gameworks VR’ to “help VR headset and game developers build incredible experiences on GeForce GPUs”.
Google’s I/O 2015 conference last week was packed with technology with potential uses with VR or AR. The most unusual among them, Project Soli, uses radar technology to detect minute movements and gestures and translate them for input.
Get ready to enter new worlds and discover how virtual reality will revolutionize the way we communicate. On June 4th, VR Philly will be hosting the next meetup and you’re invited! This time, we will be talking about what may very well be the most compelling use of virtual reality: social events.
Project Tango, Google’s computer vision project able to track and map 3D spaces in realtime, may well find its way into future VR projects from the company, but they admit that current developer hardware may not be up to the job.
