Microsoft HoloLens Reveal Concept Video
Prior to actually showing the device on stage at a Windows 10 press event today, Microsoft rolled a concept video giving examples of how the company envisions the device being used.
WIRED Calls Microsoft’s HoloLens ‘Amazing’ After Hands-On
We just covered Microsoft’s surprise reveal of it’s new Augmented Reality headset dubbed ‘Hololens’. It seems tech magazine Wired has already seen the device and is seemingly amazed by what they saw.
‘Microsoft HoloLens’ Revealed, an Untethered See-through AR Headset
Today at Microsoft’s Windows 10 press event, the company revealed an untethered augmented reality headset called the Microsoft HoloLens to accompany ‘Windows Holographic’, a component of Windows 10.
Convrge Cordially Invites You to a Virtual Reality Dance Party This Evening
Convrge, a VR indie-dev-duo out of Nashville, have been experimenting with VR experiences that involve social interaction in multiplayer environments. For their latest experiment, they’re inviting the community at large to crash a virtual reality dance party experience that they’ve created.
‘Never Blind in VR’ Keeps You in Contact with Your Surroundings Using Kinect 2 (video)
Using a Kinect 2, French firm Dassault Systemes has recently demonstrated a solution to some of the problems associated with the isolating nature of modern VR headsets. The company has prototyped a system that not only allows you access to a basic visual representation of your surroundings, but also lets you highlight a specific area around you for the purpose of preventing collisions with the real world.
Adventures in Multiplayer VR with Radial-G and an Oculus Rift LAN Party
Take a room full of geeks, a collection of networked gaming PCs, a trio of Oculus Rift DK2s and the latest virtual reality racers and what do you have? A somewhat unconventional christmas party.
Hands-on: FOVE’s Eye-tracking VR Headset Was the Next Best at CES
FOVE, a VR headset prototype in the works by a Japan-based team, is quickly closing the experience gap between itself and the Oculus Rift. If they continue at this pace, they could catch up, and with a trick up their sleeve—eye-tracking.
nDreams Lands $2.75 Million Investment for VR Game Development
nDreams, a UK based videogame development studio, today announced a $2.75 million investment from Mercia Technologies for the development of VR content. The studio has several projects in the works including Gunner, which was recently launched as a demo on Samsung’s Gear VR headset.
Rev VR Podcast (Ep.90): It’s Not Just Gaming – Corporate Applications of VR with Stefan Pernar
It’s easy to see that virtual reality will change the face of gaming. We can see just by the volume of VR developers that have stepped into the spotlight over the course of the last year that video games are the big place to be right now. Or is it? Stefan Pernar and I dig deep into the corporate world and expose untapped areas where VR could change major industries.
Hands-on with Pinć VR Prototype, the VR Headset Hidden in a Smartphone Case
‘The best camera is the one that’s always with you,’ so goes the saying. The folks from Cordon, a Canadian digital agency, are hoping that the same will be true about virtual reality; that’s why they’re making a smartphone case that transforms into a VR headset. I recently got to check out one of their early prototypes.
CastAR: Hands-On with the Early Dev Kit and Through-Glasses Gameplay (Video)
Technical Illusions recently began shipping their first early, pre-production sets of castAR augmented reality glasses to backers. We met up with the team at CES 2015 and got the chance to try out the new hardware. Here’s what we saw.
New Soundscape VR Update, Gear VR and Cardboard Support to Come
Sander Sneek, developer of Soundscape VR and semi-finalist in the IndieCade Leap Motion 3D Jam, has recently issued an update to his beat-mixing jam machine that adds a few more bells and whistles, fleshing out the demo to an experience that could have us spending much more time in the Tron-inspired space than ever.
AMD to Share Low-Latency VR GPU Rendering Tricks at GDC 2015
GDC 2015 is just around the corner and the event’s conference schedule has revealed that semiconductor giant AMD will be sharing tips and tricks designed to help developers targeting virtual reality to get the best performance for virtual reality from the company’s GPUs.
Google Glass “Graduates” from Google[x], New Dedicated Team Teases ‘Glass 2’
Google has recently announced the discontinuation (or as they put it, “graduation”) of its beta phase wearable, Google Glass. As Glass 2 is teased by its (now dedicated) team, Google’s investment in secretive ‘cinematic reality’ company, Magic Leap, has us scratching our heads at what may come next.
Who’d’ve Guessed? With Support for 360 Video on the way, YouTube Could Become the ‘YouTube of VR’
YouTube is adding support for 360 degree video, a move that could put the video streaming giant in a position to offer the largest cross-platform service of its kind. And when it comes to the topic on who will become the ‘YouTube of VR’, who better to fill the role than YouTube itself?
