Road to VR

New Apple Job Listing Seeks ‘VR/AR Programmer’ to “use VR and AR to… enable development of Apple’s next generation of products”

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Dec 5, 2014

Apple is investing in additional VR savvy, with more job postings trickling out of the multinational tech giant’s own internal job site. Although Apple hasn’t left us with many clues as to what they might be working on at their Santa Clara campus skunksworks, the particular position of ‘VR/AR Programmer’ may offer valuable insight into just how important the burgeoning technology is soon to become to the company.

Inside Look at 3DRudder, Feet-Controlled Navigation Device Headed to CES 2015

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Dec 4, 2014

A new PC peripheral company based in France is launching a feet-controlled 3D navigation and motion control device that wants to get the lower half of your body in the game, freeing up your hands for the more important things in virtual life, like hand tracking and eating nachos without getting the keyboard dirty (not necessarily in that order).

Jaunt Releases 3 New Cinematic VR Trailers for Oculus Rift and Android

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Dec 4, 2014

Jaunt has just released three trailers for its forthcoming cinematic VR content. The trailers, available for Oculus Rift on PC and Mac, and on Android, showing clips from The Mission, Kaiju Fury, and Black Mass.

Sixense STEM + Striker VR Brings Real Recoil to Virtual Weaponry (video)

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Dec 4, 2014

STEM motion input controller with three 'Packs' — STEM motion input controller with three ‘Packs’ for tracking anything your heart desires.

Sixense, creators of the STEM motion input controller, are showing off an experiment which combines their ‘STEM Pack’ with Striker VR’s weapon recoil system. The result is a weapon that feels real in both form and function, and carries beautifully into the virtual world.

Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 86): Evangelizing VR to the World with UploadVR

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Dec 3, 2014

Evangelizing virtual reality to the world is a difficult task. Each day, we creep closer to the consumer release of multiple VR devices that will disrupt technology as we know it, and the world needs to be prepared. Many of us are trying our best to spread the word of VR, one demonstration at a time. The team at UploadVR intends to take that notion on the road, touring cities around the world to inform and enlighten.

Developer Details Design Approach to Siemens Oculus Rift Experience

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Dec 3, 2014

The multinational conglomerate company known as Siemens has partnered up with a team of artists and developers from London to highlight the company’s engineering abilities using the Oculus Rift DK2 headset.

News Bits: Previously Unseen Jaunt VR Camera Prototype Appears Unexpectedly

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Dec 3, 2014

jaunt prototype camera — Jaunt hasn't announced and plans to make their proprietary VR camera available to the public.

A look at one of Jaunt's older camera prototypes. — A look at one of Jaunt’s older camera prototypes.

The Jaunt VR camera has a habit of popping up in curious places. This time we’ve spotted a previously unseen prototype in Wired’s ‘Futuristic Gifts for the Super-Early Adopter’ list.

VRLA #4 Adds 13 New Exhibitors Including AltSpace, DODOCase and ThreeOneZero

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Dec 3, 2014

VRLA goes from strength to strength as it approaches its fourth event, announcing that attendees will be treated to over 40 exhibitors including 13 VRLA first timers.

The Race to Create the ‘YouTube of VR’ is On

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Dec 3, 2014

Competitors are lining up to introduce the world to the very first 360 degree video-sharing service, a concept that could soon become an industry standard for both the newly emerging mobile VR scene and PC-driven VR headsets alike. VCEMO (pronounced vee-see-mo) is an early entrant in the race to create the ‘YouTube of VR’, and has recently launched a Kickstarter campaign in hopes of capturing the niche before it goes mainstream.

News Bits: Jaunt VR Releases Paul McCartney ‘Live and Let Die’ 360 VR Experience on Windows and Mac for the Oculus Rift

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Dec 2, 2014

Jaunt VR, having received millions in venture capital funding this year, have their sights on pioneering 360 3D VR video content. Their first publicly available experience, Paul McCartney performing “Live and Let Die” live, launched on the Google Play store for Android last week and is now available for Windows and Mac Oculus Rift users.

Samsung Gear VR Preview: Ritchie Watches a 2 Hour Movie in Oculus Cinema

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Dec 2, 2014

A couple of weeks ago I sat down on my couch and watched a movie. Now, under normal circumstances, this rather inane activity would have not even merited a slow news day on any of my social networks, but on this day, I was doing something something rather peculiar – I was watching a movie on my Galaxy Note 4, and it was sitting literally inches from my face.

Oculus Rift Allows Great-grandfather to Share Thanksgiving Dinner With Family Remotely

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Dec 2, 2014

With the help of 360 degree video and the Oculus Rift DK2 VR headset, a great-grandfather in an assisted-living community got a chance to virtually celebrate with his family this past Thanksgiving.

News Bits: Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Price Drops to $199 on All Major U.S. Carriers

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Nov 30, 2014

Those hoping to snag Samsung’s soon-to-be-released mobile Gear VR headset this holiday season will also need to get their hands on the phone that powers it—the Samsung Galaxy Note 4. If you haven’t yet pulled the trigger, the Note 4 can now be purchased from all major U.S. carriers for $199.

Samsung Gear VR Footage Emerges: Oculus Home, Apps, and Games Shown

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Nov 30, 2014

We’re right on the cusp of moving into the Gear VR launch window Samsung announced at it’s Developers Conference last month. And we’re hearing retail devices are starting to appear. Now comes a series of video walkthroughs of the Gear VR’s user interface and early release software from a Czech website called ‘Samsung Mania‘.

Comcast NBCUniversal Hosts Hackathon in Hollywood, VR Demos Emerge

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Matthew Terndrup

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Nov 29, 2014

A collection of virtual reality experiences were developed during a 24 hour coding marathon hosted by Comcast NBCUniversal in Hollywood earlier this month. We dropped in quickly after just getting back from the Samsung Developer Conference 2014 to investigate what was made.

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