‘Warpaint’ Brings Tabletop Gaming-inspired Turn-based Strategy & Customization to VR
Recently launched on Steam, Warpaint is a turn-based strategy game that lets you customize your troops by painting them to your taste. The game supports both Mac and PC, and features VR support via SteamVR (Vive, Rift, and OSVR)....
Advanced Brain Monitoring EEG Metrics and Experimental VR Treatments for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Advanced Brain Monitoring is a 17-year old neurotechnology company that has been able to extract a lot of really useful information from EEG data. They've developed specific EEG Metrics for drowsiness, inducing flow states, engagement, stress, emotion, and empathy...
Walmart Focuses On Future of VR/AR at New Silicon Valley Tech Incubator
Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the big-box retail giant, is focusing on the future of VR and AR, along with other emergent technologies, with its newly unveiled tech startup incubator.
According to a Bloomberg Technology report, Wal-Mart is creating the incubator to "identify...
‘Apex’, the Next Real-time VR Music Video from Creator of the Acclaimed ‘Surge’, Premiers Next Month
Arjan van Meerten, the indie 3D artist and musician behind the widely acclaimed Surge VR music video, has confirmed Apex as his next project.
Update (3/21/17, 11:35AM PT): In development since 2016, the followup to the acclaimed Surge is finally set...
Update: ‘Korix’ Claims to be First PSVR Title to Run Natively at 120Hz, Launching March 28th
Korix a visually-minimalist VR RTS headed to PlayStation VR claiming to be the first title to run natively at 120Hz on the headset.
Update (3/21/17, 11:05AM PT): The official PlayStation Blog confirms Korix will be released on March 28th with and...
‘Ghostbusters VR’ Experience Comes to PSVR, from Makers of Acclaimed ‘The Walk’ Demo
It seems the Ghostbusters franchise isn't done capitalizing on the video game market just yet, because the first installment of a new Ghostbusters experience is heading to PlayStationVR today. The experience (read: not game) was developed by CreateVR and Sony's in-house VR production studio, and is entitled Ghostbusters VR –...
Avegant Claims Newly Announced Display Tech is “a new method to create light fields”
Avegant, makers of Glyph personal media HMD, are turning their attention to the AR space with what they say is a newly developed light field display for augmented reality which can display multiple objects at different focal planes simultaneously.
Most...
Disney Research Shows How VR Can Be Used to Study Human Perception
Researchers from Disney use a virtual reality headset and a real ball tracked in VR to understand the perceptual factors behind the seemingly simple act of catching a thrown object. The researchers say the work sets a foundation for...
The VOID Opens Mixed-Reality Location in Dubai
THE VOID, the untethered mixed-reality park, is opening a new location in Dubai, UAE. The new Dubai-based park is the company's second public location, and will be hosting their Ghostbusters: Dimension experience—the same currently running at their first location...
Biometric Data Streams and the Unknown Ethical Threshold of Predicting & Controlling Behavior
I recently attended the Experiential Technology Conference where there were a lot of companies looking at how to use biometric data to get insights into health & wellness, education for cognitive enhancement, market research, and more. Over the next...
