Magic Leap CEO to Take to the Stage at TED 2015 in March
Additions to the TED 2015 speaker lineup have been announced, and Rony Abovitz, Founder, CEO and President of Magic Leap, is heading to the conference to speak about... to reveal... well, we're not too sure really—par for the course considering the...
Following $23 Million Series A, Meta 1 Developer Kit Hackathon to Be Held March 6
On the tail end of this year's GDC, Meta will be hosting their very first 24-hour AR hackathon centered around their Meta 1 Developer Kit, a crowdfunded augmented reality headset that is now shipping out to backers. The event comes after...
Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 94): Discussing ‘NUREN’, A New VR Experience with Jake Kaufman and Jessie Seely
I love it when developers send me their stuff to try before it goes live. When I am intrigued by what I see or experience, I immediately try to get them on my podcast to discuss their project. Thus...
‘Proton Pulse’ Free on Android for Google Cardboard, 3D Brick-Breaking Action from Maker of ‘Vanguard V’
Proton Pulse for Google Cardboard is free of cost for a whole month starting today on the Google Play store. The full game, which came to Cardboard in December 2014, has 53 different levels and 5 boss battles to keep you playing on...
‘NUREN’ Lands on Kickstarter for “Feature-Length VR Music Experience” for the Oculus Rift
The New Renaissance is planned to be an interactive cinematic VR experience, more than an hour in runtime, featuring original music and voice-acting. The project, which will work in virtual reality with the Oculus Rift, and on standard...
View-Master Comes to the 21st Century with Help From Google, Delivers ‘Kid-Friendly Immersive Digital Experience’
It was announced yesterday at the New York Toy Fair that Mattel's View-Master is ditching the film 'reels' and partnering with Google "to deliver an affordable, kid-friendly immersive digital experience" using a chunky plastic version of Google's Cardboard smartphone...
NBA Games to Be Recorded in VR Video, Exclusively for Samsung Gear VR
The NBA have announced that they're to bring a collection of their events to VR, giving basketball fans the chance to go courtside without even being there.
The ability to capture the electric atmosphere of a live sporting event for...
SEER 100 Degree FOV ‘Augmented Reality’ Headset Approaches $100,000 Kickstarter Goal
SEER, an augmented reality device from San Francisco/Shenzhen based Caputer Labs Inc, launched their Kickstarter campaign in late January, and have already reached beyond $75,000 of their $100,000 funding goal. The device, which takes advantage of the user's smartphone,...
I Went Mountain Biking*
Not like taking a few jumps on a raked path in the woods behind my house like I used to do as a kid—I mean really mountain biking, the kind of thing you'd see on a GoPro commercial. The kind...
Disney Imagineer to Share VR Learnings from past 20 Years at GDC 2015
Bei Yang, the 'Creative Technologies' leader at Walt Disney Imagineering, will be holding a talk on March 5th at this year's Game Developers Conference (GDC) and revealing VR strategies learned by the R&D arm of Disney over the past 20...
