First Impressions of Project Beyond, Samsung’s 360 3D Camera for VR
In a surprise announcement at SDC, Samsung revealed Project Beyond, a 360 degree 3D camera for filming virtual reality content. We got to take a look at the unit first hand and experience the VR video that it captures.
Project Beyond...
SDC 2014: The Human Perceptual System in Virtual Reality – LiveBlog @1pm PDT
"This talk will focus on the human component of VR: your perceptual system. Virtual reality systems like the Oculus Rift and Gear VR replace the visual input to your brain in a way technology never has before; for better...
Rev VR Podcast (Ep.84): Astronomy, Education, and Hygiene with Rob Swatton & Dave Weir
In this episode of the Rev VR Podcast, I am joined by Rob Swatton and David Weir from Earth & Sky in New Zealand. They have plans to bring Virtual Reality and Astronomy together to create an amazing guided...
SDC 2014: Creating Realistic Sound for True Spatial Immersion in VR Applications, Liveblog @5pm PDT
"Our experiences in the real world are formed using multiple senses and include audio cues from objects which may not even be visible. In virtual reality, one of the main challenges is recreating this true spatial immersion. In this...
Beautiful Hi-Res Images of Samsung’s ‘Project Beyond’ Surface, Along with New Video
Think Tank Team, the alias given to Samsung's 'Research America' group have launched a website celebrating the research, design and engineering that went into Project Beyond, Samsung's newly announced 3D 360 VR Camera tech.
Form, Function
Samsung's San Jose based research...
Oculus Announces Samsung Gear VR Price, Starts at $199 – Pre-Register Now—Breaking
Samsung's Developer Conference has certainly made its presence felt in the VR community today. At the keynote event earlier, Samsung announced that the 'Innovator Edition' of their Gear VR headset would be released in 'early December'. In a blog...
VR Dungeon Crawler ‘Crystal Rift’ Launches Kickstarter Campaign
It's interesting to see genres and themes returning in an entirely new and yet familiar form. Grid-based dungeon crawler Crystal Rift is built from the ground up for virtual reality, yet draws on some very traditional game mechanics....
SDC 2014: Getting Started with the Oculus Mobile SDK, Liveblog @3pm PDT
"This session will focus on the Oculus SDK for Mobile developers. Topics will include tips for getting started with the SDK for both native and Unity application development, an overview of the TimeWarp architecture and its impact on development,...
News Bits: Latest iRacing Update Adds DK2 Positional Tracking
iRacing's recent Season 4 update finally brought with it Oculus Rift DK2 support, but it was missing something fairly crucial - positional tracking. In the latest update available now, the world's most popular online sim racer has now addressed...
SDC 2014: VR Design: Transitioning from 2D to 3D Design Paradigm, Liveblog @1pm PDT
"The commercialization of virtual reality provides an exciting space for designing user experiences and interfaces. However, this mostly unexplored technology holds a different set of opportunities and challenges for traditional two-dimensional designers. In this session, we will demonstrate the...
