Design & Development
Five Universal Tasks of 3D User Interfaces with Doug Bowman
In 1968, Douglas Engelbart gave "The Mother of All Demos" where he gave the first public demonstration of a...
VR Design Best Practices with Google VR’s Alex Faaborg
At the company's annual I/O conference, Google announced the Daydream VR platform and mobile headset that will be coming...
Prototype VR Robot Fighter Reminds us of ‘Pacific Rim’ in the Best Possible Way
This footage of a physics-driven, motion-controlled robot brawler not only looks amazing, but also features an extremely clever VR control...
Exploring Methods for Conveying Object Weight in Virtual Reality
With no way of generating resistive force feedback with today's VR motion controllers, how can we make users feel and...
Immersive Game Design Lessons from ‘Pokémon Go’
Pokémon Go has quickly become the #1 mobile game of all time, and while there's been some debate as...
Designing a VR Experience for Streaming Spectators on VREAL
What are the game design considerations for creating a VR experience that will be compelling for not only the...
In Search of the Pyjama People: VR’s New Wave of Bedroom Coders
Matthew Magee ponders virtual reality's potential impact on game development culture and how immersive technology may encourage a renaissance in independent,...
IBM’s Interactive Media CTO on Using Watson for Game Design, Interactive Narratives, & Conversational Interfaces
Machine Learning has the potential to revolutionize so many different aspects of our lives, and it's starting to enter into...
Applying Cognitive Science Research to Virtual Reality User Experiences
Azad Balabanian is the co-host of the ResearchVR podcast where he discusses the latest cognitive science research that applies...
The Fearless Creativity of ‘Lucid Trips’ is Exactly What VR Needs to Thrive
Born out of a lengthy period of experimentation, Lucid Trips begins with a novel method of locomotion and follows...
Oculus Sample Framework Provides Valuable Guidance in VR Design
Oculus has recently released an intuitive learning tool for developers and designers looking to get into the medium. While...
XEODesign’s Nicole Lazzaro on Design Leadership in VR
XEODesign's Nicole Lazarro has been researching emotional reactions of gamers in VR to discover the unique properties of the...
Jesse Schell on the Art of Game Design in VR
Jesse Schell wrote the book "The Art of Game Design: A book of lenses," and his company Schell Games...
NVIDIA ‘DesignWorks VR’ to Harness Virtual Reality for Real World Design
NVIDIA today announces DesignWorks VR, a new set of tools that sit alongside their recently launched GameWorks VR SDK,...
