PALMER LUCKEY IS JUST GETTING STARTED PETER THIEL SOMETIMES seems bored by mainstream tech. “You have as much computing power in your iPhone as was available at the time of the Apollo missions,” he said during a debate in 2013. “But what is it being used for? It’s being used to throw angry birds at … Continue reading Interesting articles about VR – week #41 →

Palmer Luckey: Facebook Buying Oculus ‘The Best Thing That’s Ever Happened To VR’ Despite parting ways with the company in 2017, Oculus Rift inventor Palmer Luckey still insists that Facebook buying Oculus was “the best thing that’s ever happened to the VR industry.” Hands-on: StarVR One is the Most Complete Ultra-wide VR Headset to Date … Continue reading Interesting articles about VR – week #40 →

Virtual reality brings sunken civilisations to life The sunken ruins of ancient cities, the monuments of lost civilisations, may reappear before our eyes thanks to new technologies of augmented reality. Euronews' Denis Loctier went to Italy for Futuris to investigate a remarkable new tool under development. Storytelling with Smarter Tools At IBC 2018, Adobe is … Continue reading Interesting articles about VR – week #39 →

4 WAYS THE AR CLOUD IS CONNECTING DIGITAL CONTENT WITH THE PHYSICAL WORLD Since Apple’s release of ARKit, it’s become easier than ever to make AR experiences. However, an initial stumbling block for the nascent mobile AR ecosystem was the fact that AR experiences were solitary. That is, it wasn’t possible to make seamless real-time … Continue reading Interesting articles about VR – week #38 →

Virtual Reality Helps Amputees Feel Their Prosthetics In a groundbreaking study that could change the lives of millions of people living with amputations, scientists at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) developed a way to use virtual reality and “artificial tactile sensations” to trick the brain into feeling a prosthetic like a biological part of … Continue reading Interesting articles about VR – week #37 →

How next-gen motion capture will supercharge VR arcades You might know motion capture as the tech that transformed Andy Serkis into Gollum, but now it can transform everyday people into animated avatars in virtual worlds, and all in real-time. Motion capture—which uses body sensors, ultra-precise cameras, and modeling software to create 3D animations from real-life … Continue reading Interesting articles about VR – week #36 →

Virtual reality comes to the Proms for the first time in WW1 'immersive experience' The event, which involves VR headsets offering a 360-degree immersive video experience, will take place next to the traditional home of the Proms, the Royal Albert Hall, at Beit Hall on August 21.  Getting hands dirty in Virtual Reality : Developing an Unreal Engine 4 Plugin … Continue reading Interesting articles about VR – week #35 →

'Once You See the Images, You Understand.' Japanese Students Recreated Hiroshima Bombing in Virtual Reality It’s a sunny summer morning in the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Cicadas chirp in the trees. A lone plane flies high overhead. Then a flash of light, followed by a loud blast. Buildings are flattened and smoke rises from crackling … Continue reading Interesting articles about VR – week #33 →

Encounter Your Favorite Dinosaurs in Jurassic World VR Expedition Available now at more than 100 Dave and Buster’s locations nationwide, they’re looking to take those who dare on a safari of a lifetime with Jurassic World VR Expedition, their latest and greatest gaming experience. But Dave and Buster’s is not only giving you a chance … Continue reading Interesting articles about VR – week #32 →

Virtual Reality in Entertainment What is Virtual Reality? It’s a new world created by a lots of people around the world right now. Designers, developers, artists, editors in every part of the planet create new amazing VR products every day. Virtual reality appeared in science, medicine, education, tourism. Although, arguably, the largest industry it has … Continue reading Interesting articles about VR – week #31 →