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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Recapping the top stories covered on the VRScout Report , a weekly live video show and podcast discussing the best in VR, hosted by Malia Probst. The app is intended for the new-generation smartphones and tablets with 3D cameras like Intel RealSense and Google Project Tango. You’re welcome.

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Facebook Shows Off Research Aiming to Deliver Truly Realistic Avatars

Road to VR

Dubbed ‘Codec Avatars’, the Pittsburgh office is using what they call “groundbreaking 3D capture technology and AI systems” to generate lifelike virtual avatars that could provide the basis of a quick and easy personal avatar creator of the future. ” Image courtesy Facebook.

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Become the Virus in Zero Days VR: A Revolutionary Immersive Documentary

VRScout

I’m not sure what I was expecting to experience when I sat down to try Zero Days VR in Sundance’s VR Palace, but when I took the Oculus off, my mind was spinning. The real opportunity here is that, especially in volumetric video VR, there’s not a lot of projects that have been made that really show what it can do.”

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GDC 2017: Hands-On With Microsoft’s First Windows Holographic VR Headset

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I was among a handful of journalists invited to see the internal Microsoft prototype, though I was told photos or videos for my demo would not be allowed. The interface also showed how some content, like a highly detailed animated 3D capture of a space suit, can seem to float in this virtual living room alongside other content.

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SIGGRAPH 2017 In Los Angeles Showcases The Latest In VR and AR

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Just a few years ago I found the Oculus meeting room hidden in a corner of the show floor where they were showing the HD prototype of the Rift featuring improved resolution. The experience is a lightly gamified music video designed to get people to move, shake, and flock together. Registration details for the conference are here.

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GoPro Can Now Shoot In 3DCapturing 3D action footage could be.

AllThingsVR

GoPro Can Now Shoot In 3D Capturing 3D action footage could be about to get a whole lot easier thanks to Vitrima , a new low-cost accessory designed for GoPro cameras. Vitrima gets around this by using mirrors to enable 3D capture on a single GoPro camera with no other attachments or editing required.

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Volumetrically Capturing Authentic Digital Actors, with Metastage’s Christina Heller

XR for Business Podcast

Alan: Yeah, we got to try your incredible experiences, mostly in the field of 360 video. As you said, it’s a company that specializes in volumetric capture. Think, like, video games; when you go play a video game and they’ve got a character playing a scene out with you. It’s volumetric video.