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‘Google Earth VR’ Lets You Experience the Total Solar Eclipse Right Now

Road to VR

Whether or not you’re in the narrow band of ‘solar eclipse totality’ that’s making its way across the continental United States on Monday, August 21st, Google Earth VR has seen a recent update that will let you experience the rare event from the comfort of your own HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. image courtesy NASA.

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Baobab Studios talks about the development of “Crow: The Legend”, a movie that deserves to be watched in virtual reality

The Ghost Howls

It seems different from your previous works… When I was a boy my grandfather was a cattle rancher in the Flint Hills of southeastern Kansas. was created before there were hand controllers for VR. Still, we wanted to create an interactive character-driven experience, so we focused on what we could do without hand controllers.

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Suzanne Borders: BadVR is mixing art and technology to innovate data visualization

The Ghost Howls

When he graduated, I was moved to Kansas City, which is in the middle of the country, and no offense to anyone who’s listening from Kansas City… but it’s kind of a smaller town and it’s not as big as San Diego where I was living.

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