285 ‘MasterpieceVR’ Brings Cross-Platform Multiplayer Painting And Sculpting To Rift And Vive
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DECEMBER 23, 2016
Creating art with several people at once can be a crowded experience. But not in MasterpieceVR.
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HTC Vive Exec Makes Predictions for the Next 2 Years of Virtual Reality
Road to VR
DECEMBER 14, 2016
HTC’s China Regional President of Vive, Alvin Wang Graylin, took to the stage at the Unity Vision Summit in Asia this week and made a series of bold predictions for where we’ll see VR in the next two years.
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Google Earth Lets You Explore the Planet in Virtual Reality
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NOVEMBER 16, 2016
Google Earth is now available for the HTC Vive. If you have access to a Vive, try Google Earth VR for yourself before reading any further. It’s free. A team of engineers and filmmakers worked together on a cinematic introduction that I’ll never do justice. Go in blind. Feel all the feelings.
Palmer Luckey’s New Role At Oculus Will Be Revealed Soon
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DECEMBER 13, 2016
As we digest the news today that Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe is stepping down from his role as CEO of the company and moving to head up the PC VR team, we asked Oculus whether Palmer Luckey would be staying with Facebook and Oculus through the transition.
How To Play SteamVR Vive Games With Oculus Touch and Rift
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DECEMBER 6, 2016
Last week we let you know about 10 great SteamVR games that work well with the Rift and Touch by default. Now that the Touch controllers have officially released into the world, we decided to tackle the topic in a bit more detail.
Oculus Nearly Matched The Original ‘Gears of War’ Budget To Fund Epic’s ‘Robo Recall’
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DECEMBER 12, 2016
Oculus is one of the most prolific stimulators of virtual reality content in the industry today. The Facebook-owned company has been funding VR games and projects for years now through Oculus Studios.
‘Pluto’ Turns Any VR App Into A Social Experience
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DECEMBER 8, 2016
Social VR is a hot topic right now. With the release of the Oculus Touch controllers , both of the major headsets — Oculus Rift and HTC Vive — have motion tracked controllers and roomscale capabilities.
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Brendan Iribe Is No Longer CEO of Oculus, Now Leads PC-Focused VR Team Within Facebook (Update)
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DECEMBER 13, 2016
Some days when you work on the media side of the tech industry, you get through the day by going through the motions, reporting on stuff you knew about a good bit in advance, and writing about cool upcoming games, events, and gadgets.
VR Headsets from ASUS, Dell, HP, and More Coming in 2017, Will Run on Intel Integrated Graphics
Road to VR
DECEMBER 7, 2016
Today at the Microsoft’s Windows Hardware Engineering Community event in Shenzhen, China, the company announced that VR/AR (mixed reality) headsets from top manufacturers are due to hit the market in 2017.
New HTC Vive Releases For The Week Of 11/20/16
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NOVEMBER 25, 2016
It’s encouraging to see bigger brands tackle VR like the actual NBA with their NBA 2KVR Experience, but the new release gets completely outshined by a game obviously better-built for virtual reality even in early access: Nothin’ But Net.
Bridge Is A Mobile Headset That Brings Inside-Out Tracking And MR To iPhone
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DECEMBER 9, 2016
San Francisco-based Occipital is one of the many companies that wants to bring inside-out tracking to mobile VR, but its means of doing so stands apart from others.
Starting Tomorrow You Can Make Unity Games From Within VR
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DECEMBER 14, 2016
Unity was reluctant to put a final date on the launch of Editor VR when it was last shown at Unite 2016 in November, but we now know it will be with us very, very soon.
VR App Lets You Test Canon Cameras & Lenses Before You Buy
VRScout
NOVEMBER 25, 2016
Picking a camera or lens can be scary. Canon is using VR to make that a little easier. Over the past year VR has proven itself more than just a gaming device. Oculus Rift and HTC Vive headsets are being used in incredible fields for various purposes from medicine and psychology, to art and design.
There Are Now Over 1,000 VR-Supported Games and Experiences on Steam
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DECEMBER 7, 2016
The Oculus Rift , created by Facebook-owned Oculus VR, launched on March 28th, 2016, with the HTC and Valve-created Vive headset launching just a week later on April 5th, 2016.
HTC Announces $1.5 Billion VR Investment Fund and Research Institute in China
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NOVEMBER 17, 2016
HTC is making yet more moves in China today, announcing a partnership with the Shenzhen Municipal Government to kick off two new initiatives. The first of these is a new China VR Research Institute.
Google Launches Earth VR on HTC Vive, A Breathtaking New Way to Know Our Planet
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 16, 2016
Today Google launches Earth VR for the HTC Vive for free, giving us a whole new perspective on the world. I remember, back in 2001, how amazed I was to see Google Earth for the first time. I remember huddling around the computer monitor with friends shouting “go to New York City!”
Nvidia Touts 15 Million VR Ready PCs Sold As PS4 Pushes Past 50 Million
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DECEMBER 8, 2016
The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive might offer a superior VR experience to PlayStation VR, but there’s one very big reason the latter is poised to perform better on the market, at least in the short term.
DearVR Audio Engine Is A Unity Asset To Make VR Sound Better
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NOVEMBER 21, 2016
Virtual reality is growing at a rapid pace and, as developers get more familiar with their tools, the more devs will want specific tools that lighten the workload.
Exclusive: HTC Vive Goes Wireless With $220 Add-On, Pre-Orders Start Friday
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NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Oculus may be be closing out 2016 with a bang with the launch of its Touch controllers, but HTC is going to kick off 2017 with something special: a peripheral that makes its Vive headset wireless.
HTC to Offer Wireless Vive Upgrade Kit, Pre-orders Start Friday
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
HTC plans to offer a wireless upgrade accessory for the Vive created by TPCAST. Launching in early 2017 with pre-orders starting Friday, HTC claims the device will eliminate the direct connection to the PC without any noticeable difference in latency or gameplay.
VR and AR Could Revolutionize Construction, But There Are Still Big Challenges
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NOVEMBER 22, 2016
The global construction market will hit $10.3 trillion in 2020, and it’s a field where mistakes are costly: rework typically makes up 12 percent of project costs, reaching tens of millions of dollars on big projects.
Google Launching WebVR Support for Android Chrome in January, Desktop to Follow
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 6, 2016
WebVR is gaining significant momentum; last month the biggest players in the browse space came together to discuss the future of VR on the web at the W3C Workshop on Web & Virtual Reality.
Exclusive: ‘The SoulKeeper VR’ Is a Glimpse Into The Future of Gorgeous Virtual Reality RPGs
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NOVEMBER 4, 2016
It doesn’t take a whole lot to catch my interest on a personal level. If you ever see me at an event, walking down the street, or on Twitter, just mention a video game and I’ll probably have something to say about it.
Deepak Chopra Hopes You’ll Find Your True Self in VR
VRScout
AUGUST 17, 2016
I’m in a vast open space under a beautiful Bodhi tree, the green-leafed branches stretching towards the heavens. I am calmed immediately, welcomed by chirping birds and nature sounds.
Oculus Chief Scientist Predicts the Next 5 Years of VR Technology
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 4, 2016
The annual presentation at Oculus Connect by Michael Abrash, Chief Scientist at Oculus, is always a highlight of the company’s annual developer event, projecting a forward-thinking and ever inspirational look at the future of virtual reality.
‘Raw Data’ Developer Survios Raises $50 Million, Now Top Funded VR Dev Studio
Road to VR
DECEMBER 13, 2016
Survios , the VR development studio behind the Vive title Raw Data , has announced a whopping $50 million in funding to further expand its VR content offerings. The new round makes the company the most funded pure VR development studio to date.
3 Great VR Party Games to Play With Friends and Family This Holiday
Road to VR
DECEMBER 24, 2016
VR is so new that one of the regular activities of VR headset owners is introducing other people to the technology. Usually that means putting one person in a headset and standing around while they take their turn.
Preview: ‘Project Sansar’ Could Give Social VR Worlds a Second Life
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NOVEMBER 7, 2016
I’ve been covering virtual reality for almost a year now. In that time my jaw has only dropped once: when I saw the whale in my very first VR experience, The Blu. Since then I have been impressed, mystified, overwhelmed, etc.
OTOY Is Building One of VR’s Most Important Technologies
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NOVEMBER 14, 2016
Last week I had the chance to interview OTOY’s CEO Jules Urbach about their recent announcements and future roadmap. We talked Unity, open standards, the metaverse, and more, but the general thread pointed to OTOY as one of THE pivotal companies in the VR space.
Everything Wrong with Traditional Data Visualization and How VR is Poised to Fix It
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
Data visualization is one of a handful of topics that VR evangelists like to count off on their fingers as spaces that virtual reality could radically change. But how, exactly? And what’s wrong with data visualization today?
Google: Wireless Positional Tracking “Solved”, But Heat Still A Problem For VR
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NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Last week, at a Google press event UploadVR had the chance to speak with Google Tango’s director of engineering, Johnny Lee.
Visbit Raises $3.2 Million To Build Out 4K VR Platform
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DECEMBER 6, 2016
Visbit just raised $3.2 million in seed funding with participation from Presence Capital, ZhenFund, Colopl Next, Amino Capital and Eversunny Limited.
‘Vivepaper’ Is HTC’s Immersive Reading Experience That Mixes AR With VR
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OCTOBER 27, 2016
Based on our recent talk with VP of content, Joel Breton, HTC has plenty of experiences in the works for its Vive VR headset across a wide range of categories. Though you probably wouldn’t have guessed it, one of those categories is virtual reading.
Microsoft May Leapfrog Facebook and Google in VR With HoloLens Tracking
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OCTOBER 26, 2016
Microsoft’s play for command of next generation personal computing can be seen today with the announcement of a series of Windows-powered VR headsets starting at $300.
Jaguar Just Showed Us The Future of Car Launches
VRScout
NOVEMBER 14, 2016
The VR reveal for the company’s first-ever electric car blew our minds. During a press event at Milk Studios in Los Angeles Sunday night, Jaguar revealed the I-PACE, the company’s first-ever electric car.
Microsoft Reveals $300 VR Headsets With 3D Windows Push
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OCTOBER 26, 2016
Microsoft is currently hosting a press event in which it’s showcasing the latest version of its Windows 10 operating system, and it means big things for both virtual and mixed reality. The company has announced a new line of VR headsets from partners like HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, and Acer.
The Gigantic List of Augmented Reality Use Cases
UploadVR
OCTOBER 25, 2016
Everyone says that augmented reality (AR) will be bigger than virtual reality (VR): analysts , investors , technologists , and futurists alike.
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