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BBC to Stream Major World Cup 2018 Matches in UK on PSVR, Cardboard, Oculus Go & Gear VR

Road to VR

The BBC is bringing live coverage of all 33 of its licensed World Cup 2018 matches from Russia to a new dedicated app, dubbed BBC Sport VR – FIFA World Cup Russia 2018. The VR app is said hit the respective app stores closer to the first match, which starts on June 14th with the Russia vs. Saudi Arabia match to kick it off.

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HelloStar – The First AR-Powered Influencer Marketplace to Launch in India

ARPost

Launched first in Russia, HelloStar is now preparing to launch in India as well. Our vision is to immerse fans and their beloved influencers into unique digital experiences, beyond their 2D screen and interaction, bridging them closer together.”. Now, a company wants to take things further. What Is Special About HelloStar?

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This VR App Reconstructs 30,000-Year-Old Homo Sapien Faces in 3D

VRScout

The app from Visual Science studio, VRScience , claims to offer the first scientifically accurate VR visualization of the Sungir people, who lived in Russia in ancient times and are the ancestors of today’s northern and eastern Europeans.

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Roman Kulikov talks Human Motion Tracking and VR Immersion

Everything VR & AR

Roman Kulikov from Moscow Russia joins the show to discuss such topics as human motion tracking for full immersion VR experiences. We also discuss his experience first attending and now teaching at the National Research University MPEI (Moscow Power Engineering Institute) in Moscow.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.12): Quest 2 is launching, dogs use AR, and more!

The Ghost Howls

At the same time, Facebook could have an approach similar to the one that Google has with Android: theoretically you can use an Android phone without a Google account, but good luck in doing it : since my phone is Chinese, I don’t have Google services and I can assure you that it is a true pain in the a**. Image by Google).

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

HARDWARE: Oculus Touch controllers are FINALLY coming, and they sure feel smooth and intuitive (you won’t have to break your immersion with that silly bundled Microsoft Xbox controller anymore). Daydream is Google’s entire-pipeline solution, from hardware to software to content, and the first Daydream-ready hardware is here.

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Eido Inoue tells us everything we need to know about HADO and location based augmented reality

The Ghost Howls

Between that, I worked on consumer cloud software with Google for five years… managing engineering teams for Gmail, Japanese mobile, Google Labs, and social (Blogger etc.) In Europe, there are venues in Britain, Spain, France, Serbia (by raw play stats it’s the most popular area in the EU; don’t ask me why), and Russia.