VRScout

JANUARY 30, 2017

Society Awards Chair Buzz Hays spoke about the decision stating, “With the HTC VIVE, Cher Wang and her team have created a groundbreaking room-scale VR platform that has enabled the production of a dazzling number of immersive VR experiences which have pushed the boundaries of entertainment.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

So, here’s the full low-down on Microsoft’s newest immersive device: It’s all about the Cloud. More immersive. To top it off, they also promise that their new display system enables them to achieve these improvements in performance even at low power. Yes, let’s get that out of the way.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Birthed in New Zealand and raised in Los Angeles, CA, volumetric capture company 8i has announced a Series B round of $27M. The funding disclosure coincided with other big news: 8i will release a smartphone app called the Holo app later this year. MONEY, MOVES AND FUNDING.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 20, 2017

This is especially true for VR, a medium that relies heavily on deep immersion. The award-winning composer has worked on everything from film and television, to video games and other forms of new media. Raw Data is also available for purchase on the HTC Vive , Oculus Rift and now the PSVR for $39.99.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 27, 2017

Frontier VR is a collection of three spaces designed by New Zealand-based Gaugepunk Games. These are some of the most memorable and, yes, immersive locations I’ve seen in VR, reminding me of the kiddish joy I experienced the very first time I put on a headset and found myself in a virtual world.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

It is the first event of this kind organized by Magic Leap: we can say that LEAP Con is like the Oculus Connect of Magic Leap and will probably become always more important, year after year, exactly as it has happened to Oculus. PixelStrikeInc brace yourself…the memes are coming. pic.twitter.com/MbJZV8aOdf. MagicScript.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

They offer an unprecedented level of immersion, realism, and user control. For instance, Tairua School in New Zealand is just one of many educational institutions using VR for education. For example, many tourists in Italy are offered VR tours for Oculus that let them explore ancient monuments restored to full glory in 3D.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 28, 2020

To celebrate its first birthday, my friend and renewed XR ergonomics expert Rob Cole of Immersive Computing has decided to write another one of his very interesting guest posts about his experiments with this device, that you can read here below. Image by Immersive Computing). Image by Immersive Computing). Magnet Stacking.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

People started screaming at the “Oculus Quest competitor”, but I wonder why Apple should release a VR headset with just limited AR features after it has repeated for years that it doesn’t care about VR. The GabeN is currently in New Zealand, enjoying a lockdown-free life (New Zealand has zero Coronavirus cases).

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EnterpriseWear

JUNE 26, 2018

While accessing real aviation equipment for hands-on training is costly and difficult, in VR trainees can practice skills in a realistic, accident-proof immersive environment with virtual parts and tools. And VR isn’t just for ground crew and pilots; cabin crew and even airport staff training could incorporate immersive tech, as well. *.

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Road to VR

MARCH 18, 2018

The only time Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) truly feels alive is when he escapes to the OASIS, an immersive virtual universe where most of humanity spends their days. Cheery old Hobbiton, although maintained as a tourist destination today at a family run farm five miles west of Hinuera, New Zealand, isn’t a ‘real’ place either.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Other relevant news. In a new interview given to a New Zealander magazine, Gabe Newell talks about the work that Valve is doing with Brain-Computer Interfaces. Oculus official side distribution platform is coming soon. Oculus Quest is coming to Korea. Some news on content. Image by OpenBCI).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2016

It’ll launch the following day in Europe, Australia and New Zealand published by Sony and available in stores as well as digitally. VR games frequently don’t last that long, however, and virtual reality is home to content much more immersive and varied than traditional games. 8 in the United States and Canada.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Global here refers to Europe, Japan, South Korea, and China – Pico 4 isn’t sold in North America or Australia & New Zealand. It’s the same kind of breathable fabric that was used for Oculus Go, rather than the cheap-feeling face-hurting foam that comes with Quests. It’s noticeably boxier and heavier.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 4, 2016

The idea is that, as soon as we identified VR was coming — this was before the Oculus acquisition by Facebook — it was clear that one part of VR would be computer-generated experiences, games being the major example. We integrated both 3D audio and 3D video because the full immersive experience needs both. That’s still happening.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

But now, it is the turn of some cool AR and VR news…. Top news of the week. Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest may have sold only 400,000 units. The latest report on virtual reality by SuperData doesn’t offer us great news on the VR landscape. The two lucky countries are New Zealand and Iceland.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

Development is divided evenly across the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift platforms, each accounting for 31% of projects created, with other major VR platforms such as Samsung Gear VR, OSVR, and Daydream rounding out the bottom numbers. Canterbury University, New Zealand. image courtesy VR First. Aalborg University Copenhagen, Denmark.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

VeeR acquires, produces, and distributes best-in-class immersive stories and light-weight interactive experiences. Pradeep has been a leader for IBM GBS Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ), He has over 30 years of executive & management experience across a number of industries. web, and mobile. 4- Kshitij Marwah.

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