XR Today - Virtual Reality
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Over the years, technology has become smaller, lighter, more comfortable, and with faster processing, breathing life into the virtual world. Also, unlike augmented reality (AR), which people can access via smartphones and smart glasses, VR relies on larger headsets and controllers to interact with fully-immersive virtual worlds.
Road to VR
JUNE 29, 2016
It feels like only 5 minutes ago we caught wind of a new startup riding on the back of the new virtual reality revolution, one based in Utah that had its sights set on creating a cutting edge mixed reality theme park. When we finally did get our hands on it, we were impressed. “The
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Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
In 1997, a bio engineering professor at the University of Utah named Dr. Richard Norman developed the ‘Utah Array’, an implant with 256 electrodes designed to rigidly attach to the brain. SEE ALSO Oculus Chief Scientist Dives Deep Into the Near Future of AR & VR.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
FEBRUARY 15, 2017
You would enjoy catching ghosts with three other players moving freely around the virtual world alongside you. What makes the experience so immersive is that it is a completely untethered multiplayer walk-around experience complemented by real-world effects, like heat or wind.
The Ghost Howls
MARCH 1, 2021
Oculus has also partnered with Virtuclear to offer prescription lenses for the Quest 2 for $80. All the 3 major VR runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR, Microsoft) are now compatible with OpenXR , and this means that on the runtime layer on PC, now OpenXR has been fully integrated. You can now use consumer devices inside Oculus For Business.
VRScout
DECEMBER 19, 2016
Partnering with National Geographic to show off the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah in full 360 degree glory, Facebook took its first steps into live spherical video. PARTY WITH YOUR FACEBOOK FRIENDS IN VR: OCULUS ROOMS & PARTIES. In the official words of the Oculus blog, this is “just the beginning of social VR.”.
VRScout
FEBRUARY 13, 2017
For example, when Oculus released their touch controllers in December, I was amazed by how much more real and complete each experience felt, driven simply by the fact that I could see and articulate my hands within VR. The result for me and other Oculus owners was a dramatic increase in the fun factor and time spent in VR.
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