Archive for Virtual Reality

Oct 22, 2014

Google and Qualcomm bite into Augmented Reality

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By David Briggs – Stealth mode augmented reality start-up Magic Leap has raised $542 million in Series B financing. Google and Qualcomm led the round of financing, some of the other investors includeLegendary Entertainment, KKR, Vulcan Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Andreessen Horowitz and Obvious Ventures. The Senior Vice President of Android and Chrome will […]

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Sep 06, 2013

Virtual skydiving and premiere of detective Oculus game

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Creative production and technology company Inition are hosting their second London Oculus VR meetup next week

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Aug 27, 2013

Design your own Oculus Rift comp launched

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Virtual reality/Oculus Rift fan site Oculusrift Blog, is giving away an Oculus Rift dev kit for the best designed consumer version as part of a competition

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Jul 12, 2013

Provision 3D Media hope to develop life sized holograms

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Provision 3D Media hope to develop life sized holograms for the home (if they can raise $950,000 on Kickstarter)

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Jul 10, 2013

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During Siggraph 2013, Disney will be showing how virtual objects can be felt without wearing special gloves during gameplay

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Jun 17, 2013

Don’t look down – extreme VR video released

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Creative production company Inition has released a video of the most extreme reactions to their Oculus Rift ‘Virtual Vertigo Challenge’

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Jun 10, 2013

Oculus Rift – Doesn’t look real but feels real

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In this guest post, Tweetminster founder and The Independent journalist Andrew Walker describes his experiences using the Oculus Rift for the first time

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Jun 05, 2013

Mad Catz to integrate ’4D sound’ into headphones

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The headphone brand will soon integrate ViviTouch technology so wearers can physically feel sound.

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May 27, 2013

Making View working on stereoscopic 3D video for the Oculus

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Imagine watching a 3D movie where you can look around a scene as it happens in front of you – Making View are working to make that happen.

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May 24, 2013

Virtuix Omni heads to Kickstarter

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The Virtuix Omni is heading to Kickstarter on June 4th and released a preview video to encourage backers.

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May 20, 2013

“VR can change the world with the right apps” says VR expert

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Sebastien ‘VR Geek’ Kuntz is one of the world’s foremost experts on virtual reality and explains why good content is crucial

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May 15, 2013

Sensics add cameras for ultra-wide FOV HMD for AR apps

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Head mounted display specialists Sensics are shipping an augmented reality add-on for its ultra-panoramic piSight HMD.

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May 07, 2013

Virtusphere developing game controller for VR gaming

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Virtusphere is close to finalising a ‘Virtual Game Controller’ which will allow 3D games to be explored using the human hamster ball without modifications.

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Apr 29, 2013

Consumer friendly omni-directional WizDish heading to homes

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As excitement surrounding the Oculus Rift increases, developer Julian Wiliams explains how the WizDish will make virtual reality in the home a more natural experience

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Apr 23, 2013

Leap Motion now compatible with Google Earth

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The gesture based control device will enable people to fly through cities on Google Earth using the motion of their hands.

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