Category: Virtual Reality

The Oculus Rift Just Got A Massive Price Cut

One of the major factors inhibiting people from taking a dive into the world of VR is price. Virtual reality headsets are extremely expensive, and a lot of people aren’t ready to invest that kind of money into what’s been portrayed as little more than a gimmick.

Google once bought $32,000 in magnets from Home Depot for a…

Google Cardboard turns smartphones into makeshift VR headsets, and over 10 million of the inexpensive headsets have been shipped, according to Google. But once upon a time, in 2014, it was a nascent project at Google, with employees putting together the first run of devices with parts bought from a Silicon Valley Home Depot.

AVALON: Boeing’s Australian innovations see light of day

Collaborative robotics, virtual reality and aircraft cabin disease transmission prevention are among the latest projects under way at Boeing Research and Technology-Australia – the manufacturer’s largest research organisation outside of the United States. Boeing’s Australian research organisation – based in Melbourne and Brisbane – has been at the forefront of numerous pioneering developments that have been rolled out by the aerospace giant.

Debut Of First Branded All-In-One VR/AR/360 Player At South By Southwest

The first of its kind, URTM is a sendable and brandable VR/AR/360 player that is ready to engage on demand. Showcasing their talent to create unique solutions for sales and marketing teams, UviaUs created this device to feature the sender’s brand and to leverage built-in technology that allows the user to immediately engage with the experience without any additional hardware, software or setup.

Visitors can fully immerse in Scotland through their mobile devices

Edinburgh, Feb 28 People across the world can now instantly walk through the prehistoric village of Skara Brae in Orkney, soar over Edinburgh Castle like a bird, journey into the depths of The Hollow Mountain of Ben Cruachan and experience the Northern Lights – all from the comfort of their own home, with the release of a new virtual reality app from VisitScotland. ScotlandVR is a virtual travel experience, and the tourist boards first step with interactive virtual map technology, that allows people wherever they are in the world, to be fully immersed in this soulful destination.

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The auto brand has created the Enter Sandbox program to have users create their own courses and test drive them using a VR device Audi wants to bring out the creativity of a driver’s inner child by using the Enter Sandbox program. The program combines the basic layout of a sandbox with a real-time virtual reality device to have users test drive an Audi vehicle.

PulteGroup Introduces Virtual Reality Headsets To Expand The Consumer …

Homebuyers can now don goggles and take a virtual tour of their potential future home at PulteGroup’s Starkey Ranch community near “The VR experience is a phenomenal selling tool, especially with a new community like Starkey Ranch that still has its model homes under construction,” says “The breathtaking views of our home sites speak for themselves, but consumers want to see the inside of our homes and virtual reality can make that happen. With a headset, guests can see the home’s features and get a sense of how the spaces will feel like as they ‘walk’ through them.

You could virtually be in Dark Sky Park with new app

The launch of a new virtual reality app from VisitScotland means that people across the globe can now experience the dark skies at Galloway Forest Park. The launch of a new virtual reality app from VisitScotland means that people across the globe can now experience the dark skies at Galloway Forest Park.

MediaTek wants to put its new 10-core chip in $300 VR smartphones

MediaTek’s new 10-core Helio X30 chip will be available for smartphones and phablets priced between $300 and $500 The smartphone world will be rocked with MediaTek’s new 10-core Helio X30 chip, which will bring premium features like Google’s DayDream virtual reality platform to Android handsets with prices starting at US$300. The Helio X30 has the most cores of all smartphone chips, and that makes it blazing fast.

Astrokarts Released in Oculus Dashboard Gallery Apps

CUPAR, Saskatchewan – Feb. 26, 2017 – PRLog — Astrokarts: VR Space Racing, Released for Oculus Rift First Virtual Reality game from Dimension Zero Studios is out now. Independent studio Dimension Zero Studios are celebrating the release of their space racing game, Astrokarts: VR Space Racing .

Virtual Reality Calling for Humanity

The solution allows wireless carriers to add support for RCS services such as IR.92/94 from within VR/AR environments. Whereas many VR experiences isolate users from real life, Summit begins by connecting real people through real-time 360A live video streams including support for virtual environments.

ZeniMax asks court to halt sales of Oculus products

Publisher ZeniMax Media has made good on its intention to file an injunction against Oculus to stop the sale of Rift and any associated software that infringes upon ZeniMax’s copyrighted code, according to documents filed in Texas court this week. Earlier this month, a Dallas, Texas jury awarded $500 million in damages to ZeniMax after finding that Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey, and by extension Oculus, failed to comply with a non-disclosure agreement.

New display lets you see 3D iamges without 3D glasses

The display itself is three-dimensional, allowing viewers to see a 3D image from all angles without the use of 3D glasses or virtual reality headsets. Researchers foresee this technology being used to help doctors visualize a patient’s anatomy prior to surgery or let the military study terrain before missions.

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NBA fans can now experience a reality show- House of Legends – in the virtual company of the greatest players of NBA history The NBA and Google are partnering up to bring fans the chance to sit next to their favorite retired players via virtual reality. The VR show-called House of Legends -features weekly episodes with former NBA players discussing their careers, lives, and pop culture at large.

The XPRTs Embrace Virtual Reality

Principled Technologies, the XPRTs, and students from NC State University used the Google Cardboard API and the Unity game engine to create a prototype virtual reality evaluation tool Virtual reality continues to open new and exciting worlds of possibility, but how do consumers know if their tech can handle its computing demands? The XPRTs have long provided the tools everyone needs to inform purchases, and now they’re turning to VR. For more, see the video at https://youtu.be/liqJyKsDp-c .

Blockphase Announces Over 50 Indie VR Artists and Studios will Participate in Beta

Denver-based Blockphase, a blockchain content distribution company, is pleased to announce that over 50 content creators and studios have registered to be a part of the upcoming beta of their PhaseRight VR platform set to begin in the second quarter 2017. Blockphase CEO Steven Austine said, “We are excited that these talented virtual reality and 360 video content creators have offered to join our PhaseRight VR beta.

Google figures out how to remove the “VR veil” to allow onlookers to see expressions

Although virtual reality can transport a person to amazing locations with imaginative scenarios, it doesn’t give onlookers much of an experience. While there are setups that allow those watching the interaction to see what is being done in the virtual space, there is still the lack of emotion from the wearer that cannot be shown, due to the mask that is physically covering the face and its expressions.

HTC launches U Series of smartphones

New Delhi, , Feb. 22 : HTC Corporation, a leading innovator in mobile and virtual reality technology, unveiled the HTC U Ultra and the HTC U Play smartphones in the Indian market, on Tuesday. The Phones embody everything that is brilliant, unique, sophisticated and a reflection of everything that is beautiful.