Nearby Planet VR is a 2,100-square-foot lounge that offers three fully equipped virtual reality play rooms with a choice of HTC Vive or Oculus headset-based virutal reality rigs. We have seen the future – at least as far as the HRM’s bar, resto and retail scene is concerned – and it looks like a virtually rendered Japanese gastro pub.
Category: Virtual Reality
Here’s every PC game with Tobii eye tracking support
Virtual reality offers a unique way to experience video games, transporting players to different worlds and continuing to blur the line between gaming and reality. The technology isn’t for everyone, however.
VR’s Hope for Survival Lies Outside the Gaming World
Remember when virtual reality was considered a ridiculous pipe dream relegated to ’80s sci-fi stories? Well, leading into the 2016 holiday season, it seemed like that “Tron”-like dream had come true. You could just mention the letters “VR” and investors’ ears would perk up.
Two brothers are obsessively filming every national park, with spectacular results
The filmmakers and founders of Sea Raven Media visited their first national park five years ago – a trip that planted the seed in their minds for what would eventually grow into More Than Just Parks , a multi-year effort to film all 59 national parks. They just released their 10th film, leaving 49 to go.
Circus Starring You opens at Children’s Museum
The “Circus Starring You” is an interactive circus offering sights, sounds and food smells from some of the greatest shows on earth. Children can try their hand at tightrope walking, learn to tie knots like they use in circus rigging and practice a circus aerial act using real equipment in a safe environment.
Teachers open world to classrooms with virtual reality
In this Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 photo, Amy Williams, a teacher at Elizabeth Forward Middle School, practices with a virtual reality set during a class at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit in Homestead, Pa. In this Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 photo, displayed is a view of downtown Pittsburgh on the screen of a part of a virtual reality set that teachers are learning with during a class at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit in Homestead, Pa.
Former TV Land President Joins Virtual Reality Firm
Nearly two years to the day after he was pushed out at Viacom-owned TV Land, Larry Jones has lined up his next act. The former TV Land president has been tapped to serve as CEO of virtual reality firm Blackthorn Media, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
New VR product to launch this year: HTC
HTC hinted at the upcoming launch of a new virtual reality product during a press conference for its HTC U Ultra in Singapore. Chang underscored that the new VR gadget would be an innovation on the VR concept, departing from the traditional headset model.
HTC will launch mobile VR device as follow-up to Vive – CNET
“We have a good plan in terms of combining mobility with VR,” said Chia-lin Chang, HTC’s chief financial officer at a HTC U series launch event in Singapore. “Vive is very top end, and in the coming months you’ll see our plans in terms of mobility and VR, and it’s not a phone slapped onto a headset.
Global Virtual Reality Market 2016-2020: What is Really Happening in the Virtual Reality Space?
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Global Virtual Reality Market 2016-2020” report to their offering. Unlike most reports that you may have seen in the past 2 years, this report provides detailed numbers per vendor and shows exactly how the numbers add up to define the market size.
Virtual reality industry ‘in need of a jump-start,’ Imax CEO says at new VR center
A guest plays a virtual reality game based on Lionsgate’s “John Wick” at Imax VR Experience Centre in Los Angeles A guest plays a virtual reality game based on Lionsgate’s “John Wick” at the Imax VR Experience Centre in Los Angeles A guest plays a virtual reality game based on Lionsgate’s “John Wick” at the Imax VR Experience Centre in Los Angeles Richard Gelfond, chief executive of big-screen company Imax Corp., unveiled his new virtual reality center Tuesday with a bullish plan to turn the nascent VR industry into a mainstream art form, the way that movies and traditional video games are today. It won’t be easy.
Get your feet wet as a marine biologist in a VR coral reef
A team of technologists and marine biology experts have produced a virtual reality coral reef based off the Sisters’ Islands Marine Park in Singapore. The demo, named “Eyes on Habitat: Coral Reefs” was unveiled on Wednesday.
Now you can climb Mount Everest in VR
Just last week, I had a great conversation with a Manhattan taxi driver named Sherpa, who, after I asked if his name was connected to Nepal, told me that he had indeed stopped working on Mount Everest to live in New York City . Smiling, he suggested I visit the famed mountain one day, to which I replied, “I’m a fragile city guy, maybe one day I’ll visit it in virtual reality.”
Global Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Gear Market to Grow at a CAGR of 37.45% During 2017-2021
AR is a technology that diminishes the line between reality and computer-generated graphics. It enhances a user’s experience, in terms of what the user sees, hears, feels, and smells.
Global Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Gear Market to Grow at a CAGR of 37.45% During 2017-2021
AR is a technology that diminishes the line between reality and computer-generated graphics. It enhances a user’s experience, in terms of what the user sees, hears, feels, and smells.
Martin and Elisa will wear virtual reality headsets as they make their vows in May
Looking lovingly into one another’s eyes as family and friends look on – it’s the scene people might conjure up when imagining their wedding ceremony. But for Cardiff couple Martin Shervington and Elisa Evans, 45, the setting for their vows will be a little less, well, real! The couple will be transformed into robots for their wedding ceremony, which will take place in a futuristic virtual reality nightclub.
Watch: Music video innovation brings fans 360-degree view of Biffy Clyro
Armchair fans will be able to navigate behind the set where the Kilmarnock bandmates Simon Neil and James and Ben Johnston play their latest track Flammable. Viewers can follow the band in virtual reality as they walk into a perspex cube suspended above an abandoned warehouse and then place themselves centre stage in the video.
Enterprise Apps May Be VR’s Future
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Indian techies welcome in Canada after Trump ban
Toronto, Feb 12 – Indian-origin tech leaders in Canada say the controversial visa and travel restrictions imposed by US President Donald Trump will be a boon for tech recruitment and investment in Canada. This provides a great opportunity for the best talent from India to come, live and work in Canada, said Shafin Diamond Tejani, the CEO of Fantasy 360, a Vancouver-based global leader in creating immersive experiences and games using Virtual Reality , Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality .
Nintendo Switch VR Would Be Perfect for Virtual Reality Mario Kart or Zelda
Mario Kart and Zelda are fun games both on portable as well as home consoles, but imagine playing the titles in virtual reality? Thanks to the Nintendo Switch , that may soon become a possibility. Simply put, the Switch’s display would slide right onto this headset and the Joy-Con controllers would be used like normal.
New Game: John Wick Chronicles
John Wick is back! John Wick Chronicles lets you play as the legendary assassin John Wick, allowing you to pick up his iconic weapons and head into the world of hired guns – all in virtual reality. In John Wick Chronicles you’ll dive into a whole new way to experience the action, as you’ll be a part of it – and not just someone who holds the controller.
Zuckerberg reveals high-tech Oculus gloves designed to touch the virtual world
“We’re working on new ways to bring your hands in virtual and augmented reality. Wearing these gloves, you can draw, type on a virtual keyboard, and even shoot webs like Spider Man.
Apple, Inc. CEO Tim Cook Talks Up Augmented Reality’s Potential
Despite the company’s penchant for secrecy, it’s become increasingly clear that Apple has something in the pipeline given that CEO Tim Cook keeps talking about AR’s transformative potential. This is that whole “ship leaking from the top” bit that Steve Jobs always referred to.
Haynes and Boone Trial Team Helps Win $500 Million ZeniMax Verdict
A Dallas federal jury on February 1 returned a $500 million verdict for Haynes and Boone, LLP clients ZeniMax Media Inc. and idSoftware in a high-profile trial followed closely by the technology industry. The ZeniMax trial team combined a Haynes and Boone team led by Partner Phillip Philbin and included Associates Mike Karson and Tiffany Cooke , with a group from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom led by Tony Sammi.
Oculus gloves for VR typing shown off by The Zuck
Oculus wants you to be able to do all sorts of things in virtual reality that you can and can’t do in the real world. In VR you could be an hero clubbing bad guys and you could be a typist as well.
Valve confirms no less than three ‘full’ VR games
Valve is in the process of developing three complete virtual reality titles that are far more than just creative experiments. “Right now we’re building three VR games” Valve founder Gabe Newell confirmed to Eurogamer in a recent media roundtable.
ABI: “Compelling content to drive VR market”
After a content-starved market introduction, virtual reality is ready to thrive off a swath of new and compelling content choices. ABI Research forecasts total VR device shipments will reach 110 million by 2021.
Korea opens VR, AR complex in Seoul
South Korea’s science ministry opened a new complex in western Seoul on Friday to nurture the virtual reality and augmented reality industry as the country aims to become a global powerhouse in the sectors. The so-called “KoVAC” is located at Digital Media City, a high-tech complex in western Seoul, to accommodate various VR and AR companies, the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said.
Chrome now supports VR on Daydream-compatible phones
PanARMENIAN.Net – Google is making it easier for people with Daydream -compatible phones to access virtual reality content. The company announced on Thursday, February 9 that with its latest version of the Chrome mobile app, users can navigate to VR -enabled sites to view any content.
John Wick Chronicles Released
Steam News announces the release of John Wick Chronicles , a virtual reality first-person shooter based on the movie franchise. Here’s word on the game, which requires an HTC Vive headset and space for room-scale movement: John Wick Chronicles lets you play as the legendary assassin John Wick, allowing you to pick up his iconic weapons and head into the world of hired guns – all in virtual reality.
Facebook and Oculus are working on gloves for finger tracking in virtual reality
Mark Zuckerberg’s recent tour of the Oculus Research Lab shows how the company is heavily invested in Oculus and virtual reality overall. Facebook CEO and Oculus VR owner Mark Zuckerberg jumped on the social network to talk about visiting the Oculus Research Lab in Redmond, Washington.
Hulu VR app lets you watch shows in a virtual living room with your virtual friends
While some traditional media players rush out virtual reality apps in slapdash fashion, hoping to ride the trend with me-too, lackluster efforts, Hulu’s attempts are actually promising. On Wednesday, the company released an update to its mobile VR app for the Gear VR and its desktop app for the Oculus Rift, both of which make watching Hulu content in VR even more immersive.
Virtual reality roller-coaster 2.0: Six Flags’ new ‘mixed reality’ ride
The next generation of virtual-reality roller-coaster experiences, a mixed-reality creation called “The New Revolution: Galactic Attack,” will make its debut at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo on Presidents Day weekend, Feb. 18-20. There’s reality, virtual reality and now “mixed reality” – a head-spinning, coordination-challenging experience coming to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom starting Presidents Day weekend.
The Rise of VR and Co-Work Spaces at Events – Meetings Innovation Report
Many of today’s big travel and tech megatrends – such as co-working spaces, virtual reality, and sharing accommodations – are disrupting the meetings and events industry in 2017. For the last couple of years, the big trends in travel and tech have been slowly making their presence felt in the meetings and events industry.
Global Virtual Reality Market (Hardware and Software) and Forecast to 2020
Virtual reality involves the creation of a virtual world that interacts with consumers. This virtual world is designed in a way that it appears more realistic to the users, while they can’t differentiate between the real and virtual.
The Venture Reality Fund Releases the First European Virtual Reality…
Silicon Valley-based venture firm The Venture Reality Fund today released its first-ever European virtual reality landscape, featuring dozens of companies developing infrastructure, tools/platforms and/or apps for the booming ecosystem. The landscape was created in partnership with LucidWeb , the French VR and WebVR consulting and development agency, to depict the growth in the ecosystem, increased investment and growing international impact.
Qwilt Reveals Vision for Edge Cloud to Advance Future of Content and…
Edge Cloud Essential for Success of New Applications and Experiences — Such as 4K Live Streaming, AR, VR, 360 Video — that Require High Performance, Massive Scale and Low Latency Infrastructure / EINPresswire.com / — REDWOOD CITY, CA– – Research* by a broad group of institutions and companies including Oculus, Nokia Bell Labs and Valve has unanimously concluded that low network latency is essential for the performance of Augmented Reality , Virtual Reality , 360 Degree Video and compute intensive IoT applications like self-driving cars. These requirements are driving the need for evolution in cloud computing to deliver these applications at scale.
MIT Makes Strides Toward Renewable Diesel
Energy management and automation specialist Schneider Electric acquires MWPowerlab s.r.l., a software company with 3D real-time technology. The acquisition adds advanced virtual reality and augmented reality technology to Schneider Electric’s industrial software portfolio.
Rock Band VR riffing on Oculus Rift from March 23 – CNET
Rock Band is coming to virtual reality in March, with the game’s Twitter account announcing on Sunday the Oculus Rift will get Rock Band VR on March 23. Rock Band VR looks to encourage your creativity, with developer Harmonix saying you’ll be able to riff freely on stage. “The idea that players can craft their own guitar parts in real-time is kind of mind-blowing, ” said the game’s creative head Greg LoPiccolo.
Rock Band VR is coming in March, pre-orders now open
Oculus and Harmonix, makers of the popular Guitar Hero and Rock Band series, said in late 2015 that they were working together to develop a virtual reality version of Rock Band . On Monday, the duo revealed the game’s launch date and opened pre-orders.