Pokemon Go was a major leap forward for augmented reality when it comes to bringing the technology into casual households even though it has suffered massive drops in player base since launch, partly expected and partly due to poor updates throughout its life. Regardless, it was an introduction to AR for many people and GoMeta...
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Swiss Society of Virtual and Augmented Reality
New York Times Posting VR Videos Each Weekday With ‘The Daily 360’
Various publications, print or non-print, have learned that 360-degree video is a beneficial platform that brings a new flavor to reporting. Smartphones and the internet have forced journalism to evolve in various ways and VR is inspiring major players to innovate once again. This time around, The New York Times has jumped onto the VR...
First 13-Inch VR-Ready Laptop Now Available From Alienware
For a while, only desktop computer rigs were equipped to put out the power that the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift require. It wasn’t very long at all before there were laptops highlighted that could handle the load, but even those are a bit more cumbersome to move around. Now, Alienware has created the first 13-inch laptop...
‘Twisted Metal’ Developer Eat Sleep Play Joins CastAR To Make AR Games
Augmented reality glasses group CastAR is looking to build up its profile ahead of launch next year, and today it’s got another big hire to share. The company announced that Eat Sleep Play, the developer of 2012’s Twisted Metal reboot on PlayStation 3, joined its new office in Salt Lake City, where the team was...
Viveland Is HTC’s Huge New VR Arcade for Taiwan
Start saving up quarters and practicing your best lap times in Project CARS; HTC is making a big push to bring back arcades with VR. Or at least it is in Taiwan. Last weekend the company launched Viveland, a new arcade featuring its HTC Vive headset, in the country’s capital of Taipei. Launched in partnership...
Unity Planning To Release In-VR Authoring Tool Next Month
We’ve seen Unity’s impressive in-VR authoring tool a few times throughout 2016, with no real clue of when it’s coming. That changed today. Speaking at the 2016 Unite conference in Los Angeles, Principal Engineer of Unity Labs Amir Ebrahimi confirmed that the in-VR editor would be launching in December and Principal Designer Timoni West showed...
Google’s Daydream View Headset is Out Nov 10th, Software Line Up Detailed
As we wrote recently, Google’s first dedicated Daydream VR headset ‘View’ is out on November 10th and Google have now detailed the Daydream platform’s launch window software line up. Google’s long awaited evolution of Cardboard, its early Android-based VR experiment, is finally almost with us. As of November 10th you’ll be able to pick up...
5 Talks You Won’t Want to Miss at VRDC This Week
October insanity might be over, but there’s no rest for the VR industry this week. The inaugural Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC) is kicking off tomorrow at the Park Central Hotel in San Francisco. The two-day event is essentially a mini-GDC, focused exclusively on VR headsets and related technologies. We’re going to be at the...
First 13″ VR-Ready Laptop Now Available From Alienware
For a while, only desktop computer rigs were equipped to put out the power that the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift require. It wasn’t very long at all before there were laptops highlighted that could handle the load, but even those are a bit more cumbersome to move around. Now, Alienware has created the first 13” laptop...
Puzzle Platformer ‘Danger Goat’ From nDreams Releasing For Google Daydream Nov. 10
We are just nine short days away from the Google Daydream View officially releasing into the wild. The Pixel is out and available now as the first officially Daydream-ready device and there is a whole slate of apps, games, and experiences on the way over the next few weeks. One of the first things launching for...