It sure sounds like MelodyVR is coming to Oculus Quest at some point this year.Read More Source: MelodyVR is rebuilding its VR concert app for a future Oculus device
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Blippar To Continue As A New AR Company After Selling IP Assets To Investment Fund
London-based augmented reality (AR) “unicorn” Blippar has found a buyer for its intellectual property (IP) assets, nearly one month after the company revealed it had started insolvency procedures. An investment fund called Candy Ventures, which is an existing Blippar investor based in London, has revealed that it bought numerous assets relating to Blippar, including its name and...
GamesBeat Decides 109: Kingdom Hearts is garbage, but it’s a part of me
The news is still slow, but we did get the annual NPD report. Turns out people buy Nintendo stuff. We also dig into Resident Evil 2 and Kingdom Hearts 3.Read More Source: GamesBeat Decides 109: Kingdom Hearts is garbage, but it’s a part of me
Facebook and Microsoft patent filings offer dueling visions of small AR headsets
Two patent filings suggest that augmented reality headsets of the near future will indeed be smaller, lighter, and more powerful than today’s.Read More Source: Facebook and Microsoft patent filings offer dueling visions of small AR headsets
USA Today Scores Points with NHL Fans via Augmented Reality Profile of Capitals Star
If you’ve blocked out your calendar to watch the NHL All-Star Game this weekend, then you might be excited to know that USA Today has given its readers the opportunity to meet Washington Capital’s John Carlson in augmented reality. And if you didn’t know that the NHL All-Star Game was this weekend, now you know....
‘The Under Presents’ Is A Theatrical Oculus Quest Project From Tender Claws
The Los Angeles-based creators of Virtual Virtual Reality and AR software Tendar just announced an Oculus Quest project. From Tender Claws, “The Under Presents” is a theatrically-centered VR project funded by Oculus Studios featuring a “vaudeville stage that exists in a special dimension outside time and space.” A sneak peek of the project is being shown...
Animated VR Story Gloomy Eyes Adds Colin Farrell As Narrator
Colin Farrell will narrate the animated VR project Gloomy Eyes. The visually striking project is premiering in the New Frontier section of the Sundance Film Festival from directors Jorge Tereso and Fernando Maldonado, produced by Atlas V and 3dar with a collection of co-producers and supporters including Ryot, HTC Vive, CNC, ARTE, Unity, and Rhone...
Facebook Patents ‘Small Form Factor’ AR Display With ‘Large Field of View’
Facebook won a patent for an augmented reality display “with small form factor, a large field of view, and a large eyebox”. Current augmented reality displays either have a small field of view or small form factor- but not both. The Magic Leap One for example is relatively compact with a horizontal field of view...
MelodyVR Making New Version Of VR Concert App For ‘Forthcoming Oculus Device’
It sure sounds like MelodyVR is coming to Oculus Quest at some point this year. In a recent update on the London Stock Exchange, MelodyVR owner EVR Holdings announced “an addendum to its distribution agreement” with Facebook. The update states that the company will release a new version of its platform for “a forthcoming Oculus...
Vicious VR Escape Room Last Labyrinth Launches Kickstarter Campaign
Another VR escape room launched a crowd-funding campaign this week. This one looks a little more conventional than The Goodbye Room, though. Last Labyrinth is a new game from AMATA K.K.. We first wrote about the game back in September 2018. It has the rather weird claim to fame of being invented by the man...