Samsung is getting into the persistent AR world arena, mimicking earlier efforts by Google and Apple to create real-world AR anchors shared via the cloud.Read More Source: Samsung reportedly plans Project Whare Cloud service and AR headset
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Jaunt in talks to sell VR business
Jaunt is in talks to sell its cinematic virtual reality business to other companies, VentureBeat has learned. One bidder is Spinview Global.Read More Source: Jaunt in talks to sell VR business
Pokémon Go studio Niantic rekindles its first game with launch of Ingress Prime
Niantic rebooted its original location-based game with the launch of Ingress Prime. Ingress has had more than 20 million downloads.Read More Source: Pokémon Go studio Niantic rekindles its first game with launch of Ingress Prime
Google Patents Eye-Tracking System To Read Expressions For VR
Google may one day make our virtual avatars more expressive by tracking our eyes. That is according to a patent published last week in which the company details a system for ‘Classifying Facial Expressions Using Eye-Tracking Cameras’. According to the description, the method uses “one or more eye tracking sensors implemented into one or more...
Oculus Quest vs Vive Focus vs Lenovo Mirage Solo – 6DoF Standalone Specs Showdown
As of the publishing date of this article, there are no standalone headsets on the consumer market with six degrees of freedom (6DoF) controllers. 6DoF is relatively new to standalone VR. HTC was first to deliver it with the China release of its ‘Vive Focus’ in January, and Lenovo were first to bring it to...
ABC News is covering the midterms in augmented reality
Augmented reality is certainly the gimmick du jour these days. Case in point: ABC News is covering tomorrow’s U.S. midterms using a custom-made 360-degree stage and AR technology. The media organization posted a behind-the-scenes look at its glitzy and over-the-top “Election Headquarters” AR-powered stage on its Sunday political affairs program “This Week,” and today published...
Niantic’s Ingress Roots Get a Reboot with the Real World Platform
Ingress, the godfather of location based-AR games developed by Pokémon GO creator Niantic Labs, is getting a new lease on life via Ingress Prime, a reboot of the game built on the Niantic Real World Platform. After teasing the reboot late last year, Niantic launched the new game on Monday on the App Store and...
Vive Revealing Enterprise Product News This Thursday
We’ll be in attendance this Thursday for an HTC Vive enterprise-related product announcement. We don’t know anything more than the silicon valley location of the private press event and the promise of hands-on time with whatever is being announced. We’re curious to see what next steps are planned for Vive products as we’ve been waiting...
You Can Now Buy And Install Rift Games Remotely From Your Phone
Oculus has released an update to the Oculus mobile app to allow Rift users to remotely install Oculus Store apps on your PC. The app is available for iPhones, iPads, and Android devices. To use the feature, simply purchase a game using the app, then tap on the blue ‘Install on PC’ button. The next...
Interview: How Archiact Gave Evasion A Transportive Sci-Fi Art Style
Evasion is a sci-fi VR shooter that has a heavy focus on constant movement, lots of enemies and bullets on-screen, and a frantic pace that can be played either solo or with a friend. There are different character classes and a solid amount of content, adding up to a fun, relatively simple, arcade-style shooter....