Disney is remaking one of its most beloved classics, The Lion King, in live action, and it’s using VR to help do so. The Hollywood Reporter recently published a quote about the 2019 movie from VFX supervisor, Rob Legato. “We are going to use a lot of virtual-reality tools so it feels akin to what...
AREA members Atheer have announced their acquisition with SpaceView. SpaceView is a company which creates technologies that allow other organisations to combine their digital and physical work spaces which then transforms their mobile industrial professionals work. According to WeAreWVProud.com this acquisition will allow Atheer customers to enhance ways they visualize and place 3D virtual objects...
This is interesting. A company called Nexus Studios says it tested Apple’s ARKit tracking technology with a Cardboard VR headset and found it to do a suitable job. Tilt Brush artwork is said to have been placed throughout an outdoor environment with point clouds displayed in VR to show the location of real-world objects —...
Hoping to breathe some life into the virtual reality market, Oculus said it is cutting the price of the Oculus Rift VR headset and its Touch controller by $200 to $400 for a limited time. The “Summer of Rift” promotion combines the Oculus Rift headset with the Oculus Touch hand controllers for $400. The Rift...
Oculus Medium lets you sculpt virtual models in VR, but until now you’ve had to do it all alone. A new update to the program brings multiplayer functionality, allowing you and a friend to create and collaborate together. Version 1.2 of Medium, now available, adds the Studio Share feature which lets you connect with a friend...
Got two left feet? Want to wow your partner with your best moves? This new app built on Apple’s ARKit debuts a brilliant new way to teach people to dance. All you’ll need is an iPhone. Dance Reality, as the app is called, was concieved by two Seattle-based salsa dancers following the debut of Apple’s...
VR seems to finally be coming into its own in a way, or entering its “second gear” as Jason Rubin of Oculus likes to say. Big franchises like Resident Evil are getting full VR support, huge IPs like Star Trek are debuting on headsets, and large scale new properties like Farpoint are putting the technology...
Microsoft released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs with shell, gaming, Task Manager, mixed reality, and delivery optimization improvements. This is the seventh build of the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, which is slated to arrive later this year (likely in September). Windows 10 is a service, meaning it was built in a very different way from its predecessors...
Our universe has never been closer thanks to Apple’s ARKit. YouTube user Jenil Kansara has been playing around with ARKit features and created a solar system in his room. The cool part about this is that the planets orbit the sun, it’s not just a stagnant rendering. He seems to have included all of our...
According to an article on Business wire the first Augmented Reality surgical procedure took place using a technology known as Novarad’s OpenSight. This technology uses the Microsoft HoloLens, and can help with 3D imaging, advanced segmentation and rendering. Novarad Corporation, a leader in the development of medical imaging software, created OpenSight to render patient studies into...
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