Virtual reality can create an amazing personal experience but the difficulty has always been sharing that experience with other people. Unsurprisingly, social giant and Oculus owner Facebook is leading the charge for new social VR sharing options including direct livestreaming to Facebook from a Samsung Gear VR. According to a blog post published today on the...
While its direct-selling model echoes brands like Avon and Tupperware, Indonesia’s MindStores gives the approach a modern twist—with augmented reality. Recognized as the first partnership store network to use augmented and virtual reality, MindStores equips its store owners with their own unique partner cards which customers use to access the stores virtually. The whole process...
If there’s one thing most acolytes of VR can agree on, it’s that the medium is still very much an experiment in motion. While the technology has found its main homes in the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR (PSVR) platforms, the nuts and bolts of VR’s more social aspects are still very much...
At GDC this year, SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) showed a couple of new eye tracking demos at Valve’s booth. They added eye tracking to avatars in the social VR experiences of Pluto VR and Rec Room, which provided an amazing boost to the social presence within these experience. There are so many subtle body language cues...
The major finding from a new report by Research and Markets is that Wearables Technology Vendors Have Two Choices: Build Their Own Platforms and Try to Attract Developers, or License Android Wear. The report title is “Wearables – Fitness & Style Now, Mainstream Smart watches Later”. Wearables are examined in context with a focus on...
The first market report this week by Long Short Report, speaks of the Augmented Reality Devices Market growth in the next 3 years. This market report provides an executive level blueprint on the market, focusing on evaluating the market trends emerging in the regional markets with the report also representing historical data and statistics about...
The following is a summary of a report by DecisionDatabases.com, titled: “The Global Smart Glass Market Research Report – Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast”. This provides the value chain analysis, market attractiveness analysis, and company share analysis along with key player’s complete profiles. Information about Smartglass: Also known as switchable glass, is...
Striker VR used the opportunity of GDC 2017 to showcase its high-end virtual reality rifle and tease the next generation of mixed reality gun accessories. Striker VR is a startup of dedicated VR hardware developers. Its product is a realistic-feeling rifle capable of syncing with VR experiences and creating a deeper layer of immersion for...
I don’t remember when it happened exactly, but at some point in my 10-15 minute cooperative multiplayer demo for Farpoint, I forgot I was holding a little plastic toy gun in my hands. Instead, my brain really started to think I was holding a large, powerful rifle, and I was actually standing on an alien...
Every now and then a game comes along that marries genres together in such a way that it just makes perfect sense. When the premise for The Persistence was described to me, I found myself wondering why it hadn’t been made sooner. Essentially, you take control of a passenger on a starship that’s awoken from...
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