We often think of virtual reality games for teenagers and young people in general but there are plenty of adults who enjoy these types of games. Virtual worlds such as Second Life and Kaneva enable you to play games within a virtual world. But there are others which include: RuneScape Cybertown Entropia Universe Meez Outerworlds...
Many people assume that virtual reality is a recent arrival on the technological scene, but in fact, it goes back much further than many of us realise. There are three separate issues here which are discussed as separate articles within this section. They include: How did virtual reality begin? Who invented virtual reality? Who coined...
This is another virtual environment or to be more exact, a virtual world in which you can interact with others and form new friendships. Social networking is the main theme here. The emphasis is meeting new people in exciting places and trying out various activities. These include shopping, playing games or relaxing at home. This...
Xiaomi today unveiled a low-cost VR headset alongside their Mi Note 2 smartphone at the company’s Mi Product Launch Event in Beijing. Much like Samsung Gear VR, Mi VR features a built-in dedicated motion sensor for low latency head-tracking and only works with a select number of the company’s phones. Mi VR will ship with a 9-axis...
Hammerhead VR, the creators of the splendidly creepy ABE VR, a short VR film that puts you at the mercy of a robot gone awry, today revealed a first-person horror game called Syren. Hammerhead is a VR production studio that’s worked with VR game development, real-time visualization, and 360 degree video, but they’re probably most well known for their work...
Cognitive VR is an VR analytics platform that has an impressive system for visualizing a player’s movements and gaze within a 3D representation of a VR experience. Their SceneExplorer tool translates the 3D geometry from a Unity or Unreal experience into a WebGL mesh that can be shared within a web browser. It allows VR...
Just what Google has brewing in their skunkworks, we can’t say for sure, but with their most recent acquisition of Eyefluence, a company that builds eye-tracking technology for VR headsets, it seems Google is getting ever deeper into what’s largely considered ‘the next generation’ of dedicated VR hardware. A report from Engadget published yesterday maintains that Google’s...
Phil Tippett, the visual effects genius behind classic stop-motion animation sequences from films such as the holochess scene from the Star Wars franchise, Jurassic Park (1993), and RoboCop 2 (1990), brings his latest stop-mo project MAD GOD to virtual reality. Based on Tippett’s eponymous short film MAD GOD (2013), a long-time passion project and result of a successful Kickstarter campaign, the newly released...
It’s an interesting week. There’s not tons, but there are some intriguing releases on both Rift and Gear, especially with Halloween so close. Keep in mind that there’s a pretty good sale going on right now, so if nothing here takes you fancy. If you missed last week, you can see those new releases here....
We at Upload would like to wish a very spooky Halloween to all of you horrible ghouls and goblins out there (and also to those people not running for President). Today we’re very pleased to bring you a mixed reality broadcast filled with thrills, chills, and the chance to watch heart attacks in real time. Watch us this...
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