Virtual and augmented reality news
There are still a lot of questions to be answered about Microsoft’s new VR headsets for Windows 10 before they start rolling out next year. That said, a new video from the company has reminded us that one of the biggest mysteries may have already been solved. Below is a trailer of Microsoft’s upcoming Creator’s...
Being a writer for UploadVR is just like being a member of a super team. We want to make the world a better place, we all bring our own unique abilities to the table, and at least two of us are powered by gamma radiation (because who has the time to stop and eat when deadlines...
Back in September we reported that eye-tracking VR headset, FOVE 0, would be going up for pre-order on November 2nd. As promised, orders are now live, and the kit’s price as been revealed. FOVE 0 costs $599, though it’s available at a discounted price of $549 for its first week on an official website. That’s...
Pokemon Go was a major leap forward for augmented reality when it comes to bringing the technology into casual households even though it has suffered massive drops in player base since launch, partly expected and partly due to poor updates throughout its life. Regardless, it was an introduction to AR for many people and GoMeta...
Various publications, print or non-print, have learned that 360-degree video is a beneficial platform that brings a new flavor to reporting. Smartphones and the internet have forced journalism to evolve in various ways and VR is inspiring major players to innovate once again. This time around, The New York Times has jumped onto the VR...
For a while, only desktop computer rigs were equipped to put out the power that the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift require. It wasn’t very long at all before there were laptops highlighted that could handle the load, but even those are a bit more cumbersome to move around. Now, Alienware has created the first 13-inch laptop...
Augmented reality glasses group CastAR is looking to build up its profile ahead of launch next year, and today it’s got another big hire to share. The company announced that Eat Sleep Play, the developer of 2012’s Twisted Metal reboot on PlayStation 3, joined its new office in Salt Lake City, where the team was...
Start saving up quarters and practicing your best lap times in Project CARS; HTC is making a big push to bring back arcades with VR. Or at least it is in Taiwan. Last weekend the company launched Viveland, a new arcade featuring its HTC Vive headset, in the country’s capital of Taipei. Launched in partnership...
We’ve seen Unity’s impressive in-VR authoring tool a few times throughout 2016, with no real clue of when it’s coming. That changed today. Speaking at the 2016 Unite conference in Los Angeles, Principal Engineer of Unity Labs Amir Ebrahimi confirmed that the in-VR editor would be launching in December and Principal Designer Timoni West showed...
As we wrote recently, Google’s first dedicated Daydream VR headset ‘View’ is out on November 10th and Google have now detailed the Daydream platform’s launch window software line up. Google’s long awaited evolution of Cardboard, its early Android-based VR experiment, is finally almost with us. As of November 10th you’ll be able to pick up...
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