Virtual and augmented reality news
Although Apple’s Animoji game is strong, as recently exampled by its Ariana Grande collaboration, Google isn’t slacking either, unleashing a far more immersive music experience for smartphone users. Released on Friday, the new Childish Gambino augmented reality Playmoji character doesn’t just look like the music, film, and TV star (aka Donald Glover), it also duplicates...
The last six months have been filled with ups and downs for international music superstar Ariana Grande, but she’s starting 2019 on a new, virtual foot, powered by Apple’s iPhone TrueDepth camera. On Friday, a new Apple commercial showcased Grande’s “7 Rings” single in the form of an Animoji music video. Don’t Miss: How To...
An update to the SteamVR Beta included an interesting note hidden among the standard fixes. Lighthouse Increase limits of what we thought was humanly possible for controller motion based on tracking data from Beat Saber experts. Whoa whoa whoa. That’s quite the well-written update there Aaron Leiby, but we’re gonna need more detail than that....
For a lot of people, virtual reality is all about escapism. Being able to put on the headset and immediately be transported to a totally new world. Perhaps in your dreams that world is full of magic, wondrous creatures, and breathtaking locations. If that’s the case for you — if that’s what you imagine the...
The Oculus Platform SDK settings indicate that the upcoming Oculus Quest will have full cross-buy with Oculus Go. At Oculus Connect 5 Facebook told us that cross-buy between the PC-based Rift and Quest would be up to developers. But the question remained as to cross-buy with the mobile Oculus Go headset. While some have speculated...
Sony’s PSVR headset has proven to be something of a white knight for VR. Despite being technically inferior to the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive on almost every level, PlayStation leveraged 20+ years of industry experience to create an awesome line-up for its PS4-based device. PSVR is home to many of VR’s best games and...
Unless you’re one of the world’s top golfers, there’s a good chance you are not stepping onto the fairways of Pebble Beach Golf Links this weekend. Nevertheless, the PGA is making it possible for golf fans to get closer to the action at the famous Florida course than those who paid to attend the AT&T...
Australia-based VR company Zero Latency is debuting its new team-based competitive VR shooter at locations worldwide. Sol Raiders is opening at 25 locations running Zero Latency’s large-scale VR platform. In the game, two teams of up to four players each face off across three rounds. The company invited me to its Las Vegas location in...
HTC will take the stage at this month’s Mobile World Congress event, putting its Vive Reality initiative in focus. Company CEO Cher Wang will host a keynote speech at this year’s show. HTC told us that the overall theme of her talk will concern “realizing Vive Reality”. That’s a loaded topic for HTC. The term...
New Zealand startup Zingoshi has launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to raise money for an augmented reality adventure game for girls. Read More Source: Zingoshi crowdfunds AR game for girls on Kickstarter
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