Virtual and augmented reality news
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019 is on the hunt for its next big documentary using immersive tech. The festival today announced the launch of its Alternate Realities commission. It’s offering £20,000 to produce a new digital project that could use either AR, VR or other media. That’s quite a jump on last year’s £12,000 commission, which produced...
2018 returned to more normal levels of deal flow and dollars invested globally, but the first two quarters of 2019 could set the tone for AR/VR investment.Read More Source: Digi-Capital: AR/VR investment stabilized in Q4 2018 — will it last?
Major camera changes are coming to future iPhones, including wider zoom range and AR features, but the biggest changes will likely hit in 2020.Read More Source: Apple reportedly plans 3-lens and laser 3D cameras for 2019-2020 iPhones
The impact AR will have beyond 2019 will change as AR moves away from mobile to a wearable glass that has the capabilities to enhance all you can seeRead More Source: Where is augmented reality going in 2019 — and beyond?
January Sales are coming to a close, but there’s a chance to save big in this PSVR sale. The sale, which is now running on the US PlayStation Store, features some of the headset’s best games. Take note, however, that the promotion is for PS Plus members only. The highlight of the deals has to...
If you ever find yourself in Seattle sometime soon, you ought to take time to visit the Pacific Science Center. It’s got a lot of VR and AR exhibits right now, not least of which is the beta for Wonderfall: Tale of Two Realms. Wonderfall is currently the main project for the Science Center’s startup-in-residence,...
Move over, cosmetics companies. The athletic footwear industry wants to be able to give their customers the opportunity to try on products in augmented reality as well. A new mobile app from augmented reality commerce company Wannaby, appropriately named Wanna Kicks, uses smartphone and tablet cameras to show users what shoes look like on their...
HTC’s upcoming Vive Cosmos VR headset has now received FCC approval. The FCC is a US regulatory agency with responsibility over wireless frequency use. FCC filings publibly disclose the exact wireless frequencies a device uses, as well as the peak power output of each. The filing finally puts to rest the speculation as to whether...
The developers behind groundbreaking VR title Budget Cuts are working on a PSVR version of the game. The stealth title started as an early HTC Vive demo allowing players to teleport from place to place and throw knives at robots. After a multi-year production cycle, Budget Cuts released for PC headsets last year with thrilling...
Gaming giant Nintendo filed for a patent for a positional tracking system for glasses. The tracking is used to add a parallax effect to content on a 2D screen so it would appear 3D. Despite being called ‘Eye Tracking Enabling 3D Viewing’, the system described actually tracks the glasses, not pupils. Multiple tracking methods are...
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