Virtual and augmented reality news
The Los Angeles-based creators of Virtual Virtual Reality and AR software Tendar just announced an Oculus Quest project. From Tender Claws, “The Under Presents” is a theatrically-centered VR project funded by Oculus Studios featuring a “vaudeville stage that exists in a special dimension outside time and space.” A sneak peek of the project is being shown...
Colin Farrell will narrate the animated VR project Gloomy Eyes. The visually striking project is premiering in the New Frontier section of the Sundance Film Festival from directors Jorge Tereso and Fernando Maldonado, produced by Atlas V and 3dar with a collection of co-producers and supporters including Ryot, HTC Vive, CNC, ARTE, Unity, and Rhone...
Facebook won a patent for an augmented reality display “with small form factor, a large field of view, and a large eyebox”. Current augmented reality displays either have a small field of view or small form factor- but not both. The Magic Leap One for example is relatively compact with a horizontal field of view...
It sure sounds like MelodyVR is coming to Oculus Quest at some point this year. In a recent update on the London Stock Exchange, MelodyVR owner EVR Holdings announced “an addendum to its distribution agreement” with Facebook. The update states that the company will release a new version of its platform for “a forthcoming Oculus...
Another VR escape room launched a crowd-funding campaign this week. This one looks a little more conventional than The Goodbye Room, though. Last Labyrinth is a new game from AMATA K.K.. We first wrote about the game back in September 2018. It has the rather weird claim to fame of being invented by the man...
Looking to develop your dream VR app but don’t have the funds to get started? Live in the UK? CreativeXR might be for you. Applications for the 2019 edition of the immersive tech initiative opened this week. CreativeXR is run by Digital Catapult and Arts Council England and looks to give developers a helping hand....
Australia-based startup Zero Latency is teaming up with Microsoft, HP and Intel “to help create the next generation of the Zero Latency platform,” according to the company. Zero Latency arenas offer large-scale free-roam multiplayer virtual environments available in 13 countries. They offer five games with another player-vs-player title on the way. The announcement from Zero...
After floundering in 2017, virtual reality hardware actually outperformed optimistic sales expectations in 2018, thanks to PSVR and Oculus Go.Read More Source: SuperData: VR grew 30% in 2018 thanks to PSVR, Oculus Quest will be 2019’s hit
Fable has rebranded itself to focus on virtual beings, or digital animated characters who use artificial intelligence to create a believable human.Read More Source: VR studio Fable relaunches as AI-based virtual beings company at Sundance
Fable is a content creation studio founded by Edward Saatchi and other alumni from Oculus Story Studio. After working on projects like Henry and Dear Angelica, then moving on to Fable and working on Wolves in the Walls, Saatchi was satisfied with the revelation that VR is already being taken seriously as an art form...
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