SSVAR blog talking about virtual reality,augmented reality and mixed reality.
VR games garner headlines, but potential business applications might even be more alluring. Case in point: Chance Glasco left his role as a founding member of Infinity Ward, the studio behind Call of Duty, for the decidedly less sexy world of teleconferencing. Most office workers spend at least some of their time in the purgatory...
Sunflowers is a series of paintings created by Vincent Van Gogh over the course of 1888 and 1889. Each one of the of five pieces now hangs in a different museum, scattered across the world from Philidelphia to Tokyo. Bringing them together for one exhibit has been impossible- until now. Willen van Gogh, Vincent’s great-grand-nephew,...
London-based musician Ash Koosha is a self-described virtual reality pioneer, a rockstar, and a synesthete who sees colors as sound. But all that matters under President Trump’s travel ban is the color of his passport- brown, like all others from Iran. Jailed in his home country for the crime of organizing a rock concert, Koosha...
Remember Out of Ammo? It was a VR game released seemingly out of nowhere by RocketWerkz, the New Zealand-based developer founded by Day-Z creator Dean Hall. Well, just like that, its sequel is coming out of nowhere too. Out of Ammo: Death Drive arrives later this month on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive —...
One of VR’s most anticipated titles, SoulKeeper VR, finally hits Steam Early Access tomorrow. Ahead of launch, check out this brand new release trailer. This length trailer showcases exactly why we’re so interested in Helm Systems’ VR spellcaster. The game promises intense fantasy combat action in a large world with highly detailed visuals. It reminds...
In a somewhat surprising move, Sony has announced that it will be hosting a PlayStation Media Showcase during this year’s Paris Games Week. The showcase will be taking place on October 30th at 9am PT/12pm ET/4pm BT. The news is unexpected given that the company decided not to host a showcase at the event last...
VB LIVE: VR has sprouted a lot of startups, but not a whole lot of revenue yet. But with refined console headsets and mobile VR and mobile 360 growing more popular with consumers, it’s time to start thinking about a monetization strategy. Join the latest VB Live event to get started! Register here for free....
Virtual reality consultancy and testing firm Fishbowl has told UploadVR they have expanded their services to include augmented reality testing. The company produced their first AR usability test with Inkhunter, an application that allows users to see how a tattoo might look on their body before actually putting ink to skin. Describing the reason behind the expansion, CEO...
There are a lot of different VR cameras in development, but I don’t think I’ve heard of one for capturing light in extreme darkness before. NextVR, however, built one for exactly this purpose. The Newport Beach-based company is best known for its live-streaming in VR of concerts, sporting events and even political debates with proprietary...
CCP Games have rolled out a small ‘2017_R3.1’ update this week, enabling work-in-progress support for Oculus Touch. As described on the EVE: Valkyrie website, this attempts to map the gamepad controls to the buttons, triggers and sticks of the Touch controllers, rather than using motion. As a bundled launch game for the Oculus Rift (which...
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