SSVAR blog talking about virtual reality,augmented reality and mixed reality.
Alvin Wang Graylin is the China President of Vive at HTC, and I had a chance to talk with him at CES this year about what’s happening in China. He provided me with a lot of cultural context, which includes support from the highest levels of Chinese Government to invest in companies working on emerging...
The great thing about VR is that I can not only do things I’d never do in real life such as shoot zombies, vanquish robots, and explore magical dungeons, but I can also do things that I could do in real life, but don’t have the access, skill, or patience to learn. One of those...
This list was originally meant to simply encompass some of the most emotional VR experiences we’d had to date. We came up with a list of affectionate, memorable pieces that left us with more to think about than many of today’s VR games. Once the list was assembled, though, we noticed something interesting; parenthood was...
A report on Thurrott.com indicates Microsoft is skipping an incremental hardware update to its Hololens in favor of a generational upgrade in 2019. The post by Brad Sams says tips he received from “several sources” indicated Microsoft canceled its second version of Hololens to focus on a third version that will take longer to ship but...
Neo-noir action-thriller John Wick (2014) has come to the Vive in its new VR wave-based arcade shooter John Wick Chronicles. Recreating the look and feel of the film franchise while offering up a heavy slice of gun play and plenty of moving targets, the game can be an exciting trip into the John Wick universe at times, but ultimately ends before it even begins....
Several years ago, in a warm Los Angeles court room a young man stood with his hand on a bible. His right hand was raised and his mouth was repeating a solemn oath. Once he was finished speaking, his name would be officially changed. He walked into the court [real name redacted] but would leave...
The Enterprise Wearable Technology Summit Fall 2017 is the annual conference of experts and professionals focused on real-world case studies and best-practice user examples of wearable technology. This event offers the opportunity for organizations to better understand the optimal uses of the new wave of wearable technology in business and industry. Venue Revere Hotel Boston...
Snap is no longer just about Snapcat; the AR app company today entered the wearables market with its new pair of Spectacles. You can now grab a pair of Spectacles through an online store — and not the single vending machine that was secretly shifting around LA last year — though there’s already a hefty...
Developing with a VR headset doesn’t necessarily mean you’re developing a VR app; the HTC Vive is finding unexpected use as a camera for virtual worlds, too. UK-based Abyssal Arts and GSProductions want to capitalize on that with the release of VRCamerman, a Unity extension that allows creators to use the Vive to shoot footage...
We first tried Fallout 4 in VR all the way back at E3 2016, and we really liked it, even if it had the same problems we usually see in full-scale first-person games. Bethesda’s solution to those issues appears to be the best anyone can come up with right now; give people options. Speaking to...
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