SSVAR blog talking about virtual reality,augmented reality and mixed reality.
High-end VR in its current state was practically built for fantasy combat. There are few things more satisfying on either Vive or Rift today than an intense duel with orcs in Vanishing Realms, or a perfect round in Fruit Ninja VR, but these are admittedly limited experiences. They’re lacking in features that keep us from labeling...
The sleek-looking VRGE VR headset dock Kickstarter looks set to come down to a photo-finish. Heading into its final 24 hours, the crowdfunding campaign is within $2,000 of its $30,000 goal. We’ve had our eye on the VRGE Kickstarter since it launched back in January. The smartly designed dock has universal support for the Oculus Rift, HTC...
The road to The Gallery: Episode 2 – Heart of the Emberstone is paved with slow teases, partial reveals, and gradually more interesting morsels of information. A few weeks ago we got our first sneak peek at the strange new world players will find themselves in, along with a creepy alien creature. Today, we’re going...
With Oculus placing bets on both PC and mobile VR with Rift and Gear VR, along with plans for a standalone unit that represents the best of both worlds, many have wondered if HTC might try for a strong mobile VR offering as well. It seems that day is coming. According to CNET, HTC will...
If you wanted to see one of the most complete VR experiences available last year you would have paid for a ticket to Madame Tussauds in New York for around $50 and included the extra Ghostbusters: Dimension VR experience. You would enjoy catching ghosts with three other players moving freely around the virtual world alongside...
Fantasynth (2017) is an upcoming VR music experience for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive that takes you on a surreal ride through an abstract world of sharp geometric shapes and eye-catching neon lights. Pulsing to the futuristic beat of track Chez Nous from French electronic musician N’to, Fantasynth is a work of pure imagination, one that is...
Though still experimental in nature, light field capture technology presents one of the most promising solutions for delivering photorealistic VR experiences, and one company working with the tech just raised a lot of money to help push it forward. Lytro, a company working on a light field solution for cinematic VR, today announced that it...
Taken from a press release on Business Wire dated Feb 13 2017. Cubic Global Defense (CGD), a business unit of Cubic Corporation announced that Andre Balta, Chief Technical Manager of CGD’s Orlando operations, will be the sole defense industry representative on a government panel discussing Virtual and Augmented Reality for Naval Aviation Training at WEST 2017 in San Diego from...
As positively terrifying as it is, Resident Evil 7 played it safe. It’s easily one of our favorite VR games thus far, but it’s also essentially an enhanced version of the game you can play on standard screens with a standard controller. But how do you make a horror game with the full capabilities of...
The Paranormal Activity franchise may no longer be haunting the box office, but it will soon be possessing a VR headset near you. Paranormal Actvity: The Lost Soul, as the game is called, will be launching in Early Access on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive on March 14th 2017, with a PlayStation VR version...
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