SSVAR blog talking about virtual reality,augmented reality and mixed reality.
Getting a top tier VR headset into your household is currently an expensive feat whether you’re interested in the full experiences the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift provide or even the slightly more accessible PS VR. Considering the price tag, one could be apprehensive or hesitant to try it out which is where experiences like...
Intel says ‘Project Alloy’ is an open reference platform for companies who want to build advanced, all-in-one VR headsets. But the headset itself still in ong going development. Developers working closely with the headset have shared new details on what’s coming in the next version. Calling Project Alloy just a VR headset is a bit...
HoloLens developer Michael Peters of In-Vizible has released quite a few videos since receiving his HoloLens last year. Many of his experiments are odd and funny, but some include serious potential approaches to data visualization. In the videos embedded below, you’ll specifically see stock market information beautifully rendered in different ways to help understand the...
The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is the biggest video game-focused trade show on the planet. It takes place in Los Angeles, CA every year and attracts game publishers, developers, and marketing companies to the nexus of the game industry for an entire week. This year it takes place from June 13-15, right in the middle...
Watching streaming apps inside VR is great, but it’s missing one vital component: your friends. With the help of Oculus, Hulu is looking to change that. The streaming service just announced it is updating its support for the Gear VR headset today with integration added for Oculus Rooms. That means you’ll be able to meet up...
Hideo Kojima is rarely hesitant when pushing the envelope in his creative endeavors and his resume (Metal Gear Solid, Zone of the Enders, P.T., Death Stranding) speaks for itself. He’s become so incredibly prolific that, not only does his work inspire a rabid fandom, the creator’s every word carries a great deal of weight with...
Though it sounds like science fiction, Elon Musk’s Hyperloop is very much a reality, and 360 video is here to help prove it to you. Musk’s pioneering company, SpaceX, this month posted a panoramic video of a working prototype of its transport system in progress. You can watch it either below on YouTube or in...
Jason Rubin, Head of Content at Oculus, has recently teased ‘months of high-profile VR content’ for the hardware. In a recent tweet, he points towards the upcoming release of Rock Band VR, an exclusive title for Rift and Touch, as the starting point. Launching March 23rd, Rock Band VR is a big deal for Harmonix...
How do you improve upon something that the developers themselves already set out to establish as “the ultimate driver journey” when it released in 2015? That’s what Project CARS from Slightly Mad Studios was supposed to be, an ultimate driving game that delivered on all fronts. For the most part, you could argue it delivered,...
A press release issued Feb 2 2017 states that Microsoft and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory have partnered with the U.S. Navy to determine potential naval applications of Augmented Reality technology. The Navy said Tuesday the disruptive technology laboratory at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock division will also work with other government agencies to identify uses for Microsoft’s HoloLens in support of Navy and Marine...
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