SSVAR blog talking about virtual reality,augmented reality and mixed reality.
Content distribution platform and VR studio Within is partnering up with FoxNext, a recently created immersive media division of 21st Century Fox. The new partnership is promising to “bring viewers a new slate of virtual reality experiences this year,” the first of which will be based on Fox’s Planet of the Apes franchise. The first VR project, based on the dystopian...
LA and New York-based production studio Psyop has only dipped its toes into VR thus far, but it’s about to commit to a lot more. So far we’ve seen the company release one original piece of VR content, a small but effective experience named Kismet. It saw players meet a fortune teller and engage in...
The 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas saw Osterhout Design Group (ODG) unveil their new R-8 and R-9 glasses (source post on techrepublic.com.) Acting as a complement to user’s mobile devices, the R-8 glasses are intended as a consumer device, whereas the R-9 glasses target prosumer and light enterprise AR users. A press...
Tonight at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland HTC Vive announced that it will devote $10 million “to drive VR content and technologies that will create positive impact and change,” according to a company spokesperson. Vive is pledging these funds through a new program called VR for Impact. The money will also be used in conjunction...
Niantic and The Pokémon Company International have created 17 locations in Davos, Switzerland, to remind World Economic Forum attendees of the importance of fighting poverty. Above: New PokéStops for the World Economic Forum. Image Credit: Niantic The companies partnered with Project Everyone to raise awareness of the Global Goals for Sustainable Development at the World Economic...
Bayview Labs, Seraph Group, and MIT Game Lab are creating Play Labs to accelerate startups in augmented reality, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. The accelerator is targeted at students and alumni of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The accelerator will offer funding, facilities, and mentorship resources for selected startups. Applications open now for the official...
YJM Games, a South Korean mobile game developer, has invested in the Venture Reality Fund (The VR Fund), a $50 million fund dedicated to investing in early-stage virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality startups. The deal shows that there’s still worldwide interest in investing in augmented reality and virtual reality, which are expected to...
Plevr is a third-party application in development which brings the popular personal media streaming platform Plex to VR. The app is due for an initial release by the end of the month, and a new devlog video shows a major update including 3D video support. Plevr developer Alex Keybl posted a new video showing the latest...
This week on ResearchVR we dig deep into VR cameras, best practices for shooting and the future of 360-degree video with Sacha Tueni and Robert Scoble at the Upload Collective. Sacha Tueni, Robert Scoble, Az Balabanian Sacha Tueni is a co-creator of Facebook Zero and now a mentor at the Upload Collective SF. Robert Scoble is the man who...
Virtual reality has been a hotbed of artistic innovation ever since Google blew our collective minds with Tilt Brush. Since that award-winning product hit the market the field has grown to include Quill, Oculus Medium and a handful of other notable creation programs. Each of these has its own interesting mechanics and artistic sensibilities, and now...
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