How’s this for first world problems? You’re having a great VR experience, relaxing by a beach and watching the waves gently brush up on shore, when your phone vibrates. Ugh, you’re going to have to take your headset off, locate your phone, and hopefully not miss the incoming call/reply to a message in a timely...
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SSVAR blog talking about virtual reality,augmented reality and mixed reality.
‘Night Terrors: The Beginning’ Is An AR Game That Brings Your Nightmares To Life
I put off writing about Night Terrors: The Beginning for a long time. I’m a busy guy, you see. There is a lot of stuff going on in the VR and AR industry right now. That’s the only reason. It’s certainly not because I was afraid. I wasn’t scared of turning my phone into a portal...
PS VR’s ‘Unearthing Mars’ Looks A Lot More Interesting In New Trailer
China-based Winking Entertainment is turning into a VR developer to watch. Its Vive game, Project Tres, is very promising, but its PlayStation VR debut, Unearthing Mars, is starting to look a lot more interesting, too. Unearthing Mars has a new trailer, and it shows a lot more of the game than we got to see...
Epic’s Tim Sweeney: Realistic Virtual Avatars Could End VR Harassment
Online harassment has been a common thread throughout 2016, and VR sadly isn’t a stranger to it. But the CEO of Epic Games thinks the tech will actually help combat harassment going forward. Industry legend Tim Sweeney said as much in a recent interview with The Verge. Talking about the issues with online harassment, he...
A Brief History of Virtual Reality at CES
The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has served as a good way-point for VR’s progress over the years. With CES 2017 kicking off next week, here we take a look back at the highlights (and lowlights) from 4 years of VR at CES to gauge how far the industry has come and look for clues...
What was the best new gaming universe in 2016? GamesBeat Decides
The gaming business relies heavily on sequels to generate revenues, but the artists working in this space are also capable of producing original concepts that we’ve never seen before. And 2016 was a wonderful year for games that weren’t a sequel to something already on the market. As part of our GB Rewind 2016 series,...
Facebook acquires eye tracking company The Eye Tribe
Facebook has acquired The Eye Tribe in a move that’ll likely see the Danish startup’s eye tracking technology being used to improve the virtual reality experience through Oculus. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed the acquisition but declined to cite the terms of the deal. Started in 2011 by four students from the IT University of Copenhagen,...
Subdream Studios Focuses On Social VR Gaming
Serial entrepreneur Jikhan Jung has been a proponent of social virtual reality gaming for years. The former CEO of Colopl Ni has decided to focus all of his attention on his San Mateo, CA-based development company Subdream Studios. His team in California has already released three free-to-play multiplayer VR games this year through Colopl Ni....
‘Vertigo’ Review – A Decent Stab At An Indie ‘Half-Life’
If you’re anything like me, you’re a little sick of waiting on Valve to actually make a big game for VR. The Lab is a great showcase for the Vive, but it’s just a mini-game collection. I want something I can actually sink my teeth into and lose hours in, recapturing the many late nights...
Twitter Quietly Flips The VR Switch: 360 Live Streaming Now Available on Periscope
At 2:00pm on Wednesday, Twitter user Alex Pettitt quietly broadcast the first ever 360 Periscope video. Periscope is the personal live stream smartphone application that was acquired by Twitter for just under $100 million in 2015. This stream depicts Pettitt walking along a sunny boardwalk and can be viewed below: 360 Sunset in Florida. First...