The concept of rehabilitation is a fundamental part of the prison system, especially in the United States. Most criminals are, ideally, educated and rehabilitated before returning to society — assuming they don’t have a life sentence. For the most part, we operate under the premise that convicted criminals can learn the errors of their ways...
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SSVAR blog talking about virtual reality,augmented reality and mixed reality.
AR in Action | Cambridge, MA | January 17 – 18, 2017
AR in Action is a summit convening top minds of the augmented reality ecosystem for two days of sharing insights and networking. The program is designed to help explore the challenges and opportunities that face inventors, innovators, integrators, investors, and other executives working to bring the benefits of AR to the world. Sign Up You...
Check Out The First Trailer For ‘ARK’ VR Spin-Off ‘ARK Park’
A few weeks ago we reported that a VR spin-off of popular survival game, ARK: Survival Evolved was coming. This week we’ve got a much better look at it. Below is the first trailer for ARK Park, being developed by Snail Games as standalone product to the main ARK made by Studio Wildcard. Rather than...
Meta Publishes Meta 2 Dev Kit Unboxing, But 2016 Delivery Looks Unlikely
Meta made sizeable waves in the AR space in early 2016 with the announcement, demonstration, and pre-order launch of their Meta 2 development kit. The company has published an unboxing video of the system, but with just over two weeks until 2017, it doesn’t appear the company will hit its 2016 delivery goal. Meta opened...
WordPress.com gets support for VR content, starting with 360-degree photos and videos
Virtual reality (VR) is one of the big breakout trends of 2016, with countless headsets, viewers, and related shenanigans coming to the fore. So it comes as little surprise that omnipresent blogging service WordPress.com is now embracing it. WordPress (including the hosted “.com” service and the open source software that can be downloaded from WordPress.org)...
Seismic Games acquires Grue Games as it expands into AR and VR gaming
Seismic Games has acquired Los Angeles game developer Grue Games as a way to expand into augmented reality and virtual reality games. Virtual reality software could grow to a $14 billion market by 2020, according to market researcher SuperData Research, but the market is going to bumpy and filled with competition. Seismic is addressing that...
In-Depth With Tilt Brush 8.0: Paint In 2D And Capture 360-degree Videos
Painting in VR can be an amazingly freeing experience for an artist. You dance, and 3D art appears. But, if you only need to paint on a two-dimensional virtual wall, it doesn’t make sense to move your brush in three dimensions. You could try, but the brush would either go through the wall, or there’d...
Fantastic Contraption Is Coming To PlayStation VR
Last month we created a list of the five Oculus Rift and HTC Vive games we wanted to see head over to PlayStation VR. Today, one fifth of our wishes came true. Fantastic Contraption, Northway and Radial Games’ wonderful building experience that can be traced all the way back to a 2D browser game, is...
StubHub ‘Virtual View’ Lets You Preview Your Seats Before Buying Tickets
Ticket marketplace StubHub has launched a new ‘Virtual View’ feature which will let users know exactly what the view from their seats will look like before buying tickets. If you’ve ever gone through the process of buying tickets to a sports or concert venue, you’ll know how frustrating it can be to look at a...
‘LEGO Brickheadz’ Is A Virtual Toybox Filled With Unlimited Blocks
Do you remember how you kept your LEGO blocks? For me, I stored all of them in a big box, unsorted and in complete chaos. Every playtime I would tip this box out and cause an almighty mess. I wouldn’t think about the pain of clearing it away until it was time to do so,...
