SSVAR blog talking about virtual reality,augmented reality and mixed reality.
It turns out a lot of the same things football players need to practice to perform better on the field, also applies to enterprise – at least in virtual reality. And so startup STRIVR Labs has launched into a new enterprise VR training business, while still remaining in the sports VR training game. The company...
Wevr is following in the footsteps of traditional media companies like HBO, Netflix and Hulu. The virtual reality startup is launching a $20 annual subscription premium channel on its Transport service, offering early VR users unlimited access to exclusive content like Deepak Chopra’s Finding Your True Self, Tyler Hurd’s Tribeca Film Festival VR hit, Old...
Unity was reluctant to put a final date on the launch of Editor VR when it was last shown at Unite 2016 in November, but we now know it will be with us very, very soon. Timoni West, Principal Designer at the company and one of Editor VR’s biggest evangelists, confirmed that an “experimental build”...
STRIVR Labs, a company focused on using VR for sports training, plans to use a new $5 million investment to expand the scope of its “experiential learning” platform. According to a press release from the company, Strivr’s $5 million Series A investment was led by Signia Venture Partners with participation from BMW i Ventures, and AdvancIt...
One Hamsa, developers of VR sports game Racket: Nx, announced that the Early Access version will arrive on Steam in late January 2017. This first version will also include “competitive” multiplayer and a new single player mode. The Racket Nx demo, introduced to Steam on August 17th, remains one of the most enjoyable sports experiences...
It’s December, and all I want is to walk 10 kilometers to hatch a Togepi. Thankfully, developer Niantic has my back. The Pokémon Go studio updated its app this week to introduce a handful of hatchling pocket monsters, and we fired up the ol’ podcast to talk about whether this is enough to get people playing again (even though...
Facebook’s Oculus VR division is expanding its efforts to do both mobile and PC virtual reality systems. And the company is searching for a new CEO to replace Brendan Iribe, who is stepping down from the top position to run the PC VR division. Iribe, the current CEO of Oculus VR, will now be head...
Virtual reality game studio Survios, creator of the VR shooter Raw Data, is disclosing that it has raised two rounds of funding totaling $50 million this year. One of the new investors is entertainment company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). MGM Chairman and CEO Gary Barber has joined Survios’ board in the latest round. In a prior financing round earlier...
It would be great if we could have motion-capture studios to capture and translate our movements into virtual worlds. Rokoko Electronics wants to make that happen, and it is unveiling its SmartSuit Pro today for preorders so that professional developers and filmmakers can more easily work with motion capture. The aim is to break down the cost...
Giroptic has unveiled a portable attachment that turns the iPhone or iPad into a 360-degree virtual reality camera. Giroptic, which is based in San Francisco and Lille, France, said the Giroptic iO enables people to capture, share, and livestream experiences in fully immersive 360-degree imagery, seamlessly. The company’s product fits with the larger plans of...
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