Sony Pictures has struck a deal with Nokia to create 3D 360 content using Nokia OZO, the company’s professional-quality 360 degree camera platform. Sony has said they’ll be using OZO to create both special 360 content and to livestream their own events. While OZO comes with a hefty price tag of $45,000—along with it accessories like a...
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The Living Page: How Augmented Reality is Bringing Comic Books To Life
Hitting a 20 year high of $870 million in 2014, the comic book business is booming. While highly produced, much viewed television and box office dominating films have increased exposure, a large part of the industry’s staying power is due to the availability of digital print comics through services like Marvel Unlimited and Comixology. More...
HTC Addresses Skepticism Over Vive Wireless Upgrade Kit
HTC surprised the VR community last week when it announced that TPCAST, one of the companies inducted into its Vive X accelerator program, was working on a $220 wireless upgrade kit for the HTC Vive. Needless to say, some people were skeptical. The most common concerns are about possible latency issues. A wired Vive offers...
Intel is reportedly working on a new augmented reality headset
Intel is reportedly jumping into the world of augmented reality with a new headset. The company is using its RealSense 3D camera technology in the AR headset, according to the Wall Street Journal. Augmented reality is a separate but similar idea to virtual reality. Instead of taking up your entire field of view with computer-generated...
Microsoft HoloLens will ship to developers on March 30
No more guessworkMicrosoft HoloLens, the company’s highly anticipated augmented-reality headgear finally has an official ship date: March 30th. This is good news for developers who started submitting applications to buy the $3,000 headset back in October of last year. Now, once they receive invitations, they can actually order the HoloLens Development Edition and see it...
A Puzzle Game with a VR Twist
Virtual Reality Gets Cooperative with Into the Labyrinth The post A Puzzle Game with a VR Twist appeared first on WIRED. Source: A Puzzle Game with a VR Twist
‘Haunted Rooms’ Is A Visually Impressive Escape Room VR Game For Cardboard
Amidst the launch of Daydream, mobile developer Rabbit Mountain is doubling down on Google Cardboard with the launch of another new game this week. The studio today launched Haunted Rooms, an episodic escape VR game, in partnership with Zariba. As you can probably imagine, the story sees you wake up in a locked room with...
Learn how to catch and do battle with Pokemon in 'Pokemon Go'
Gotta catch ’em all, but how? When Pokemon Go comes to Android and iOS devices later in 2016, you’ll be able to conscript your very own army of the little critters and make them fight. And now, for the first time, we have a sense of how it’ll all work. SEE ALSO: Look at this giant...
Report: Snapchat is assembling a super team to build smart glasses
Today, you use your smartphone’s cameras to take snaps and creates stories on Snapchat. But in the future, you could be Snapchatting with a pair of Google Glass-like smart glasses on your face. According to CNET, Snapchat has aggressively assembled a team of wearable experts to work on some kind of smart eyewear device. See...
Bill Gates talks Apple vs. FBI and why he'll never run for president
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates may be retired from running the largest software company in the world, but he’s still engaged in everything from technology to politics. Along those lines, Gates decided to show up for his fourth Ask Me Anything session on Reddit on Tuesday and, as usual, his responses to the public were revealing...
