SSVAR blog talking about virtual reality,augmented reality and mixed reality.
There was an immersive dome experience at the latest VRLA event called Samskara that was based upon the Hindu Vedas produced by 360art. It featured different Hindu mythological characters reimagined by visionary artist Android Jones. I had a chance to talk to Android about the intriguing backstory of this project that involves a mysterious Swami...
When Disney, one of the largest entertainment brands on the planet, made their $4 billion acquisition of Lucasfilm, the company behind small little film franchises like Star Wars, it was essentially a foregone conclusion that the sci-fi franchise would soon be enjoying a more pronounced presence at The Happiest Place On Earth. As it turns...
When theorizing about the types of games I want to play in VR, the list is pretty predictable. Fantasy role-playing games with deep and immersive worlds, realistic military shooters, bow and arrow games, a Sword Art Online-style MMO, and many other concepts that appear on most people’s list of hypothetical games. Well, those plus a...
PlayStation VR launched just last month, and now Sony has shared which games players have downloaded the most so far. Sony has added a new PSVR section to their monthly ‘PlayStation Store Top Downloads‘ posts, revealing the top 10 most downloaded games for the company’s new headset so far: 1. Job Simulator ($30) In a...
360-degree videos are the most accessible means to show the benefits of immersive content, even if you don’t think they’re “real” virtual reality. In absence of an actual headset, users can swipe across their touchscreens and get a feel of how the open-ended perspective can benefit entertainment, news reporting, and even security. That can be...
Danger Goat revels in the death animation. It wants to make you laugh and cry as your poor protagonist is electrocuted, crushed, blown up, and flung off of the side of mountains. As you can see in the game’s intro video below, developer nDreams has taken a lot of pride in coming up with creative...
The mystery behind Vive X company TPCAST’s wireless upgrade kit for the HTC Vive continues to deepen. Previously, a translation of the Chinese group’s site suggested that its solution for tetherless PC-based VR offered at best 15ms of latency, which caused concern for some. Now a new page suggests there’s been a drastic improvement. This...
Call me a pacifist, but is it such a crime to want to save cuddly alien creatures instead of slaughtering them? As I write this, I realize the irony of claiming that while nearing 100 percent completion on DOOM. No matter what your preference might be, two games playable on VR headsets, Fly to Kuma...
Show us your new avatar to be in with a chance of winning! It’s time for a whole ‘New vYou’ in vTime. If you haven’t updated yet, we’ve been busy changing the face of social VR with a brand new avatar customization system. With millions of bespoke facial combinations to choose from, and more personalization...
The inaugural Augmented World Expo (AWE) Europe is now history. The big conference and exhibition that for seven years has served as a showcase for all the emerging realities in the AR community in the US is now an international affair, having held its second Asian edition in China last month, followed by AWE Europe...
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