SSVAR blog talking about virtual reality,augmented reality and mixed reality.
No more guessing games and waiting around: Google has revealed the official launch date for its Daydream View headset, and it’s coming very soon. The search engine giant today confirmed that the first Daydream compatible headset will release just over a week from today on November 10th. Currently, Daydream View works with the now-available Google...
The list of high-quality games that will be free when Oculus Touch releases in December just grew by one. Today, Oculus announced via a blog post that Dead and Buried, the highly anticipated multiplayer shooter, will be free with Touch at launch. Most new systems typically launch with one free, high-end title but Touch is getting...
Facebook says they want to launch an official social VR experience “as soon as possible;” to get there the company has been experimenting with various approaches to find out which avatars work best for social VR interaction. During the opening keynote at Oculus Connect last month, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg excitedly showed the latest version...
Google is one of the augmented and virtual reality industry’s major players. Between its many investments, acquisitions, products and corporate maneuverings, the search giant has become a force to be reckoned with in the early days of this highly innovative space. Two of the major prongs on Google’s AR/VR spear are its Daydream and Tango...
Nintendo continues to play with our emotions over its new console, Switch, and the subject of VR. Despite rumors, last month’s reveal of the new device made no mention of support for the tech, but don’t count it out just yet. In an interview with Bloomberg, Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima stated that the company “can’t...
Oculus plans to bring livestreaming to Gear VR, letting users stream their gameplay to Facebook allowing friends to watch and interact with comments and reactions. One of the common problems with Gear VR and mobile VR in general is that, whenever you put on the headset to play something, and your family or friends are...
On October 28-31, there was a virtual & augmented reality art show in San Francisco called “The Art of Dying.” It featured 15 VR experiences and another dozen artists exploring death and grieving using immersive technologies. The show was produced by Kelly Vicars & Lindsay Saunders with the intention of promoting VR and AR as...
Last week, at a Google press event UploadVR had the chance to speak with Google Tango’s director of engineering, Johnny Lee. Tango is a software/hardware solution that allows smartphones and other mobile devices to understand their location in 3D space and translate that information into powerful applications and programs. According to Lee, this technology is also the...
Welcome to the beginning of a new age. Today, the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro smartphone is officially being released. The Phab 2 Pro has several things that make it unique. It boasts a colossal 6.4 inch touch screen display (to put that in perspective, the iPhone 6 plus’ screen is 5.5 inches), a herculean 4050 maH...
Paha Schulz, the founder of Playsnak, has a wealth of industry experience spanning from Crytek to Electronic Arts. Taking that and the talents of well-seasoned industry vets, Schulz created a new venture with Playsnak, a company focused on mobile and VR game development and publishing. Playsnak announced via press release they’ve received a $1.3 million...
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