Category: The SSVAR blog

The concept of embodied cognition is a hot topic within immersive education circles, and was a featured topic at during the Embodied Learning educational workshop that happened at the IEEE VR academic conference. Embodied Learning could help revolutionize education by incorporating our bodies within the learning process. We generally believe that humans think with our...

Three veterans of first-person shooter games have formed Drifter Entertainment, a Seattle-based virtual reality game studio. The founders include Ray Davis, Kenneth Scott, and Brian Murphy. Davis recently served as general manager for the Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4. He was also a chief technology officer at Microsoft on the HoloLens project, and he was the lead...

Phil Tippett’s mind has been creating creatures for generations, including the creatures in the Star Wars holochess scene and the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park. Now he’s created his own creature-filled stop-action animation film, Mad God, and it is coming out in virtual reality. Tippett Studio is announcing today that Mad God will be released in VR...

Facebook is working on new camera technology that overlays famous artists’ styles onto your live videos. This feature was demonstrated on stage at the WSJD Live conference, but it’s not something that will be released in the foreseeable future. Chris Cox, Facebook’s chief product officer, said the company predicts that in the next five years,...

I don’t know about you, but I am exhausted. At the speed VR is moving, there’s no such thing as a quiet month, but October in particular has been malicious. We’ve had big events from practically every major headset maker with announcements that mean big things for both the short and long-term futures. So what...

One of the biggest games of the year is embracing seasonal events to get players excited all over again. Pokémon Go is back on top of the iPhone top-grossing charts in the United States after falling as low No. 10 last week, according to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. Developer Niantic updated the location-based augmented reality...

Google will soon make its biggest hardware reveal of the year. The company is hosting an event in San Francisco on Tuesday that promises to be big on several fronts.  SEE ALSO: Google’s Tilt Brush will soon create windows from VR into reality We’re expecting to see two new smartphones, a new Chromecast and possibly...

Google’s Tilt Brush, the app that lets you “sculpt” paintings in virtual reality, is getting a new set of features that move the VR tool far beyond the realm of interactive art.  SEE ALSO: Virtual reality fans are disappointed in Palmer Luckey’s secret Trump fund Previewed in a video released on Friday, a new set...

eStream gets you ready for ESL One New York and takes a look at Dota 2’s game-changing VR. Read more… More about Mashable Video, Eleague, Estream, Esports, and Counter Strike Source: eStream: Previewing ESL One NY

The digital ad industry’s biggest trade group says consumers want to see more commercials they can immerse themselves within — as long as they’re done right. A new report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau on Monday pointed to substantial growth potential in the nascent world of virtual reality advertising, despite some marketers’ concerns that the...