In 1953 Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the first to successfully summit Everest, the world’s tallest mountain at 29,029 feet. Now, VR content house CGO Studios is teaming up with descendants of those first summiteers to recreate the momentous trek to be experienced in a historically accurate real-time VR experience. LA based CGO Studios has...
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Apple’s New Patents Mark More Territory in AR Hardware and Software
Steve Jobs once said to a gathering of senior advisers that when it came to the first iPhone, “we’re going to patent it all,” (New York Times reports). While Apple has certainly changed in the years since Job’s passing, the company has undoubtedly continued to aggressively pursue patents, sometimes racking up hundreds of filings in a...
VR Cast: Predictions for 2017 As Facebook VR Finally Emerges
Welcome to our humble podcast! Every week(ish) Joe Durbin and Ashley Whitlatch go over the biggest VR news of the past seven days. Plus, we always try to give you a healthy dose of analysis and surprises along the way. This week, we’re giving you our big VR predictions for 2017 which include the potential emergence...
Apple Files Augmented Reality Patent for a ‘Wearable Information System’
In these early months of 2017 just about every major tech company has some sort of virtual or augmented reality product either on store shelves or coming in the future. Every company except one. Apple is a tough nut to crack when it comes to future projects. It seems fairly clear from rumors, industry insiders...
‘Rec Room’ Studio Raises $5M “to continue to build the future of Social VR”
Seattle-based VR studio Against Gravity has today announced they have received $5M in seed funding to continue to build Rec Room, the studio’s social VR platform. Only launching last summer, the app has quickly become a success story, winning over fans on both Steam and Oculus Home with high marks. Rec Room seems to have found a winning formula with its over-the-top, YMCA-style social space,...
ZeniMax Responds To John Carmack’s Comments After $500 Million Verdict
The war of words continues between ZeniMax and Oculus in the wake of a $500 million mixed verdict issued yesterday by a Texas jury. Earlier today Oculus CTO John Carmack noted on Facebook “the internet would have viciously mocked the analysis” of an expert witness ZeniMax called in the case whose testimony is under seal. “I still...
Wesley Snipes Takes On Aliens In VR Feature For Sci-Fi Film The Recall
What happens when that creepy survivalist out in the woods turns out to be right about impending doom? That’s the story we’ll get to witness in this year’s film The Recall written and directed by Mauro Borrelli and featuring Wesley Snipes and Breaking Bad’s RJ Mitte. Before we get the feature film, though, we’re going...
Apple’s Latest Patents Mark More Territory in AR Headset Hardware and Software
Steve Jobs once said to a gathering of senior advisers that when it came to the first iPhone, “we’re going to patent it all,” (New York Times reports). While Apple has certainly changed in the years since Job’s passing, the company has undoubtedly continued to aggressively pursue patents, sometimes racking up hundreds of filings in a...
ZeniMax Awarded $500 Million in Major Legal Case against Oculus
At the conclusion of a tumultuous year-long legal case, a Texas jury yesterday has awarded ZeniMax, parent company of Bethesda and iD Software $500 million dollars. The jury found that Oculus and founder Palmer Luckey had breached a non-disclosure agreement, as well as infringed on ZeniMax’s copyright. The jury did find against allegations that Oculus...
Atlantic Ghost Is Like Star Trek: Bridge Crew Meets Naval Submarine Combat
You may not have first thought of submarine simulations when you theorized about the prospects for multiplayer virtual reality games. You probably thought about space-based flight, first-person shooters, and exploration-based puzzle games like the majority of our new industry. When you watch the trailer below though, it all makes sense. In actuality, manning a submarine deep...
