Virtual spaces offer players, enthusiasts, creatives, and professional entities near infinite work spaces for many interests. A great deal of popular existing experiences like Tilt Brush and ScluptVR are of a more creative slant, giving users virtual chisel and paint brush so that they can formulate the brightest and even some of the darkest creations...
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Meet Your New President: Photorealistic Trump Takes Office in VR
One of the best things about virtual reality is its ability to transport us to locations we would otherwise never be able to experience. This could be the surface of Mars, the top of Mt. Everest or, for me, just about any modern roller coaster (those height limits need to be amended I swear). Today,...
‘Henry The Hamster Handler’ Review: A Hectic Handful Of Fun
Of all the games I’ve longed to see brought into the virtual realm, I have to admit Lemmings isn’t one of them. The series may be a classic staple in gaming history, but it always seemed best suited to the Orwellian monitoring of critters through a computer screen rather than the god-like empowerment that VR bestows....
Dear Angelica Is the Film—and Filmmaking Tool—VR Needs
Making a female-led VR experience sets a precedent for the industry, and the animation tool Quill puts the creative power in VR users’ hands. The post Dear Angelica Is the Film—and Filmmaking Tool—VR Needs appeared first on WIRED. Source: Dear Angelica Is the Film—and Filmmaking Tool—VR Needs
‘Dear Angelica’ Made Me Cry
“Finding the language of VR is our role,” writer/director Saschka Unseld tells me as I sit with pen in one hand and tissue in the other, decompressing from my time inside Oculus Story Studio’s (OSS) Dear Angelica. “Nailed it! And how many tears does it take to void the warranty on a Rift?,” I quip....
Vive Dev Shows How Trackers Can Provide ‘Full-Body Presence’ In VR
From fire fighting simulators to local multiplayer shooters, developers are already getting inventive with the HTC Vive’s new Trackers, and now the creators of Island 359 have something impressive of their own to show off. CloudGate Studio this week posted a video demonstration of its ‘Fullbody Awareness’ experiments in VR. The system brings a player’s entire body...
That Whole Oculus Lawsuit Hinges on What Makes Code ‘New’
ZeniMax claims its tech is being used in Facebook-owned Oculus products without permission. But what does it really mean to steal code? The post That Whole Oculus Lawsuit Hinges on What Makes Code ‘New’ appeared first on WIRED. Source: That Whole Oculus Lawsuit Hinges on What Makes Code ‘New’
Magic Leap, Jason Rubin And Insomniac Games To Speak At D.I.C.E. 2017
VR fans will be gearing up for the 2017 edition of the Game Developers Conference soon, as it gets underway in just over a month, but another big industry event is taking place just ahead of it. The 2017 D.I.C.E. Summit, another show aimed squarely at developers, will be taking place from February 21st –...
Eye-Tracking VR Headset FOVE 0 Costs $599, Starts Shipping (Update)
Update #2: FOVE announced that its eye-tracking headset will start arriving at the doors of Kickstarter backers and pre-orderers from next week. First FOVE 0s will arrive to KS backers and pre orderers starting from next week! What will you create with #FOVE? pic.twitter.com/06KkpppvXb — FOVE (@FOVEinc) January 19, 2017 Update: According to a statement...
‘HOLOSCOPE’ Headset Claims to Solve AR Display Hurdle with True Holography
Holo-this, holo-that. Holograms are so bamboozling that the term often gets used colloquially to mean ‘fancy-looking 3D image’, but holograms are actually a very specific and interesting method for capturing light field scenes which have some real advantages over other methods of displaying 3D imagery. RealView claims to be using real holography to solve a...