Google have launched WebVR support for the Android platform via the Chrome browser opening up this exciting platform to Android mobile VR users on Cardboard and Daydream users. The combination of immersive and web technologies is one of the most promising and exciting prospects to arrive with VR’s most recent renaissance. The ability to deliver...
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Field in View: What’s The Best VR To Show Friends And Family This Holiday?
In the festive spirit, I’m throwing this one out to everyone, though I’ve got my own ideas below. This is VR’s first Christmas. Over the next week we’ll be travelling back to family homesteads or welcoming others into our own. For many of us, it’s going to be the first chance to show off VR...
This Week’s Best Virtual Reality Art Projects – 12/09/16
Welcome to UploadVR’s newest regular feature — a look at some of the coolest art made in VR this week. We worked with Sketchfab to compile the best virtual reality artistic creations available through its hosting service, and this week’s entries showcase the incredible sketchbook quality of Quill as well as the unbelievable 3D effects of...
New Oculus Rift and Gear VR Releases For The Week Of 12/11/16
You’re probably not through the sheer swarm of Oculus Touch titles that landed last week yet, but there’s still a fresh round of Rift and Gear releases to get through this week. If nothing piques your interest then we recommend diving back into last week’s selection. If you missed last week, you can see those...
360 Masterclass: How to Live Stream a Concert in Virtual Reality
Last night at the Upload Collective in San Francisco the Nokia Ozo team completed part two in their two part 360 video masterclass. The purpose of the class is to teach aspiring immersive filmmakers how to perfect and grow their art form for this fledgling medium. The Nokia Ozo is a professional-grade virtual reality camera...
New HTC Vive Releases For The Week Of 12/12/16
If events around the world have you in the mindset to escape it all, we don’t blame you. The immersion of VR allows you to escape into many different types of adventures, but this week we’ve got some peaceful experiences to try out. Perfect gives you a collection of beautiful locales to interact with and...
New PlayStation VR Releases For the Week Of 12/11/16
Between Fantastic Contraption, Herocade and the Battlezone update, it’s been a good week for PlayStation VR announcements, but what about releases? There’s a handful of interesting stuff ready and waiting this week, though nothing that will make you want to rush out and buy your own headset. It’s a pretty empty slate, but you can...
Now You Can Create and Publish 360-Degree Content On WordPress
We’ve seen 360-degree media permeate into various entertainment mediums and industries. Companies use them for marketing and promotion, documentary creators are testing it out, and even news networks have gravitated to the format for new ways of reporting. We recently wrote about 20th Century Fox partnering with Felix & Paul for 360-degree and VR content for...
‘Alpine Ski VR’ Brings An Entire Mountain Range To Rift And Vive
Suchworks Ltd, a UK-based VR and AR studio, just released skiing VR games Alpine Ski VR for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. The controls themselves are easy enough to pick up, as you can see in the first couple minutes of this gameplay video put together by Steve Such, the lead developer at Suchworks...
Drifter Acquires $2.25 Million to Build Virtual Reality e-Sports Games
Virtual reality e-sports do not exist yet in any sort of marketable form. The writing is on the wall that VR could be the next big wave in competitive gaming, but as of right now the proper combination of content, organization and dedication has yet to occur. One company that could help accelerate the growth...
