Update: Magic Leap’s CEO took to Twitter today to explain this photo more clearly. Hi everyone – the photo you are all excited about is NOT what you think it is. — Rony Abovitz (@rabovitz) February 12, 2017 The photo shows an @magicleap R&D test rig where we collect room/space data for our machine...
Developer Human Interact announced this past week that they are collaborating with Microsoft’s Cognitive Services in order to power the conversational interface behind their Choose-Your-Own-Adventure, interactive narrative title named Starship Commander. They’re using Microsoft’s Custom Recognition Intelligent Service (CRIS) as the speech recognition engine, and then Microsoft’s Language Understanding Intelligent Service (LUIS) in order to translate...
No trip to Japan is complete without a visit to an arcade. Inside one of Tokyo’s multi-story shrines to gaming you’ll find fighting games that won’t release elsewhere for years, music rhythm games that take hundreds of hours to master, and, uh, train simulators. You might scoff, but I’ve always been fascinated by the simulation...
I think it’s time to get things in order a little. To my mind, there are now five major companies publicly involved in the development of the VR ecosystem. Not just headsets, but the development, sale and distribution of content, and how they believe those processes will most benefit both themselves and the industry. Understanding...
Industrial Training International is readying their VR Mobile Crane Simulator for the March ConExpo Event in Las Vegas. The simulator uses an Oculus Rift headset in combination with a modular rig, in order to significantly reduce the costs of training, compared to both real-world and older VR solutions. Last September, Industrial Training International (ITI) announced...
Steam Direct, a new sign-up system for launching games on the store, is due to replace Greenlight in Spring 2017. Currently, any developer or publisher new to Steam is required to submit their game for approval through Greenlight, which involves a small fee and community voting; the new system may have different implications for VR...
An unnamed source reportedly sent a photo of the secretive augmented reality startup Magic Leap’s hardware to Business Insider. In a story posted Friday evening, BI showed the photo off to the world in what could be our first look at one of Magic Leap’s AR prototypes. It is important to note, however, that at the...
This week’s collection of new HTC Vive releases isn’t exceptionally lengthy, but it does provide a handful of interesting experiences. The highest profile of the bunch arrives alongside a film counterpart with fans taking on the role of an infamous assassin in John Wick Chronicles. We reviewed the game and, while it lacks depth, it’s a...
This is a bit of a slower week for new releases in the world of the Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR. Home isn’t exactly overflowing with new content at the moment, but there are still some high-quality options to pick from, namely Robinson: The Journey finally making its way to the more powerful Rift...
Platform exclusivity, project funding, and cross-platform compatibility are hot-button issues in the VR industry. Many developers do their best to bring their games to as many devices as possible, but it doesn’t always work out that way. With the release of the Oculus Touch controllers late last year, we’re getting closer to a world of...
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