As more filmmakers dip a toe into VR, the sheer volume of 360-degree video releases can be overwhelming. Samsung today just released its top five most viewed videos on its Samsung VR service in 2016, including Source: Ten 360-Degree VR Projects You Might’ve Missed
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Giroptic Launches $250 iO 360 Camera for iPhone
Giroptic, creator of the standalone ‘360cam’, today announced the launch of the iO 360 camera which attaches to any Lightning-enabled iPhone or iPad. The Giroptic iO 360 camera for iPhone/iPad is available starting today for $250. With two counter-facing lenses, the camera enables Apple devices to capture full 360 degree photo and videospheres. The camera...
‘Rollercoaster Dreams’ On PS VR Is So Terrible It’s Almost Good
Drop everything. Stop what you’re doing. Leave your desks, close your text books, and put that baby down. The most important PlayStation VR game of the year is here. Yes, Rollercoaster Dreams has arrived. You may recall the article we put up for the announcement of this new PS4 game last July. Back then, developer...
ResearchVR Episode 26 – Is Wireless VR Really The Solution?
During Hackvention 2016 we had a chance to discuss the pressing matter of wireless VR with people who know the struggle behind it: Nicole Laux from XMG and Dominic Eskofier from NVIDIA. Nicole Laux is the marketing manager at XMG, with particular focus on VR. XMG (Xtreme Multimedia and Gaming) is a provider of high...
Creating a Synthetic Peak Experience in VR with ‘SoundSelf’
Robin Arnott had a peak experience from a LSD trip at Burning Man, and wanted to see if he could replicate this type of peak psychedelic experience within virtual reality. The result of four years of work is a transcendent experience called SoundSelf that creates a diffuse feedback loop between your toning and a variety...
‘Eagle Flight’ Review: Own The Skies With A Tilt Of Your Head
“The tilt is a way of life.” This is a line pulled from the original review guide we were sent for Eagle Flight when it first released on the Oculus Rift. The slightly-awkward French translation is fitting coming from the Montreal offices of Ubisoft, but it is also the perfect summation for the game itself. Since then, the...
‘Industrial VR’ Is Like ‘Google Earth’ For Iconic Engineering Sites
Google Earth VR has shown us the wonders of visiting real world locations as a towering giant in VR, and now Industrial VR looks to do the same. This new experience from the development team of the same name recently passed a Steam Greenlight campaign. Using the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, users visit a...
GAME Brings Its Pay-To-Play VR Headsets To New BELONG Stores, Adds Vives
A few months ago we reported that UK videogame retailer, GAME, had started charging for demos of the PlayStation VR headset. The move was heavily criticized but, instead of abandoning it, the store seems to have doubled down on the concept. GAME this week announced a new location-based initiative known as BELONG. Instead of a...
Fruit Ninja VR Now Available For PlayStation VR In Europe
Rumors that Halfbrick’s likable VR debut, Fruit Ninja VR [Review: 8/10], would be coming to PlayStation VR soon sprung up in the past few days as, tellingly, the game’s trophy list went live out of the blue. Today, the game itself has gone live too, as least in the EU. Fruit Ninja VR is available...
Sensics is Building a VR Headset Specially Made for Arcades and Theme Parks
OSVR co-founder and long-time HMD maker Sensics is building a new ‘Goggles for Public VR’ headset which is designed for the unique needs of the Out-of-Home market. While the same consumer-facing headsets that you’ll find on a shelf at Best Buy are popping up in VR arcades across China and elsewhere, Sensics is aiming to build...
