Last night at the Upload Collective in San Francisco, the Nokia Ozo team hosted a masterclass for 360-degree filmmakers. The class was also live streamed using a four camera Ozo setup. Students at the class were able to benefit from the expert teachings of Alex Henning. Henning is an award winning filmmaker that helped take home an...
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Magic Leap Head Of Public Relations Leaves To Join Stealth Startup (Update)
Update: We received the following statement from Magic Leap about the departure: “Andy Fouche will no longer serve as VP of Public Relations for Magic Leap, Inc. As we sprint full steam ahead toward the launch of Magic Leap One, we are excited to have Brenda Freeman on board as our Chief Marketing Officer. We...
Interview with ‘SUPERHOT VR’ Game Designer – The Joy of a Slow Motion, Full-body Experience
SUPERHOT VR is one of the standout VR games to come out with the Oculus Touch launch with its unique blend of the mechanics of a first-person shooter but with the strategy of a puzzle game. Physics-based interactions in VR are already compelling since it helps to cultivate plausibility within our brains through the expectation...
Third-party VR Client for Plex is in the Works to Stream Your Own Media Library in VR
While much of the world moves to cloud streaming media libraries, there remains those of us that like to maintain our own personal local media library. Plex is a popular application for streaming your own library to other devices, and now a developer is creating a VR client that builds on the Plex platform. Plex...
Magic Leap Head Of Public Relations Leaves To Join Stealth Startup
Some moves within the tech industry are notable for the individual who is moving, while others are notable for the timing. I’d put this mostly in the latter group, with Magic Leap’s vice president in charge of public relations and global relations Andy Fouché tweeting “Thrilled to join stealth startup led by Andy Rubin!” out...
NYT and Milk VR Create Star-Studded Noir Series Of 360-Degree Shorts
First-person VR narrative experiences welcome us into intense dramas by making users into crucial parts of the story instead of spectators, and Milk VR partnered with New York Times and some well-known actors to create nince cool shorts that exhibit this idea. We communicated over email with Armando McIntyre-Kirwin, Milk VR co-founder and director of virtual...
A Shift In The Rift: Is The Future Of Facebook In Mobile or PC VR?
The VR industry today is likely not exactly what Brendan Iribe envisioned it would be back in 2012. At that time, Oculus had ambitions of releasing an affordable VR headset in the near future that would allow players to step into the game. The ultimate vision, though, was always a pair of sunglasses that would...
Unity’s In-VR Game Editor Launches Tomorrow, This Is What It’s Like
Tomorrow Unity plans to launch the first experimental build of EditorVR, a component of the Unity game engine which will let developers build games within virtual reality. Timoni West, Principal Designer at Unity Labs, has announced that EditorVR will launch tomorrow, December 15th. The initial launch is being called “experimental,” and is likely to change...
How to Share Your ‘Quill’ Virtual Reality Masterpieces Online
People are starting to sink their teeth into Oculus Touch content with gusto. The shooters, sports and action games are all garnering decent followings but there’s much more to do with Touch than shooting zombies and blocking slap shots. Oculus Medium and Quill are the two big Touch experiences that focus on creativity. Medium focuses...
Watch This Trailer For ‘Tactera’ Creator’s Latest Strategy Game ‘Skylight’ Releasing on Jan. 12th
If you’re anything like me, the prospect of most real-time strategy games is overwhelming. As someone that grew up playing turn-based roleplaying games and adventure titles that encourage careful planning and preparation, the idea of having to micro-manage an entire army in real time makes my palms sweat. Enter Skylight, a hybrid game that melds...
