In between the 55 miles of water separating Russia and Alaska, there sits a tiny island. Or rather, there are two tiny islands; Big Diomede and Little Diomede. Though one is larger, they’re both minute plots of land, about 2 miles apart. A handful of people live on the smaller of the two, but the...
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Facebook Acquires FacioMetrics To Add ‘Fun Effects’ To Photos and Videos
Facebook acquired face recognition technology provider FacioMetrics to beef up the social network giant’s photo and video capabilities. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. FacioMetrics spun out of Carnegie Mellon University in 2015 as a response to market demand surrounding use of facial image analysis. The company produced facial behavior and demographic tools for developers,...
This Year’s Women Startup Challenge Is All About VR, AR and AI
Women Who Tech is a nonprofit organization that is emphasizing the importance of women in the technology industry. As part of its work, it hosts an annual Women Startup Challenge. This year, the challenge is focusing on VR, AR, and AI. Now in its fourth edition, the Women Startup Challenge is offering a $50,000 grant...
First Look: Overkill VR is a VR FPS Hamstrung by its Mobile Heritage
Out now on Steam Early Access, Overkill VR is a First-Person Shooter available for the HTC Vive. Developed by Starloop Studios and published by Game Troopers, it offers a large arsenal of upgradeable weapons, plenty of levels and varied boss battles. Overkill VR’s opening area is a strange one. Beginning in a large armoury with...
New Oculus Rift and Gear VR Releases For The Week Of 11/13/16
Can you hear that? It’s the sound of silence. The Oculus Rift doesn’t have much going for it this week, and it’s more than likely because we’re now just three weeks away from the launch of Oculus Touch, and there’s going to be a content blowout when it does hit. Still, there is one intriguing...
Hack Makes ‘Google Earth VR’ Compatible With Rift and Touch
Google Earth VR was launched this week to great excitement, except to Rift users who found out that the game wouldn’t work with their headset. Little more than a day later, a hack surfaced that adds compatibility for the Rift, Touch, and even Razer Hydra to Google Earth VR. While SteamVR is primarily the home...
VR Drawing Program ‘Quill’ Will Be Available Free On Dec. 6
A lot of corporations out there have picked up the annoying habit of charging for their products. Thank goodness Oculus is here to buck that trend. This week, the Facebook-owned virtual reality company is announcing that yet another launch title for its highly anticipated Touch platform will be completely free of charge. Quill is a VR...
Special Senate Hearing Called To Discuss ‘Pokemon GO’ and AR
Earlier this week, a detachment of expert panelists were summoned to appear before a group of senators led by U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The AR squadron contained John Hanke (Niantic chief executive — Developer of Pokemon Go), Stanley Pierre-Louis, (General Counsel for the Entertainment Software Association), Brian Blau (Gartner Research...
Protruly Releases First 360-Degree Video Capable Smart Phone
360-degree videos can be viewed in a VR headset, you can click and drag the video’s perspective with a mouse, or you can even rotate the view by swiping your touchscreen. We recently reported on Nokia and Sony teaming up for 360-degree content and also wrote up an impression on Verizon’s collaboration with Lucasfilm for...
New PlayStation VR Releases For The Week Of 11/13/16
This week we’re going underwater, into space, and over to Mars with PlayStation VR. It’s been a solid seven days for Sony’s headset with a handful of interesting new experiences that cross a range of genres. If you missed last week, you can see those new releases here. Also, UploadVR recently launched the ‘UploadVR PS VR Community’...