Likely due to the costs and complexity of virtual reality setups, theme parks are often referenced as prime homes for VR installations and rides. Amusement parks not only have the funding that can go into individual attractions providing fully immersive VR, but also the square feet to do so with few barriers. Companies like Optitrack...
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Disney Shows How VR Can Teach You To Catch A Ball
You might think Disney is too busy making blockbuster movies to spend time researching how VR can help teach you to catch. Well, strangely, you’d be wrong. The company’s research division this week posted footage of experiments it’s been working with in VR regarding the human perceptual system. Specifically, its work explores if VR could...
HTC’s Official Vive Video App Adds Oculus Support
We know, we know, we’re drowning in VR video apps, filled with 360 degree content. But on the off chance that Jaunt, Oculus Video, Facebook 360, YouTube, Littlstar apps and many others don’t quench your thirst, HTC has its own solution – Vive Video. This free app hit Viveport back at the start of the...
Avegant Claims Newly Announced Display Tech is “a new method to create light fields”
Avegant, makers of Glyph personal media HMD, are turning their attention to the AR space with what they say is a newly developed light field display for augmented reality which can display multiple objects at different focal planes simultaneously. Most of today’s AR and VR headsets have something called the vergence-accommodation conflict. In short, it’s...
Facebook Is Recruiting Experts in Psychophysics To Hack Your Mind for VR
A recent job posting to the Oculus career page indicates that Facebook’s 2014 virtual reality acquisition is currently searching for postdoctoral research scientists with experience in psychophysics. According to the posting, the successful candidate will be “tackling the scientific challenges that define cutting-edge virtual and augmented reality, addressing heretofore-unanswered questions in vision science, displays, and perceptual psychology.”...
Giant Cop: Justice Above All Releasing on March 30 for Oculus Rift
Other Ocean Interactive is announcing today that Giant Cop: Justice Above All will be releasing for Oculus Rift on March 30. According to a statement from Other Ocean, releases for other VR platforms will follow in the coming months. Giant Cop will cost $24.99 and will be available to download via Oculus Home. “This is...
Rondo360 Aims To Streamline Audio Tools For VR Videos
A toolset from audio company Dysonics aims to streamline the process of building highly immersive audio for non-interactive projects like 360-degree videos. The new Rondo360 software toolset compatible with Mac is now available for a free trial ahead of a $480 annual license (a PC version is planned for a later release). We tried a version...
Disney Research Shows How VR Can Be Used to Study Human Perception
Researchers from Disney use a virtual reality headset and a real ball tracked in VR to understand the perceptual factors behind the seemingly simple act of catching a thrown object. The researchers say the work sets a foundation for more complex and meaningful dynamic interaction between users in VR and real-world objects. Disney Research, an...
Google Tango Brings Mobile 3D Photography to Life
If you look at the evolution of capturing the world around us, it started with painting, then photography, then film and video. We’ve kept working to get closer and closer to what the world actually looks like. But the world is three-dimensional, and so 3D capture is the next big frontier in reflecting our surroundings....
Five Strange, Hilarious, And Downright Terrible Pokemon GO Rip-Offs
They say imitation is the sincerity form of flattery. If that’s the case then Niantic’s augmented reality hit, Pokemon GO, has been complimented quite a few times over the past few months. Few things are certain in the unpredictable app market but, one thing is for sure: if you make something even remotely successful, you...