This is interesting. A company called Nexus Studios says it tested Apple’s ARKit tracking technology with a Cardboard VR headset and found it to do a suitable job. Tilt Brush artwork is said to have been placed throughout an outdoor environment with point clouds displayed in VR to show the location of real-world objects —...
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Oculus cuts price of Rift + Touch by $200 for limited time
Hoping to breathe some life into the virtual reality market, Oculus said it is cutting the price of the Oculus Rift VR headset and its Touch controller by $200 to $400 for a limited time. The “Summer of Rift” promotion combines the Oculus Rift headset with the Oculus Touch hand controllers for $400. The Rift...
Oculus Medium’s Studio Share adds cooperative sculpting
Oculus Medium is a creative platform that enables users to create amazingly detailed digital sculptures using the power of VR with their Oculus Rift and Touch controllers. It launched with the Touch controllers back in December, but the platform has since evolved and is now getting a big, new feature that lets you bring along a...
Marvel Powers United VR: Disney unveils its first Marvel virtual reality game
Disney unveiled the first Marvel virtual reality game: Marvel Powers United VR. The new game from Marvel Entertainment is being built for the Oculus Rift + Touch VR headset and hand controls. You can play as various Marvel characters, from the Incredible Hulk to Rocket Raccoon from Guardians of the Galaxy. In the game, you...
Disney unveils Star Wars Jedi Challenges AR headset
Disney unveiled its own augmented reality headset for Star Wars fans. Made by Lenovo and Lucasfilm, the AR headset blends the real world with animated overlays, allowing you to experience the Star Wars universe and swing a lightsaber in an experience dubbed Star Wars Jedi Challenges. Mike Goslin, vice president of development at Disney, came...
After Rift’s price cut, it’s HTC’s move
OPINION: Since the bombshell price drop earlier this week by Facebook’s Oculus, a number of theories have emerged regarding the Rift’s temporary $400 price. Is Oculus preparing a second generation and hoping to clear stock? Is Oculus struggling so much that Facebook is dropping the price of the Rift in a last ditch effort to...
RED Hydrogen One smartphone’s goal: AR, VR, and mixed reality without a headset
What’s a billionaire named Jim Jannard to do after founding and selling Oakley’s for $2.1 billion then creating a state-of-the-art Hollywood-caliber camera manufacturer in RED Digital Camera? Create a phone that can power holograms and doesn’t need a headset for AR or VR, that’s what, apparently. Today RED announced the Hydrogen One smartphone. Reportedly this is being designed as “the world’s...
U.S. Army’s Tactical Augmented Reality turns grunts into AR-toting soldiers
Many of the great minds in the tech industry believe augmented reality could have an incredible impact on our lives, including Apple CEO Tim Cook who believes AR could develop an audience as large as mobile phones. You can add the minds behind the U.S. military to that list now, as Next Reality News reports that the U.S. Army...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Blizzard’s big Hearthstone and Overwatch news, and indies sun in Brazil
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we checked out an independent game festival Brazil, we played around with PlayerUnkown’s Battleground’s new zombie mode, and Rocket League got a new anniversary update. Enjoy, and have a great weekend! Pieces of flair and opinion The DeanBeat: 9 industry leaders sound off on the state of...
Dinosaur shooter Island 359 launches on Oculus VR early access
CloudGate Studio is launching its dinosaur virtual reality shooter Island 359 on early access in the Oculus Store. Hoping to reproduce the terror of fighting dinosaurs in the Jurassic Park films, CloudGate is immersing players in a jungle world where larger-than-life dinosaurs jump at you as you try to take them down with heavy infantry weapons....