If you’ve ever wondered what Toronto looks like from the CN Tower’s famous observation deck, now’s your chance to see it for yourself. A new app offers a “virtual reality” view of the city from 1,136 feet up, and you can enjoy it from the comfort of your home. Developed by CN Tower and Fuzz Productions, the...
SPONSORED: Presented by Intel Before the Kickstarter, before it embraced VR, before Sony put it in its E3 lineup, Xing: The Land Beyond started out as a project in a level design class at college. What was meant to be a one-week assignment ended up being developed over the course of five years, spawning a...
Virtual reality helped me appreciate the art of Burning Man. Inside a VR exhibit, I stood next to a statue of a woman, and the 55-feet-tall work of art towered over me as I stood on the sands of a virtual space. Intel, Linden Lab’s Sansar Studios, and the Smithsonian are revealing today a VR...
Augmented reality and virtual reality consulting firm Digi-Capital reported earlier this year that AR/VR startups raised over $3.6 billion in funding during a 12-month period. To dive deeper into the numbers, it has launched a new analytics tool focused on helping entrepreneurs get a better look at the AR, VR, and XR landscape. Digi-Capital had...
Virtual reality helped me appreciate the art of Burning Man. Inside a VR exhibit, I stood next to a statue of a woman, and the 55-feet-tall work of art towered over me as I stood on the sands of a virtual space. Intel, Linden Lab’s Sansar Studios, and the Smithsonian are revealing today a VR...
Experimental entertainment company Two Bit Circus plans to open its first “micro-amusement park” in Los Angeles in September. The 40,000-square-foot modern playground for digital and physical arcade games will be the first in a series, said Brent Bushnell, CEO of Two Bit Circus and son of Atari cofounder Nolan Bushnell. In an interview…Read More Source:...
Games and porn are the biggest drivers of revenue for the fledgling virtual reality industry, according to an analysis released by porn app company SexLikeReal. How did we all already know that? SexLikeReal said it analyzed the July 6 leak on Steam games as well as its own data on porn revenues to come up...
A recent video posted by Lee Vermeulen, the developer behind Modbox, shows how useful Valve’s skeletal input can be for developers. For those unfamiliar, Modbox is a sandbox creation game that initially launched in early access back with the HTC Vive in April 2016. Players can create games in VR and share them with others....
Nickelodeon’s latest AR project has you using your phone in conjunction with its live broadcasting. Revealed this week, the new Screens Up app is a new initiative from the company that will encourage you to get your smartphone out at specific moments during a show to augment your experience. Starting with Kid’s Choice Sports, which...
When I played Megalith at E3, it was a little bit of a revelation for me. Intuitively I knew that hero shooter-style games, or rather action games that pit players against each other in an arena and let them pick from a host of characters each with vastly different powers, would be a good fit for...
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