Of all the games I’ve longed to see brought into the virtual realm, I have to admit Lemmings isn’t one of them. The series may be a classic staple in gaming history, but it always seemed best suited to the Orwellian monitoring of critters through a computer screen rather than the god-like empowerment that VR bestows....
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Dear Angelica Is the Film—and Filmmaking Tool—VR Needs
Making a female-led VR experience sets a precedent for the industry, and the animation tool Quill puts the creative power in VR users’ hands. The post Dear Angelica Is the Film—and Filmmaking Tool—VR Needs appeared first on WIRED. Source: Dear Angelica Is the Film—and Filmmaking Tool—VR Needs
‘Dear Angelica’ Made Me Cry
“Finding the language of VR is our role,” writer/director Saschka Unseld tells me as I sit with pen in one hand and tissue in the other, decompressing from my time inside Oculus Story Studio’s (OSS) Dear Angelica. “Nailed it! And how many tears does it take to void the warranty on a Rift?,” I quip....
Vive Dev Shows How Trackers Can Provide ‘Full-Body Presence’ In VR
From fire fighting simulators to local multiplayer shooters, developers are already getting inventive with the HTC Vive’s new Trackers, and now the creators of Island 359 have something impressive of their own to show off. CloudGate Studio this week posted a video demonstration of its ‘Fullbody Awareness’ experiments in VR. The system brings a player’s entire body...
That Whole Oculus Lawsuit Hinges on What Makes Code ‘New’
ZeniMax claims its tech is being used in Facebook-owned Oculus products without permission. But what does it really mean to steal code? The post That Whole Oculus Lawsuit Hinges on What Makes Code ‘New’ appeared first on WIRED. Source: That Whole Oculus Lawsuit Hinges on What Makes Code ‘New’
Magic Leap, Jason Rubin And Insomniac Games To Speak At D.I.C.E. 2017
VR fans will be gearing up for the 2017 edition of the Game Developers Conference soon, as it gets underway in just over a month, but another big industry event is taking place just ahead of it. The 2017 D.I.C.E. Summit, another show aimed squarely at developers, will be taking place from February 21st –...
Eye-Tracking VR Headset FOVE 0 Costs $599, Starts Shipping (Update)
Update #2: FOVE announced that its eye-tracking headset will start arriving at the doors of Kickstarter backers and pre-orderers from next week. First FOVE 0s will arrive to KS backers and pre orderers starting from next week! What will you create with #FOVE? pic.twitter.com/06KkpppvXb — FOVE (@FOVEinc) January 19, 2017 Update: According to a statement...
‘HOLOSCOPE’ Headset Claims to Solve AR Display Hurdle with True Holography
Holo-this, holo-that. Holograms are so bamboozling that the term often gets used colloquially to mean ‘fancy-looking 3D image’, but holograms are actually a very specific and interesting method for capturing light field scenes which have some real advantages over other methods of displaying 3D imagery. RealView claims to be using real holography to solve a...
‘Lawnmower Man’ Is Being Re-imagined For Virtual Reality
25 years ago, the cult sci-fi classic 1992 film “The Lawnmower Man” transported audiences into a thrilling narrative built on virtual reality. In it, a young man with mental disability (Jobe Smith, played by Jeff Fahey) uses VR to evolve intellectually at an incredible pace. The film takes an incredibly dark turn, though, and essentially...
DDD60 Is A New EU-Funded Compression System To Make 360-Degree Video Clearer
Watching 360-degree content inside a VR headset can be an amazing experience, but only if the image is clear enough. The European Union wants to help with that. The EU’s research and innovation program, Horizon 2020, is devoting a portion of its funding to a group of pioneering video companies and film festivals, including reelport,...