The 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea will be filled with firsts. The games will be the first Winter Olympics to be shown in 4K High Dynamic Range. They are also the first South Korean games where North Korea are competing, the first in a decade where North and South Korean athletes will … Continue reading The 2018 Winter Olympics from PyeongChang is Available to Watch in VR
No matter how inherently safe something is, somewhere an unlucky person is going to manage to kill themselves while doing it. It’s just the law of averages reaping the poor sods at the extremes of the probability distribution. VR is not the absolute safest activity you can engage in, but in general the risks are … Continue reading Russian Man Falls to Death During VR Session: Here’s How You Can Stay Safe
Remember Web 2.0? The revolution in web design that focused on user-generated content and collaboration? It seems weird to get excited about the idea now, but back in the early 2000s the change from a read-only web was a big deal. Now everyone is used to posting text, uploading videos and flooding social media with … Continue reading Google Poly Could Democratise VR and AR
Affective computing is a branch of computer science and psychology that looks at how computers can interpret our emotional states and then use that information in some way to do a job. For example, if a chatbot like Siri knew you were cranky, she might adjust her tone to avoid irritating you further. If a … Continue reading VR Systems May Soon Scan Your Emotions
The news has broken that on August 3 2017 AltspaceVR was shut down. Citing financial difficulties, it was a move that no one outside of the company saw coming, or at least did not see coming so soon after its founding. In fact, AltspaceVR has been around such a short time that most people probably … Continue reading VR Startup AltspaceVR Says Bye-bye
Long before VR experienced its current revival people have been immersing themselves in a shared social world the likes of which have never been seen before or since. True to its name, Second Life by Linden Labs provides a complete existence for all sorts of interesting individuals to express themselves in the wildest ways you … Continue reading Second Life Finally Gets On the VR Train as “Sansar”
In general we tend to think of VR as a place to experience and consume content. However, we have seen a number of applications aimed at making things while in VR. The most famous of these is probably Tilt Brush by Google. With Tilt Brush it’s possible to paint in VR using handheld motion controllers. … Continue reading Meet the Google Blocks VR 3D Modeller
In a move that only managed to shock one senile old squirrel, Google employees have revealed in a blog post that the company has an early prototype of VR advertising. Given that Google’s raison d’être is selling advertising space and that they practically invented mobile VR, this almost not news. The prototype was developed by … Continue reading Google is Trying out Advertising in Virtual Reality
When you think “IKEA” the first thing that comes to mind may not be “snazzy furniture” and more “LEGO from hell”, as the company’s “ready-to-assemble” products have garnered a reputation as a producer of fiendish puzzles disguised as book shelving and coffee tables. Now the company is using VR technology to let us tour an … Continue reading Ikea now Baffling Us in VR Too
One thing that fascinates us at the Virtual Reality Society is the use of VR technology to provide new and better solutions to common problems. In some fields these improvements are proven; VR has been used to help teach surgeons for over 20 years. VR has been used as part of various mental health and … Continue reading Could Virtual Reality Help You Quit Smoking?
