User interfaces in VR face their own set of challenges other media don’t. You aren’t just responsible for designing the on-screen UI elements. You literally have to design the user’s entire virtual environment. I guess that’s one of the reasons the concept of a literal home is used so often. Oculus, Netflix and Microsoft all … Continue reading Oculus Home Gets Even Homier
Despite smartphone screens reaching ludicrous resolutions and fantastic specifications, there are very few 3D-rendered applications that can take advantage of it. So most 3D games and other real-time 3D applications are produced at a lower resolution and then scaled up to the native resolution of the screen. Even then, the absolute rendering ability of top-class … Continue reading John Carmack Reveals 5K VR Video
The British Broadcasting Corporation will broadcast the 2018 FIFA World Cup in virtual reality, in a first for the competition and for the television network. The trial for their cutting-edge technology is available for free via the BBC’s dedicated 2018 World Cup app for iOS, Android, Gear VR, Oculus Go and PlayStation VR. This is … Continue reading BBC To Show 2018 Football World Cup in Virtual Reality
The Chinese economy has been booming for quite some time and despite signs that the Chinese economic miracle might be slowing down, that doesn’t seem to have stopped massive projects reaching fruition in that country. While Japan is messing around with dinky little VR arcades, the Chinese have decided to build a massive VR theme … Continue reading Chinese VR Theme Park Opens Its Doors
In the history of Virtual Reality, there are a few people, companies and concepts that are considered vital to its existence. VPL Research, creators of the Dataglove, Datasuit and one of the earliest Head Mounted Displays are one of the most important names in the evolution of virtual reality technology and establishing design traits and … Continue reading Virtuality – A New Reality of Promise, Two Decades Too Soon
Stephen Spielberg and Warner Bros will tonight be releasing the film version of Ready Player One, based on Ernest Cline’s book of the same name. The trailer alone has made waves, as did the book on its first release, becoming a rapid best seller and winning a wave of supporters for its witty writing style, … Continue reading Did Ready Player One Kick off the Second VR Boom?
No matter what media technology you’re talking about, one thing is always true: content is king. It doesn’t matter if you have the best platform or hardware, if the public have nothing to actually do in your ecosystem it’s likely to crash and burn. YouTube can certainly not be accused of being light on content. … Continue reading YouTube VR Comes to Steam, Brings Content
The Academy awards, known as the “Oscars” to most people, is the most prestigious award someone in the film industry can receive. Well, maybe the MTV Lifetime Achievement Award gets close. I mean Clint Howard has one. I digress, the point is that it’s a big deal to win an Oscar. Usually just getting nominated … Continue reading The First Oscar for a VR Production is Snapped Up
When you think of cutting-edge technology in music entertainment, it’s probably thoughts of holographic performances by artists who are either dead or never existed in the first place. I tell you what I don’t think of: ABBA. The Swedish pop group got together in 1972, when vinyl was the peak of musical technology snobbery. … Continue reading Money. Money. Money: ABBA to Go on a VR Tour in 2019
VR isn’t worth much as a platform if there is no content for it. After all, without anything to actually do with your VR hardware, it’s just a weird mask that cost a lot of money. So we need as many companies punting content as possible. NextVR has been making a name for itself as … Continue reading NextVR Introduces a Night Vision VR Camera for Paranormal Show
