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
The BBC is heavily pushing virtual reality and voice control technology in order to keep its advantage against a legion of online competitors, reveals its director-general, Tony Hall. Auntie Beeb, as the publically funder TV network is sometimes known, is making a somewhat bold move to put its resources and stock into providing a more … Continue reading BBC to Set up Virtual Reality Studio This Year
On 31st March 2017 Palmer Luckey left Oculus, the company that he founded on the basis of a dream. With Oculus he had helped lead Virtual Reality down a road that while filled with rather bumpy patches has ultimately brought VR into the mainstream once again, this time looking like it is here to stay. Luckey, … Continue reading The Rollercoaster Rift of Oculus: Part One: Palmer Luckey and the Kickstarter Dream
