Samsung’s Gear VR mobile headset is undoubtedly one of the best mobile VR headsets you can buy, with the caveat that you must have a compatible Samsung Galaxy phone to use it with. However, since Samsung also makes very good phones (when they don’t explode) that’s not too harsh a requirement. What makes the … Continue reading Samsung “Gears” Up with VR Rights Acquisitions
Oculus and its Kickstarter funded flagship, the Rift, had a whirlwind development, with the Rift becoming the heralded saviour of Virtual Reality, flanked by the biggest brains in video game and 3D graphics technology. Oculus cultivated an infectious enthusiasm, a dream of high quality yet affordable VR and a bright future of ever increasing ambitions … Continue reading The Rollercoaster Rift of Oculus: Part Two: The Rise of Oculus and the Fall of Palmer Luckey
Samsung is showing off bendy OLED screens which, apart from looking cool, have the potential to change mobile display technology forever. The screens on our mobile devices have reached the point where our eyes can’t even pick out individual pixels anymore. Super AMOLED screens and other OLED variants in particular are beautiful. The double-curved unit … Continue reading Samsung Demonstrates an Incredible Flexible OLED
Project Tango is Google’s premier AR R&D programme aimed at solving the many technical problems with advanced augmented- and mixed-reality. Tango uses impressive sensor suites and software to scan the environment and integrate that data with visuals generated virtually. Tango has shown off some truly impressive tech demos, but actual hardware that integrates … Continue reading The Zenfone AR is a Tango Device You Can Buy
Just as the 2017 Google I/O conference kicked off, we posted that a rumour about a new standalone HMD from Google was doing the rounds, backed by credible sources who spoke to Variety. It turns out that the rumours are true and Google duly announced a new HMD that will be sold under the “Daydream” … Continue reading Google Announces Standalone VR Headset
UPDATE 16/05/2017: At Google IO, it was announced that Google are creating a standalone version of the Daydream Viewer. Google has been no stranger to the world of VR, but rather than trying to compete with Facebook or Valve at the premium end, they’ve lead the charge in the mobile VR space, which is arguably … Continue reading Are We About to See True Premium Google VR?
If you’ve had any interest at all in VR over the last few years you’ll have no doubt seen Oculus founder Palmer Lucky on the cover of time magazine. As cool as VR feels to experience, no one has so far managed to actually look cool while using a VR system, which is why it’s … Continue reading FaceDisplay VR Proves that we Haven’t Reached Peak Weird Yet
The still in development Hololens currently dominates the mixed reality market, but a new prototype challenger has appeared from Avegant.
There’s an exciting branch of computer technology known as affective computing. Yes. that’s “affective” and not “effective”. Affective computing is all about how we can integrate human emotional states into computing. It includes both how computers can read and understand our emotions as well as how they can reproduce them in different ways. Why would … Continue reading How Does that Make You Feel?: Facial Tracking Comes to VR
The virtual world is now open, and it’s worth the entry fee “This is the future!” “It’s so real!” “Oh my God what just flew past me?” “WOW!” “Ok, this is the real deal. This is it.” “Show me something else!” “Hey, come look at this!” These are all … Continue reading Step into the future with the HTC Vive
