The VR price war is heating up again as Oculus cuts their price of their Rift headset and Touch controller bundle once more to £400 ($400 in the US) as of today, as Facebook tries to boost flagging sales and pitch VR as the future of media. The announcement comes amid a troubled period for … Continue reading Oculus Rift Cuts Price Again Amid Struggling Sales
RED Digital Camera are famous for their incredible cinematic camera technology beloved by the likes of James Cameron (who has bought heaps of the things) and Peter Jackson. Given how expensive their video cameras are, they haven’t really made a name for themselves as purveyors of consumer products. A camera from RED can cost … Continue reading Future or Flop? The RED Hydrogen One AR/VR Smartphone Announced
Introducing the power of smell into media has been something attempted by many in the past, all without much success. From the Sensorama, to Smell-O-Vision cinema to scratch-and-sniff video games, the ability to immerse audiences with more than just sight and sound has remained elusive. VR itself also lacks anything to stimulate this particular sense, … Continue reading VR Gets the Smell-O-Vision Treatment from a Japanese Startup
Bad news for VR crowdfunding as CMOAR LTD’s CEO, Damian Boczek, announced yesterday the cancellation of their Cmoar hybrid virtual reality headset in a lengthy, somewhat somber statement posted to Kickstarter. The post, entitled “Project Overview” is a deconstruction of the project as a whole, deeply apologetic for the end of Cmoar, one that while … Continue reading Cmoar Announces Cancellation of Hybrid VR HMD
The Zenimax lawsuit against Oculus concluded in March with an eye watering $500 million in damages, however the war is clearly not over as Facebook is challenging a proposed court order tabled by Zenimax banning sales of all Oculus products today, claiming it would “serve no one but ZeniMax”. A lot has happened since we … Continue reading The Oculus Vs Zenimax War Continues: Facebook Challenges Proposed Oculus Sales Ban
Who doesn’t love Breaking Bad? People who haven’t watched it, that’s who. The ground-breaking crime drama starring the dad from Malcolm in the Middle was a riveting, fresh ride that the public was happy to go on. It’s been about four years since the dramatic finale of the show, but the hunger for more from … Continue reading Be the One Who Knocks with the Breaking Bad VR Experience
HMD Name: VR One Designer: Zeiss Website: http://vrone.us/ Estimated price $120 (Excl. $10 phone tray) Display type: Phone dependent Resolution: Phone dependent Field of view: 100 degrees Head tracking: Yes Eye Tracking: No Audio: Own headphones Refresh rate: Phone dependent Latency: Phone dependent Optics: Custom Zeiss optics, no IPD needed Inputs: TBA Type: Smartphone HMD … Continue reading Zeiss VR One Virtual Reality Headset
There are quite a few haptic gloves on the market these days and they have a refreshing variety of approaches when it comes to simulating the sense of touch. The Dexmo F2 used a mechanical exoskeleton design that brakes each individual finger in order to simulate the shape of hard objects in virtual reality. The … Continue reading The Hands Omni: Not Just Full of Air
Virtual and augmented reality technology has become pretty good at fooling our brains into believing virtual objects are really right in front of us. Motion tracking technology and direct sensors can make our virtual hands exactly mimic our real ones. Allowing us to push and pull virtual objects. Unfortunately if you did reach out to … Continue reading Getting to Grips with Haptic Technology
This is used to refer to the input devices, clothing and equipment worn by people who engage in virtual reality. This includes: Virtual reality glasses or goggles Data gloves Head mounted displays (HMD) Data suits Workbenches Joysticks This also includes haptic devices which enable the user to feel a sense of touch when they manipulate … Continue reading Virtual Reality Gear
