A major announcement for HTC was predicted, although it didn’t turn out quite as expected, at Alphabet Inc, owners of Google, acquired some 2000 HTC employees from the “Powered by HTC” team in exchange for a cash injection of $1.1 billion. It was both a surprise and surprisingly conservative, given that rumours were rampant that … Continue reading HTC Sells Pixel Smartphone team to Google for $1.1 Billion
Not many people want to see the dentist. It’s an environment that’s associated with sterility, invasive treatment and pain. While dentistry has come a long way, especially in recent years, there is still a lot of people who are scared of the dentist. A quarter of people are scared to see the dentist, some to … Continue reading How Virtual Reality Can Reduce Dental Pain
Not content with producing a literal platform that people actually stand on, Virtuix has announced their own software platform. Virtuix’s Omniverse The name of this new platform is Omniverse which will make it easier for new owners of a shiny omnidirectional treadmill to find software that actually works with it. Of course, Virtuix is … Continue reading Virtuix Launches Its Own Content Platform for the Omni Treadmill
In exciting news for Mech combat fans, Zone of the Enders 2, Hideo Kojima’s 2003 game about insurgency on a future Martian colony, is coming to the Playstation 4 and PC, with complete support for virtual reality via Playstation VR for its particularly balletic form of combat. Sony announced the news today at their section … Continue reading Zone of the Enders 2 Getting PSVR Support, Releases 2018
So Nintendo have said that they’ll probably give VR a skip. Why? They don’t think it’s really fun. Oh Nintendo. You’ve been consistently surprising during this current generation of console gaming. Not in the way we’ve all come to know the company, but in a surprisingly unsurprising way. Confused? You see, Nintendo has never been … Continue reading Nintendo isn’t Keen to Get Into VR
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
Can you believe that it’s been 10 years since since the first Apple iPhone launched? It still seems that the big fruit company crashed into the phone industry recently, but we’ve come a long way from that first smartphone which has been copied endlessly since. It’s easy to forget that, when the first iPhone launched, … Continue reading Finally Here’s the iPhone X: Apple’s AR Flagship
There’s something fascinating about watching surgery videos. You can find academic and educational videos of just about every surgical procedure imaginable. Yes, if you have a weak stomach these videos can also be incredibly disturbing, but for those who are fascinated by biology and medical science easy access to videos such as these are an … Continue reading Brain Surgery Recorded in VR a World First
Let’s be honest, although there’s plenty of exciting stuff that in VR and AR we’re all waiting for, it’s been a while since anyone has announced something that actually feels like it’s changing the game. The boredom was roundly shattered by none other than Microsoft with its announcement of Windows Mixed Reality. No Hololens For … Continue reading The Windows Mixed Reality Launch is the Biggest VR News of 2017
The single biggest study conducted into dementia research has launched a version of their mobile app, Sea Hero Quest, onto Gear VR, a move which they claim will provide even more worthwhile data into navigation and help research into dementia studies.
