Sixense Wireless Motion Tracking Development Kit Announced, Effectively the Hydra 2
Today Sixense, creator of the technology found in the Razer Hydra, announced a new wireless tracking development kit that will essentially come to form the Hydra 2. The company, which formerly sold its technology through Razer, will be marketing...
Intense ‘Alone in the Rift’ Reaction Shows the Potential of Virtual Reality Horror Games
Yesterday I demoed the Oculus Rift headset to a friend for the first time. After my usual playlist of demos, I put him into Alone in the Rift, a brief virtual reality horror demo. The ensuing reaction shows the...
Videos from the 1st Silicon Valley Virtual Reality (SVVR) Meetup Now Online
On May 16th 2013, Karl Krantz chaired the first 'Silicon Valley Virtual Reality' meetup (SVVR for short). Developers, enthusiasts and industry luminaries gathered to usher in and discuss the new dawn of Virtual Reality now upon us.
Revolution!
The VR Revolution...
New Interview With Jan ‘Virtuix Omni’ Goetgeluk
A new Interview with Jan 'Virtuix Omni' Goetgeluk has appeared via the technology YouTube channel 'Linus-TechTips' with detailed shots of the Omni in use.
Close-Up with the Omni
The interview with Jan, who's current, hugely successful Kickstarter Campaign current sits close to...
The Cyberith Virtualiser – a New Virtual Reality Locomotion Device
A video has just been released demonstrating a new device offering gaming locomotion, i.e. translating the actions of walking into in-game actions. It's called the Cyberith Virtualiser.
Unique Approaches
Not much is known about the device currently, but from the video...
SiGGRAPH 2013 ‘Emerging Technologies’ Video Offers Glimpses of VRs Future
The 40th Annual Computer Graphics and Technology convention 'SIGGRAPH' kicks off on the 21st of July. A new video showcasing some of the technologies due to be displayed have implications for Virtual Reality.
Demonstrating the Future since 1974
Since 1974, SIGGRAPH...
Virtua View for Oculus Rift — Crowdfunding Campaign Launched
Christer-Andre Fagerslett (aka Namielus), the developer of VirtuaView (previously known as Virtual Cinema) has launched a Crowdfunding campaign via IndieGogo for his extremely promising multiplayer / multimedia Virtual Reality project.
Virtually There
We've kept in close contact with Christer-Andre since we...
Google Glass Teardown Reveals CPU, Storage, and More, Produces Beautiful Photos of Glass Innards
Interested to find out what's inside the hottest consumer wearable device in town? A Google Glass teardown leaves no stone unturned, revealing the CPU, storage, and leaves us with beautiful high resolution photos of a dissected Glass unit.
I'm not...
Oculus VR Receive $16M in Funding from Venture Capitalists
Reported by various news outlets and later confirmed in the latest Oculus Kickstarter update, it seems Oculus have received a substantial financial shot in the arm from two Venture Capitalist firms.
$16M R&D Dollars
In what must come as little surprise...
Don’t look down! Inition explores VR Vertigo.
Virtual Reality promises to pull us into digital worlds and convince our brain we're elsewhere, even if those places are dangerous. We look at Inition's ingenious interactive VR experiment designed expressly to terrify you.
Mind Games
Recently Kevin Williams visited and...