Virtual Reality in Lamens Terms – My first VRLA Conference
Virtual Reality has taken the world by storm, from free headsets from Samsung to displays in Best Buy and even a debut in Calvin Haris ft. Pharrell and Katy Perry “Feels.” It’s almost becoming impossible not be exposed and drawn in to putting on at least one headset to experience this new technology, but before […]
A Real Life Haptic Glove (Ready Player One Technology Today) – Smarter Every Day 190
HaptX is a multidisciplinary team of engineers based in San Luis Obispo, CA and Seattle, WA that builds advanced haptic technology. Their first product, HaptX Gloves, brings touch feedback to VR with unprecedented realism, enabling a new category of industrial training simulations. Founded by Jake Rubin and Dr. Bob Crockett in 2012, HaptX won’t stop […]
Finally! Magic Leap – Sneak Peak Release!
THERE IS SOMETHING special happening in a generic office park in an uninspiring suburb near Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Inside, amid the low gray cubicles, clustered desks, and empty swivel chairs, an impossible 8-inch robot drone from an alien planet hovers chest-high in front of a row of potted plants. It is steampunk-cute, minutely detailed. I […]
CNN launches a virtual reality news unit
The Cable News Network is going virtual. CNN has announced the launch of a new immersive journalism unit called CNNVR that will produce videos and live streams of major news events, along with a weekly virtual reality experience. CNN has been experimenting with virtual reality for years, producing more than 50 news stories in 360-degree video. It […]
Steam brings virtual reality to macOS
Mac platforms have been too underpowered for virtual reality, requiring Apple diehards to bootstrap Windows for a ramshackle VR solution. But today at its annual WWDC conference, Apple a dedicated VR dev kit: A Thunderbolt 3 GPU enclosure powered by AMD Radeon processors and a software seed in the new version of macOS. Combined, they […]
Summer of Rift Heats Up: Esports Action, Free Multiplayer Weekends, and More!
Since announcing the Summer of Rift, we launched The Mage’s Tale, hosted Echo Arena’s first open beta weekend, and went behind the scenes in an exclusive interview with inXile Entertainment and Insomniac Games. Today, we’re giving you a sneak peek at the red-hot action coming down the pike, from esports events to blistering hot game […]
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