The big guns are coming for virtual reality, and they know what they are doing. A hands-on demo with Sony’s Project Morpheus proved it really is a comfortable, stylish and mighty… Read more »
While Oculus is still “baby stepping” out its app store for the Samsung Gear VR, Oculus CTO John Carmack said the company plans to do a broad release of the virtual reality… Read more »
Virtual reality could be the next big platform, and it is drawing some big names to match. Oculus confirmed today it has hired Mary Lou Jepsen, the former head of the… Read more »
Photography startup Lytro has confirmed it raised $50 million in funding, but also plans to cut between 25 and 50 employees. “We are going to have to make some cuts in some areas so we… Read more »
Oculus launched a developer contest today that will distribute $1 million in prizes for games and apps built for Gear VR — the mobile virtual reality headset it helped Samsung build. The… Read more »
Creating video content for virtual reality is a bit awkward. When a camera shoots in 360 degrees, that means the director, and anyone else who shouldn’t be in the shot, has… Read more »
There is an alien in the space station. The motion tracker scans my surroundings, but nothing moves. I creep into the next room and duck behind a stack of cargo. The… Read more »
Some of the first animators in virtual reality gathered over the weekend in San Francisco. Their films ranged from beautiful to awesome to inane, but they were all up against the same… Read more »
What’s a better way to experience CES than strapping on a virtual reality headset and pretending you’re not actually at CES? VR goggles had their first big year at the electronics show,… Read more »
I was at the gym the other day thinking about how fun virtual reality would be on a treadmill. My gym’s treadmills have screens, and you can pull up videos of… Read more »