These people got financing for, among other reasons, they aren’t inventing any technology, rather are closer to a traditional studio creating Virtual Reality content for clients. That’s a lot of capital for a seed round! Penrose Studio raises seed capital for VR content studio
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This virtual reality “experience” (it’s not really a game) does sound like serious fun…instead of the traditional combat-themed shoot ’em up aggression-based environment, this strives to create an out 0f body experience. The article’s author says it feels a lot like being Ironman! You’re floating and sinking and through using your virtual arm and hand positions, interact with different worlds. There is apparently a game component as well…. Virtual and other alternative reality experiencing is going to take off this year. And just like video killed the radio star, it will kill the flat screen video
Two interesting thought bites today around mind controlled virtual reality (!) + the trials and tribulations of contactless pay.
Mind controlled virtual reality + the trials and tribulations of Contactless pay Read More »
A fascinating look at the history of virtual reality
The history of virtual reality Read More »
All three areas that were “hot” this year at CES this year: robots, drones, and virtual reality – are a subset of the larger trend of artificial intelligence. www.indestry.com/blog/2016/1/7/the-forgotten-ancestors-of-virtual-reality
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…and the problem is that sub standard graphics display in a VR headset (the kind you might get with a computer that can’t handle the graphics) can easily make you queasy, dizzy, or sick. Read more at Business Insider.
Fewer than 1% of computers in the world can run virtual reality programs Read More »
Every flight attendant’s dream! Rows of people completely immersed in being somewhere else 🙂 Read more at Tech Crunch
Getting away from it all Read More »
Reminds me of the short science fiction story where the children let the virtual reality room lion eat their parents when they try to take them out of the VR room (The Veldt by Ray Bradbury) …. from Upload VR: “This could be an interesting twist in the upcoming VR wars but Palmer thinks room scale is “fantasy that few games will utilize.” More info @ Upload VR
There’s an Oculus Rift Room in the works Read More »