The potential use cases for Virtual Reality seem to have no limits, other than our Creativity. A good entrepreneur identifies a need and/or a problem and proceeds to find the solution. In the case of the Court System, the reality is that you cannot bring the Judge and Jury into a crime scene. At least, not…
This week, HP has introduced the latest in portable computing, the HP Z VR Nvidia Quadro P5200. Touted as “the World’s Most Powerful Wearable VR PC”, it is quite the mouthful and packs a serious punch. Portable computing is not exactly new but there hasn’t been anything like the HP Z VR Backpack before. A…
No snow? NO PROBLEM! Wet Suit? Check. Wheels? Check. Virtual Reality Headset?… Check?! With less than 200 days to go until the opening ceremony for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang South Korea, athletes from Lake Placid to Latvia have a lot of training ahead of them before the global spotlight is flicked on. The perseverance and…
A decade ago, OptiTrack started selling its 3D tracking solutions into multiple industries. VFX companies have been using their tracking tech & solutions for quite some time now, through motion-capture suits, etc. When Oculus & HTC Vive came out, the company realized they could use and commercialize the same tech to VR Companies. “Oculus and Vive have both…
Suit up for the first manned mission to Mars! MARS 2030 is a virtual reality simulation that gives players the opportunity to explore the mysterious red planet like never before. MARS 2030 centers on open world exploration. Taking on the role of an astronaut, players traverse Mars and collect geological samples that uncover the planet’s past. Make discoveries…
We have mentioned this a few times before: Consumers in China have adopted Virtual Reality much faster than the rest of the World, already dabbling in Virtual Commerce. Well, today we find out from the ChinaJoy expo that HTC Vive is launching their Standalone VR Headset in China, prior to their worldwide launch. The headset…
Just a over a year ago, in June of 2016 to be precise, award-winning filmmaker Chris Milk‘s VR Studio was called VRse. On June 16 of 2016, the studio received a $12.56 million Series A round of funding from 21st Century Fox, Andreessen Horowitz, Raine Ventures, WME, Live Nation, Vice Media, Tribeca Enterprises, Annapurna Pictures, Legendary…
Virtual Reality was supposed to “explode” back in 2016. Here we are, at the midway point of 2017, and it is still in its infancy. I would say there are many reasons for it, the lack of Content being one of those reasons, the plethora of platforms and options being another. And yet, despite VR…
The biggest buzz of last week was all about Facebook/Oculus‘ announcement of Pacific, a Standalone VR Headset from Oculus that would be released sometime in 2018, with a price tag of about $200 USD. A VR Headset is considered “Standalone” when it does not require any PC or Smartphone for its content delivery. In principle,…
So you’ve had your targets set on an HTC Vive system for a little while, huh? That Star Trek: Bridge Crew announcement had you losing control of your salivary glands, huh? Well… If you were still looking for an excuse to get an Amazon Prime account, this might just be it. The annual Amazon Prime…
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