Digital Bodies Consulting - AR, VR, AI News, Analysis

Apple AR Glasses get huge boost with Akonia acquisition

February 8, 2020September 3, 2018 by Emory Craig

Apple AR Glasses closer to reality with Akonia acquisition

It’s an open secret that Apple AR Glasses are on their way – 2019 may be too early, but fall 2020 seems like a likely date. …

Mixed Reality

The Magic Leap Whale finally shows up

February 8, 2020September 1, 2018 by Emory Craig

If there was a single Mixed Reality demo that intrigued us, it was the Magic Leap whale. Remember? It was one of Magic Leap’s tantalizing hints of …

Mixed Reality

The Oculus Rift creator’s Magic Leap teardown

February 8, 2020August 28, 2018 by Emory Craig

If you’re looking for a strikingly critical review of the Magic Leap One, look no further than Palmer Luckey’s blog. He does a brutal teardown of …

Art, VR Experience

Virtual Reality artist live performance at the Louvre Museum in Paris

September 10, 2020August 27, 2018 by Emory Craig

Working under the title, Anna’s Dream Brush, the Virtual Reality artist Anna Zhilyaeva has done fascinating work with Google Tilt Brush. This weekend, a live performance at the Louvre …

VR News

What to expect with the Oculus Santa Cruz VR headset

February 7, 2020August 22, 2018 by Emory Craig

Oculus Santa Cruz VR Headset Prototype should arrive by Spring 2019

Like many of you, we’ve been waiting for the Oculus Santa Cruz VR headset and it seems we’ll be waiting a little while longer. Originally thought …

Virtual Reality

Support Our SXSW Proposals on Storytelling, VR and Ethics

February 7, 2020August 20, 2018 by Emory Craig

Here are the SXSW proposals submitted by the Digital Bodies team – one for SXSW and two for SXSWedu in 2019. Please take a minute to …

Virtual Reality

PlayStation VR headset success shows whats holding VR back

August 18, 2018 by Emory Craig

The PlayStation VR headset hit a milestone this week with 3 million units sold. Contrast that with the estimated sales for the HTC Vive and Oculus …

VR News

StarVR: an innovative nextgen VR headset with eye-tracking

February 6, 2020August 15, 2018 by Emory Craig

We were already feeling bad about missing SIGGRAPH 2018 this week due to scheduling issues and the latest Virtual Reality news just added to it – …

Mixed Reality, Virtual Reality

Designing Mixed Reality Experiences

February 8, 2020August 13, 2018 by Maya Georgieva

If mixed reality is to transform education, Magic Leap One is only part of the opening act. It will be exciting to finally test the new …

Mixed Reality

An initial reaction to Magic Leap One from Outer Realm

February 8, 2020August 13, 2018 by Emory Craig

Here’s an early reaction to Magic Leap One from David Gull, CEO of Outer Realm. The Marina del Ray based company uses VR, AR, and 360° …

VR News

AltSpaceVR’s Social VR update – new custom built worlds

February 6, 2020August 11, 2018 by Emory Craig

There hasn’t been much news out of AltSpaceVR since Microsoft swooped in and saved it at the last second – literally on the final night of …

Mixed Reality

Magic Leap One arrives today – 8/8/2018

February 8, 2020August 8, 2018 by Emory Craig

The curious moves by Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz were the hints – Magic Leap One arrived on August 8, 2018. The long wait is finally over (can’t …

VR News

We’re eagerly awaiting the new Insta360 camera

February 6, 2020August 7, 2018 by Emory Craig

We’ve been avid fans of the Insta360 camera line, using several models from the Chinese firm over the past few years. We started with the Insta360 …

Virtual Reality

The perfect VR controller and headset?

February 7, 2020August 5, 2018 by Emory Craig

For the past year, the design firm Nonobject has been working on prototypes for the perfect VR controller and headset. They’ve already made a name for …

Art, Augmented Reality

The Stunning AR Art Exhibition – “Mirages and Miracles”

May 6, 2020August 3, 2018 by Emory Craig

We were reminded today of the stunning work in the AR art exhibition, Mirages and Miracles through a tweet from WITHIN. The work by the digital …

Mixed Reality

At long last, we get details on the Magic Leap One field of view

July 31, 2018 by Emory Craig

An alert developer stumbled across the specs for the Magic Leap One field of view, which the Mixed Reality startup has kept under wraps. The FoV …

Mixed Reality

Peek inside the Magic Leap headset interface

July 30, 2018July 28, 2018 by Maya Georgieva

Well, July has definitely been a Mixed Reality month with the Magic Leap headset announcements. It’s more than we’ve seen over the last three years combined. And thanks …

VR News

YouTube VR app drops into the Samsung Gear VR headset

February 6, 2020July 26, 2018 by Emory Craig

Another VR app in the popular Samsung Gear VR headset is not exactly earth-shattering news, but when it’s the YouTube VR app, you take notice. There …

Art, VR Experience

David Bowie in VR – The exhibition lives on

May 6, 2020July 24, 2018 by Emory Craig

The incredible David Bowie Is exhibit may have wrapped up but we’ll soon get to see David Bowie in VR – or at least major parts of …

VR News

The Looking Glass – VR without a headset

February 17, 2020July 24, 2018 by Emory Craig

VR without a headset - the Looking Glass Holographic Display

Doing VR without a headset is a longterm goal in the immersive tech industry. We’re not there yet but the new Looking Glass holographic display is a …