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VR Challenges: Cost, Social Element and Health Concerns

April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 by Emory Craig

A recent YouGov survey shows that VR challenges to adoption remain – with cost leading the way. Basic familiarity with the technology has grown slowly with a third of adults saying they know something about VR …

Google’s Virtual Reality Tours – empowering students as creators

February 17, 2020May 11, 2018 by Emory Craig

Virtual Reality Tours with Googles Tour Creator

Google’s new VR tool, Tour Creator, will empower students as creators of Virtual Reality tours. It will let students create their own immersive experiences by shooting with a 360° camera and leveraging Google Street View. Lack …

An amazing VR flight experience in a body controlled jet suit

October 18, 2018January 2, 2018 by Emory Craig

Some things just scream for a virtual experience – or at least a 360° video. And a VR flight in a body-controlled jet engine power suit is one of them. You’ve probably seen one of the …

Do we need a Cardboard AR headset for our Smartphones?

February 14, 2020June 14, 2017 by Emory Craig

Do we need another version of Google Cardboard? This time a Cardboard AR headset for our phones? Adario Strange in Mashable thinks it will do more harm than good and we were initially inclined to agree. But not …

Google Cardboard: Over Ten Million Cardboard VR Headsets Shipped

April 25, 2017March 2, 2017 by Emory Craig

Looking at Google Cardboard VR, it’s hard to imagine that a piece of cardboard would help kick off the VR revolution but it did. Following the recent sales data for VR headsets, Google announced that it has shipped …

The Best VR – Our VR and AR Oscars for 2016

April 6, 2020January 26, 2017 by Maya Georgieva

It’s time to select the best VR of 2016 – the Digital Bodies’ VR Oscars. Our awards honor the best Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality developments. We’re covering everything from immersive experiences, documentary work, …

Top Tech Toys for the Holidays – VR, AR and AI

February 17, 2020December 21, 2016 by Maya Georgieva

Here’s DigitalBodies’ three picks for the top tech toys this year. We love to play with tech and our criteria for this year’s selection was affordability, experience and mobility. Here’s our list which includes VR, AR, …

Virtual Reality and Children – My Nine Year Old Niece Dayna and VR

February 2, 2020December 18, 2016 by Maya Georgieva

Virtual Reality and Children - my nice year old niece with a VR Viewmaster

At conferences and our workshops we have been often asked questions about Virtual Reality and children in elementary schools. While the headsets like Oculus and HTC Vive are designed for 13 and up simply based on …

Google Daydream View VR Headset Arrives November 10th

February 17, 2020November 3, 2016 by Maya Georgieva

The Google Daydream View VR headset, announced on October 4th, will be in stores on November 10th. The headset will be available in the online Google Store and via retailers in 5 countries including United States, …

VR and AR Comes to Google’s New Art and Culture App

May 6, 2020July 23, 2016 by Emory Craig

Google’s New Art and Culture App Google’s new Art and Culture app takes us a step closer to virtual and augmented reality experiences with art and cultural institutions. Those of us who live in major cities …

A Google Standalone VR Headset?

February 6, 2020July 19, 2016 by Emory Craig

We have to confess we were a bit disappointed in the Google I/O conference when they did not announce a standalone VR headset. While the new Daydream platform holds tremendous potential by establishing standards for mobile VR, …

Project Goa: Mobile VR on any Smartphone

February 6, 2020May 27, 2016 by Emory Craig

Simple solutions intrigue me – especially when it comes to mobile VR. And Project Goa falls into this category. It offers real virtual reality through your smartphone.

Google VR – Day 2: DayDream Gets Real

February 17, 2020May 20, 2016 by Emory Craig

Google VR took center stage in Day 2 of the I/O conference. The Daydream platform is a full ecosystem designed for both developers and users. We’ll look at the new direction the platform will take virtual …

Google VR at I/0 – Meet The Daydream Platform

February 17, 2020May 19, 2016 by Maya Georgieva

Here’s the Google VR news from the wide-ranging keynote at the I/O conference. The speculation that we’d see a new VR headset didn’t come to pass. But we got designs and standards for a new one and …

Watch Google VR Sessions and I/O Conference Keynote Here

February 6, 2020May 18, 2016 by Emory Craig

Google VR will be a major focus of the I/O conference this year and we will livestream the sessions. The conference runs May 18 – 20th and CEO Sundar Pichai keynote kicks off the event on Wednesday …