Happy New Year from Digital Bodies
As we enter 2020, we wish you a Happy New Year if you celebrate the holiday. We’ve just completed a remarkable decade, so it’s worth a brief review as we plunge into the future. And we’ll …
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Our Top Ten AR/VR Articles for 2019
Here are our top ten AR/VR articles from 2019. The articles cover a wide range of topics, from augmented and virtual reality to innovative developments and the growing ethical challenges we face. They reflect our own …
AR/VR Predictions from 2010 – Predicting the Future isn’t Easy
There’s a fascinating article in PC Gamer that covers AR/VR predictions from 2010. As Tyler Wilde notes, it’s easy to make bold predictions about technology ten years out. Few ever bother to check and see if …
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The ShapingEDU Humersive Learning Project
We are excited to announce the ShapingEDU Humersive Learning Project as part of our roles as Innovators in Residence at ASU’s ShapingEDU community. As part of our charge, we will lead an actionable exploration of the intersection of …
Varjo’s Amazing Photorealistic Mixed Reality Demo
If you happen to be near Copenhagen later this month, drop by the Unite Copenhagen conference to see Varjo’s incredible mixed reality demo of a Volvo. Working with the auto manufacturer and Unity, Varjo has created …
VR in Classical Music – Michel van der Aa’s Breakthrough Project
As Joshua Barone notes in The New York Times, VR in classical music hasn’t resulted in the most exciting immersive projects. Like other disciplines, both opera and classical music wrestle with how to integrate this new …
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Oculus Quest: A New Era for VR
The Oculus Quest is here, promising to be the next generation of VR. We finally get a mass-market headset that’s relatively low-cost, has 6DOF functionality and doesn’t need to be tethered to an expensive computer. Despite …
Microsoft Tackles Visual Accessibility Issues in VR
A report in Engadget reveals that Microsoft has been working on visual accessibility issues in VR. SeeingVR is an innovative tool kit for Unity developers to help people with low vision. It includes a bifocal lens …
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A Perfect Match – Google Tilt Brush on Oculus Quest
Google Tilt Brush on Oculus Quest is a perfect match for virtual reality. A free-form VR painting and design tool on a standalone HMD with six degrees of freedom. Last year, Facebook hyped the concept of …
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Feelreal – Smell in VR Arrives on Kickstarter
We’ve written a lot on the need for better haptic feedback in VR. The Feelreal mask prototype has been around for a while but it is finally making its debut on Kickstarter on April 9th. As …
VR Challenges: Cost, Social Element and Health Concerns
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 …
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It’s Finally Here – The New Valve VR Headset
It’s been a long wait with endless rumors, but the new Valve VR headset is finally coming. 2019 is turning out to be the year of new HMDs, and we’re not close to halfway through. HP’s …
The Ethics of a Brain-Computer Interface in VR
There was no better way to wrap up the GDC 2019 conference than Valve Software’s Mike Ambinder talking about a brain-computer interface in VR. No need to worry about any immediate developments in BCI (as it’s …
Google Closes VR Studio “Spotlight Stories”
In a blow to VR filmmaking, Google is closing their VR studio, “Spotlight Stories.” The popular immersive film studio shuttered with an announcement in Variety: Google Spotlight Stories is closing its doors after over six years …
VR and AI Soft Skills Training Raises Fascinating Questions
You may have seen Talespin’s announcement earlier this week for VR and AI soft skills training. It’s just the proverbial tip of the iceberg of what’s to come as artificial intelligence begins to integrate into virtual …
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Happy New Year from Digital Bodies!
Happy New Year from Digital Bodies! Stay curious and imagine the possibilities! May it be a peaceful 2019! There will be many significant developments VR and AR in 2019. Expect to see standalone headsets, 5G, new …
Our top ten VR and AR articles for 2018
As we reach the end of the year, it’s time to look back on our top ten VR and AR articles for 2018. We’ve wrapped up an incredible year of writing, travel, podcasts, and speaking engagements. …
Holiday VR Sales includes both games and headsets
It’s that time of the year again and there are great holiday VR sales for games, experiences, and headsets this week. Here is a quick overview of the best sales for the week. That there are …
SIGGRAPH 2019 – A Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality Showcase
It may be the dead of winter but it’s not too early to think about next summer’s SIGGRAPH 2019 – Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality showcase. Of course, SIGGRAPH is much more than a venue for …
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New VR event for British Cycling changes the game for eSports
Virtual Reality is already transforming healthcare, education, and corporate training. But there are other areas such as eSports where immersive technologies could profoundly impact human behavior. A new British Cycling VR event will lead to a national …
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Dreamscape Immersive VR arcade opens in Los Angeles
The Dreamscape Immersive VR arcade project showed up in Hollywood last year flush with cash ($30 million) and a vision of what virtual reality could be. Big-name backers included AMC Entertainment, and 21st Century Fox, and …
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Discovering Ancient Rome through Virtual Reality
Ready to discover Ancient Rome through virtual reality? Take a look at the new version of Rome Reborn. It’s an international project dating back to the mid-1990s. But VR has finally caught up to the vision …
2018 Thanksgiving Day Parade in VR and AR
It’s that time of the year again in the States, and you can watch the Thanksgiving Day Parade in VR and AR. As with last year’s parade, there will be 360° cameras along the route. If …
Google patents a pair of motorized VR shoes
There’s enough challenges in using VR but a primary one can be lack of space. And it’s a problem that Google looks to solve in patenting a pair of VR shoes. Even if you have a …
The amazing SPHERES VR experience is now on Oculus Rift
The SPHERES VR experience made news in the spring when it scored the million-dollar-plus deal at the Sundance Film Festival. That distribution agreement had us all guessing when and where it would show up. We got the …
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Jaunt VR makes a major shift to an AR future
Not shocked but surprised. That was our reaction to the news that Jaunt VR is giving up on virtual reality to focus on AR. In a post on Medium, they announced a major refocusing of the …
The future of VR is not (moving) chairs in movie theaters
Movie tie-ins are a quick win for generating content in virtual reality, but you won’t find the future of VR in movie-like experiences. What sparked this thought was the news that Universal Pictures is releasing a promotional …
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Will Oculus Quest lead to new learning spaces?
The new Oculus Quest VR headset has many features we’ve been waiting for but the most striking is the free-roaming VR experience. At the Oculus Connect 5 (OC5) conference, it was referred to as “arena-scale VR” – …
Feel VR experiences with the Ryg haptic vest
Virtual reality has been all about sight, but the Ryg haptic vest gives you new ways to feel VR experiences. To our mind, haptic vests have been what we’d charitably call a work in progress. They’ve gotten sleeker, do …
Watch the Oculus Connect 5 livestream here – the latest VR news
It’s time for the Oculus Connect 5 (OC5) conference in San Jose and we expect to see some major announcements on Virtual Reality from Facebook. Join us as we watch the latest VR news and we’ll …
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