The remarkable developments in Virtual Reality from the consumer VR revolution that offer deeply compelling immersive experiences. Learn about its impact on Education, Film, Storytelling, Journalism, Work, and Retail environments and explore the challenging ethical issues that will arise in the convergence with AI which will erase the boundaries between the real and the virtual world in our everyday lives.
Facebook has released a new set of Oculus Quest 2 upgrades that bring needed features to the headset. You’ll now have the ability to share your headset and apps with other users. …
Read more Oculus Quest 2 Upgrades: Multiuser Support and App Sharing Arrives
As many have noted, the arts will be the last to return once the pandemic is over. Until then, artists are working with whatever innovative solutions they can find. Musicians in New …
Read more See an Interactive Virtual Shakespeare Play in March 2021
The Sundance 2021 VR projects in the New Frontiers program will be available this week (January 28 – February 3) in the Festival’s first attempt at a virtual world. Like every other …
Read more Can the Sundance 2021 New Frontier Program Deliver as a Virtual World?
We will be at the ShapingEDU Winter Games this week – it’s a free, virtual event for an international community of changemakers (educator leaders, smart city experts, students, faculty, and technologists). We’ll …
Here are the Top Ten AR/VR Articles in 2020 from Digital Bodies. This has been a year – and with the tragedy of the global pandemic, it’s a year we are ready …
We all know this is not the year to go anyplace where there are crowds, so here are the best New Year’s events in VR. It’s either flat screens or virtual reality, …
The New Frontier Program at the Sundance Film Festival has always positioned itself at the intersection of film, art, and technology. Its experimental projects in VR have been groundbreaking, from Nonny de …
Read more Sundance 2021 Goes Virtual for the New Frontier VR Program
Microsoft’s Flight Simulator in VR arrives this December. At 38 years old, the remarkable simulation is the company’s longest-running software product line. At that age, it even predates Windows by three years. …
Read more Microsoft Flight Simulator in VR: The World gets its Digital Twin
It’s been a brutal election this week, and as of Thursday evening, votes are still being counted. It’s simultaneously tense and draining, with angry tirades on social media and protests in major …
Read more Politics and Social Media – Will Virtual Reality Polarize Us Even More?
The calendar has rolled around, and once again, it is Halloween night in the West Village in New York City. Usually, this evening has one of the most massive parades for the …
Read more Halloween in AR and VR During a Time of Social Distancing
Our Oculus Quest 2’s arrived (yes, we bought more than one), and we’ve been running them through our favorite VR experiences. Is it the best standalone VR headset you can buy? The …
Read more Oculus Quest 2 Review – The Best VR Headset (Almost)
As virtual reality gains popularity, there is an increasing challenge of uncovering good creative work amidst all the VR experiences hosted online. Searching through content on SteamVR can be an exercise in …
Read more The Festival Collection: A Platform for Creative VR Projects
Facebook Connect arrives this week – the rebooted Oculus Connect 7 conference that reflects the social media giant rebranding its work in virtual reality. We’ll be streaming it live here if we …
Read more Facebook Connect Predictions – a New Oculus Quest, Social VR, and AR News
We’re deeply intrigued by haptic developments like Droplabs’ haptic shoes since VR primarily focuses on visual and audio inputs. Human experience is about so much more than what we see and hear …
Read more Droplabs’ Haptic Shoes – Feeling Virtual Reality in your Feet
With every major live event being canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s no surprise that we have a virtual Burning Man festival this year. Last year’s gathering of 80,000 from over …
Read more A Virtual Burning Man Festival Joins the Multiverse This Year
We all knew this change was coming and the rumors were flying at last year’s OC6 gathering in San Jose. Beginning in October, new Oculus users will be required to have a …
Read more Like it or not, Oculus will Force you to use a Facebook Account
The following article, The World Is 3D and Media Should Be Too, is republished from the Immerse site on Medium. Nonny De La Peña is one of the founding leaders in the …
Haptic devices are hardly where we would like them to be, but 2020 is turning out to be a year of exciting developments. The Feelbelt Kickstarter project promises to deliver a wearable …
Read more New Research on Lighter and Thinner VR Haptic Gloves
We were expecting an Oculus Quest 2 in 2020 and only started having doubts when a global pandemic disrupted everything. But the latest rumors/news from the Nikkei Asian Review points to a …
WalkinVR is Steam-compatible software that helps remove barriers for people with disabilities. The software has been around since 2017 but is officially released on Steam today. It’s welcome news for all of …
Read more WalkinVR: Making VR More Accessible for People with Disabilities
It wasn’t hard to see this coming. At last year’s Oculus Connect conference, the San Jose Convention Center was rife with rumors that the Oculus Go headset would be canceled. Nearly every …
Read more Oculus Go Headset Discontinued – The End of 3DOF VR?
We’ve never been a huge fan of VR treadmills. For one, living in small apartments in New York City precludes their use. Much as I want locomotion in VR, I still want …
Read more New VR Treadmill Blows Past its Kickstarter Funding Goal
As we continue our uneven recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic (good in some countries, record outbreaks in others), you may want to check out Jean-Michel Jarre’s live concert in VR. The French …
Read more Experience Jean-Michel Jarre’s Live Concert in VR Sunday
It’s been a dramatic few weeks and to acknowledge the protest movements, the social VR platform Bigscreen is offering a special live VR movie screening of Selma. Covering the historic march from …
The latest way to tap into your creativity might be Paper Beast VR, which is coming to Steam VR this summer. You may have already used one of the 3D modeling and sculpting …
Read more Indulge Your Creative Side with Paper Beast VR on Steam
Expanding the range of sensations is essential to the development of virtual reality. A new haptic feedback belt from the German company Feelbelt is an innovative solution to the technical challenges. Unlike …
Read more Haptic Feedback Belt Offers Innovative Solution for Immersive Experiences
Getting Zoom fatigued? You’re not alone. We are – maybe because we’re living on it almost all day, every day. So with the news today that the Spatial VR collaboration platform is …