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.
VR hygiene will be a major issue once the Coronavirus begins to recede. The global pandemic will eventually run its course, and education and arts organizations, entertainment venues, and other gathering places …
A report today from Bloomberg News provides details on Facebook’s effort to develop a new Oculus Quest VR headset. From our conversations at OC6, we were expecting to see a new Quest …
Read more Facebook is Developing a New Oculus Quest VR Headset
Many things are holding VR back from widespread public acceptance – cost, content, and hardware design are all significant factors. A Kickstarter project from TGO takes aim at one element of the …
Read more We Need These Button-free Controllers for Virtual Reality
Seeing the damage caused by the Coronavirus in virtual reality is an eye-opening experience. Most of the public understands the external symptoms of the virus but seeing the way it impacts the …
Given the recent news, we’re looking at the Coronavirus and Virtual Reality. Several VR and AR conferences are canceled or postponed, and we expect more to follow. SXSW caved in yesterday, and …
An exciting bit of news surfaced today regarding a new VR distribution platform for the Oculus Quest. In a series of tweets, Chris Pruett, Director of Content Ecosystem at Oculus, discussed their …
Read more A New VR Distribution Platform for the Oculus Quest?
This summer, I will be teaching The Art of Immersive Storytelling workshop at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, Colorado. The mission of Anderson Ranch Arts is to enrich lives with art, …
Read more The Art of Immersive Storytelling Workshop at Anderson Ranch Art Center
The recent VR news out of South Korea is remarkable – a mother reuniting with her deceased child in VR. You knew we’d have to deal with the dead in VR – …
Read more The Dead in VR: Mother Reunites with her Deceased Child
Leave it to an artist to pull off a simple Google Maps hack with nothing more than 99 smartphones in a red wagon on the streets of Berlin. It got us thinking …
Read more A Google Maps Hack with 99 Phones – Will VR be Next?
Persuasion Machines is a compelling experience at the Sundance Film Festival which grapples with the issue of data privacy in XR. The project builds upon the Netflix documentary, The Great Hack, pushing …
Read more Sundance Takes on the Question of Data Privacy in XR
It’s been an amazing year in virtual reality. As we look back at the best VR headsets for 2019, we see the Oculus Quest as the breakthrough device. We finally get full …
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. …
Just in time for 2020, the XR Association has released new guidelines for social VR and immersive spaces. The XRA is an industry consortium of the leading manufacturers of headsets and technology. …
Read more The XR Association Releases New Guidelines for Social VR
As expected, there were no major hardware releases at Oculus Connect 6. But we didn’t lack for VR news. The major announcement was that hand tracking will come to the Oculus Quest …
This fall marks the third year of VR at the 76th Venice Film Festival, or what is now known as Venice Virtual Reality. The works are divided into two tracks, one focusing …
Read more 39 Innovative VR Projects at the Venice Film Festival
With virtual reality, artists continue to push the boundaries of art and performance in fascinating ways. Tomorrow (Monday, August 26th), you’ll have the chance to see the incredibly energetic violinist Lindsey Stirling …
Read more Violinist Lindsey Stirling to do Live Performance in VR
The developments on display at the SIGGRAPH 2019 conference marked a fascinating week in VR and AR. It’s easily one of the most important events in the industry, appealing to researchers, artists, …
The SIGGRAPH 2019 conference brought a number of haptic feedback developments to light. One of the most intriguing addressed a missing element in our current solutions – the sensation of weight in …
Read more Haptic feedback: the Surprising Sensation of Weight in VR
If you’re looking for something unique to do in virtual reality Wednesday night, May 8th, hop over to AltSpace VR for a conversation on VR with Brett Leonard. The well-known director of …
Read more A Conversation on VR with Brett Leonard, Director of The Lawnmower Man
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 …
Read more Microsoft Tackles Visual Accessibility Issues in VR
Take a look at Chris Milk’s recent interview with The Wrap on Storytelling in AR and VR. The innovative director and immersive artist is the CEO of the VR tech and entertainment …
If you like virtual reality or 3D experiences, then Europe’s largest VR lab is definitely where you want to be. It would be a storyteller’s or gamer’s paradise, except that the facility …
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 …
Read more VR Challenges: Cost, Social Element and Health Concerns
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 …
As anticipated, the new Oculus Rift S was announced today at GDC 2019. It launches this spring for $399 – or the same as the Oculus Quest. Which also launches this spring, …
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 …
Read more VR and AI Soft Skills Training Raises Fascinating Questions
The Sundance immersive stage in the New Frontier program offered cutting-edge projects with immersive technologies. We’ve been going to Sundance for the last five years and love our all-too-brief visits to Park …