Virtual Reality Content Startup Jaunt Lands on PlayStation VR
From Engadget’s Roberto Baldwin: The PlayStation VR just got some additional content via the recently announced app launch by Jaunt. The platform will have instant access to 150 cinematic titles from the startup. The app includes videos like the award-winning animation Invasion, CBS’ JPL Mars 2020, Shaq Goes to Cuba, Zombie Purge and the Pure […]
Virtual Reality’s Year of Success in China
From Forbes’ Lisa Hanson: 2016 became “year one” of virtual reality in China, due to the fact that the sector finally truly started to grow. My company Niko Partners estimates China’s VR hardware 2016 market size will hit $300 million by the end of this month with mobile VR being the unequivocal leader in terms […]
Apollo 11’ Latest News & Update: Immersive VR Education’s Flagship App To Land On PlayStation VR, Along With Radial Games’ ‘Fantastic Contraption’
Sony’s virtual reality headset will be receiving more apps already available for the HTC Vive. It’s good news still that the PlayStation VR is catching up, and its recent additions, “Apollo 11” and “Fantastic Contraption,” should make the PSVR all the more exciting. Immersive VR Education and Radial Games, the companies behind “Apollo 11” and […]
Virtual Reality is Actually Here
From Computer World’s Bart Perkins: If you think virtual reality exists today primarily in the gaming industry, you are seriously behind the times! VR springing up all over, and in some rather surprising places. VR videos are already available on YouTube, Android PlayStore and the Apple Store. Equipment prices and quality vary dramatically, from Google’s […]
What’s After VR is Straight Out of ‘The Matrix’
From Digital Trends’ Nick Mokey: In 1999, The Matrix introduced your neighbor, your dad, and pretty much every hacky-sacking college kid in the country to the idea that the real world around us … might not be so real. In the film, our trenchcoated protagonist Neo discovers that the world as he knows it is […]
Five Ways Virtual Reality Will Impact SEO in 2017
From The Drum’s Ben Acheson: 2016 was dominated by Mobile First and the Internet of Things. And there can be little doubt that 2017 will be the year of Virtual Reality. But VR is not just an app – it has the potential to transform the way we interact and communicate. VR equipment is selling […]
How Virtual Reality Will Expand Our Social And Metaphysical Limits
From Forbes’ Martina Welkhoff: My friend Gabe and I had just lost a game of dodgeball. As the winning team gloated on a pedestal above us, Gabe turned to me with open arms and offered a consolatory hug. I felt comforted by the friendly embrace. None of this would be remarkable unless you consider that […]
Can Virtual Reality Move Beyond Immersive Experiences to Tell Stories?
From The Guardian’s Jack de Quidt: The very first thing I saw in virtual reality was Wevr’s theBlu demo, back in the early days of the HTC Vive headset. It’s the thing a lot of people mention when they’re asked about the most compelling VR experiences, and with good reason: the demo transports you to […]
Virtual Reality in the Nordic Nations
Expected to be worth more than $80 billion by 2025, the virtual reality (VR) marketplace is exploding in nordic nations, especially in countries such as Sweden which have already become powerhouses in the gaming industry. Better, more efficient collaboration between remote game developers is one of the key reasons virtual reality is taking off in […]
2016’s Five Best Virtual Reality Headsets
Virtual reality isn’t some weird concept coming in the distant future. It’s here. It’s been a major year in VR, with many consumer options now on the market from big hardware players in time for Christmas 2016’s shopping rush. We saw the breakout of Facebook, Google, Sony, and others with their first headsets aimed at […]