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Magic Leap Releases Augmented Reality Demo

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LONDON — Augmented reality startup Magic Leap has shown off the latest demo of its technology, displaying high-resolution objects projected onto the world around us, including a retro-looking robot and a moving representation of the solar system. We don’t know what the technology looks like. We don’t know what it is really capable of doing. We… Continue reading “Magic Leap Releases Augmented Reality Demo”

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Visit Drew Barrymore’s Cover Shoot Via Virtual Reality

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November cover star Drew Barrymore and the branded virtual reality viewers the magazine will be giving away for free. Photo: InStyle Usually when magazines promise readers behind-the-scenes access to their celebrity cover shoots, they mean quick, atmospheric video featuring wind fans and upbeat indie music. But InStyle is taking it a step further — way further… Continue reading “Visit Drew Barrymore’s Cover Shoot Via Virtual Reality”

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Moviegoers To Get Goosebumps With Virtual Reality

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Special Event Puts You Inside the Movie With D-BOX Motion Systems CULVER CITY, Calif., Sept. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — In celebration of the worldwide release of Goosebumps, in theaters October 16, 2015, moviegoers can put themselves inside an action-packed scene from the movie in a virtual reality adventure with immersive motion by D-BOX with the Goosebumps… Continue reading “Moviegoers To Get Goosebumps With Virtual Reality”

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SoftKinetic Helps Turn Virtual Reality Into A Social Experience

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Company First to Allow Multiple Players to Interact Directly in Virtual Environment SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Augmented World Expo — SoftKinetic®, the world’s leading provider of 3D vision and gesture recognition solutions, today announced it is expanding the virtual reality (VR) experience into a social, multi-player environment, using its unique 3D vision… Continue reading “SoftKinetic Helps Turn Virtual Reality Into A Social Experience”

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Facebook’s Oculus VR Buys Startup Surreal Vision

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[box type=”info”]The Architechnologist first introduced Surreal Vision back in September 2014 in an article called “Oculus Rift, The Carpet Always Matches The Drapes” while the company was still a project from the Imperial College London.
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Facebook’s Oculus VR unit has acquired Surreal Vision, a company best known for creating a program which virtually projected Facebook’s website onto a wall inside an Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. No sale price was disclosed but the company had four employees, according to LinkedIn. It’s an interesting purchase by Oculus, which itself was acquired by… Continue reading “Facebook’s Oculus VR Buys Startup Surreal Vision”