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Get it Right: Oculus isn’t “Blocking Porn”
The Oculus Rift has seen a lot of hype surrounding the development of adult content for VR. Photo: Oculus VR is seen to have a huge potential when it comes…
Nvidia launches intelligent VR graphics software tools for developers
Photo: Nvidia There is nothing worse than seeing and experiencing lag and stutter in graphics in virtual reality. Because of the hypersensitivity of our eyes to motion, we can detect…
Oculus VR ventures into AR with new acquisition
Oculus VR is ready to jump into the field of augmented reality with its latest company acquisition – Surreal Vision. An augmented reality tech startup based in the United Kingdom,…
Foveated Rendering a.k.a. Variable Acuity Resolution (VAR)
A few months ago I started the patent research process on an invention I had imagined about a decade ago. With the advent of VR I imagined that this idea…
VR app project brings back dead people in virtual reality
Project Elysium's concept photo. Credit: Paranormal Games What if it only takes an app to transport you in a virtual world – a world where your deceased loved ones are…
List of All Virtual Reality Headsets Under Development
(This post is updated to include all VR headsets under development as of August 2017.) After the historic crowdfunding success of the Oculus Rift back in 2012, virtual reality took…
YouTube Now Supports 360-Degree Videos, Seen to Benefit VR
Google announced 360-degree video support for YouTube, with the feature support for Cardboard to follow very soon. Photo: Google Reports of YouTube supporting 360-degree video has been confirmed, and the…
Microsoft Will Bring Xbox Games to HoloLens
Microsoft's Phil Spencer on stage at the GDC 2015. Photo: Microsoft At the recently held Game Developers Conference, Microsoft had an opportunity to talk about its plans in bringing even…
Google is working on a VR-optimized Android OS, says WSJ
The well-known tech company at Mountain View, California is known to be working on top-classified projects, including a self-driven car and advanced robotics technologies. But among these projects is an…
Tech company takes spotlight at GDC 2015 with mind-controlled VR technology
The NeuroGoggles featuring the MindLeap VR technology. Photo: MindMaze VR and AR headsets today are some of the coolest things to become a reality (pun intended) in the past few…