Control VR, the glove-based controller system that got half-way to its $250,000 Kickstarter goal after just one day, has now passed that goal with 23 days left to go. The Los Angles-based company is promising…
Control VR hits $250,000 Kickstarter goal, keeps going Read More »
As of today, the only Kitely users who can create new metered regions are those with premium accounts. As part of this change, the metered regions will also be renamed to “Premium” regions. In…
No more metered regions for free Kitely users Read More »
Do you think your design for a virtual Mars base is good enough to live in? Then you’ve got three days left to submit it to NASA. That’s right, the 3D content sharing site…
Three days left in NASA’s Mars Base design challenge Read More »
The Federal Aviation Administration is using virtual reality in helping design and test aviation systems, according to a report yesterday in the Press of Atlantic City. Read the full article here. Read more about…
Report: FAA uses virtual reality to improve aviation safety Read More »
Jimmy Fallon and guest Channing Tatum tried on Sony’s Project Morpheus virtual reality headset Friday night, and you can watch the video here, starting at the 1:45 mark:
Jimmy Fallon, Channing Tatum try Project Morpheus headset Read More »
I love watching YouTube demos of new Oculus Rift titles, and am a fan of PewDiePie and folks like him. Last night, however, I watched an Oculus Rift review video that wasn’t the typical player-scared-by-creepy-shadow…
Virtual reality puts gamers in an opera Read More »
Madison, Wisconsin-based Arch Virtual, a company that builds 3D environments for visualization, simulation and marketing, is looking to hire Oculus Rift and Unity developers, and as well as 3D modelers. Read the full announcement…
Arch Virtual looks to hire Oculus developers Read More »
Quality reasons have caused Ohio-based YEI Corporation to delay shipping on its Kickstarter-funded PrioVR virtual reality full body controller system. “You deserve a quality product and we don’t believe the product we can ship next month will…
PrioVR misses June shipping date Read More »
With 14 days left to go in its Kickstarter, the Beijing-based ANTVR Technology Co., Ltd., is now looking at stretch goals for the next two weeks. The Kickstarter for an open source version of the…
ANTVR gets funded, sets goal for better lenses Read More »
Today, the leading contender for the default virtual reality input device are hand-held controllers such as the Razer Hydra from Sixense, or camera-based systems which are limited by the camera’s line of sight. Now,…
Control VR gloves halfway to $250,000 Kickstarter goal after one day Read More »
Scientists at Delft University in the Netherlands have improved the accuracy of a quantum entanglement-based communication channel from one in 100 million in a previous experiment in Maryland to 100 percent today. The information…
Quantum teleportation brings reliable, super-fast networks a step closer Read More »
Loading Human, a first-person adventure from Untold Games that ended a successful Kickstarter this past Tuesday, will have a natural, “invisible interface” approach to interactivity. Hand-held controllers allow the player to interact with any…
Loading Human to have natural gesture interface Read More »
The Virtuix Omni, an omni-directional treadmill commonly seen in conjunction with the Oculus Rift, has delayed shipping to end of this summer or later. According to an update sent out a week ago to…
Virtuix Omni delivery pushed to later this year Read More »
OpenSim news site Grid-Press has reached its first fundraising goal on Patreon, a crowdfunding site that allows supporters to schedule regular payments to artists and other creators. Pledges start at as little as $1…
Grid-Press news site hits first fundraising goal Read More »
Oculus Rift creator Palmer Luckey said that creating a metaverse is the right thing to do, morally. “I think there’s a lot of reasons that you can argue that it is a moral imperative…
Oculus founder: The metaverse is a ‘moral imperative’ Read More »
