GoPro Steps Into Virtual Reality With Kolor Acquisition
GoPro Acquires Kolor and Going Virtual GoPro, the king of action and 360 VR camera rig is now officially stepping into the virtual reality industry. GoPro has acquired virtual video expert Kolor. However, the investment amount has not yet been disclosed. The French startup company Kolor specializes in video footage stitching and 360 spherical video production. GoPro Videos Turning Virtual & Fully Immersive GoPro is...
Ferrari Augmented App Lets You Customize Your Ferrari
Ferrari Augmented App Lets You Customize Your Ferrari Ferrari is currently showing their new augmented reality app at showrooms in Australia and Japan. The app was designed by ZSpace with Metaio’s 3D tracking technology, which enables potential buyers to customize their favorite Ferrari in-store. The app will be showcased in the U.S. in May at San Francisco’s InsideAR. Ferrari is not the first auto maker to adopt virtual...
Virtual Reality Company ( VRC ) Founded By Hollywood Veterans W/ Steven Spielberg On Board
Virtual Reality Company ( VRC ) – Production Studio Founded By Hollywood Veterans The Virtual Reality Company ( VRC ) is a Hollywood based content studio that aims to create premium virtual reality experiences for film and entertainment, by combining the best in technology, art, and digital storytelling. Founded by four Hollywood veterans and content producers including Guy Primus, Joel Newton, Christopher Edwards, and...
Virtual Reality Will Change How Doctors Perform Surgery!
Virtual Reality Potential Surgical Application The potential application of virtual reality goes far beyond gaming and entertainment! We’d imagine it won’t take long for the mass majority of people, who is, for now, somewhat reluctant to pay more and closer attention to virtual and augmented reality, simply because they’ve assumed, that the VR technology could only be applied on immersive gaming and to produce virtual...
Virtual Reality Learning School: Unimersiv
Virtual Reality as a Powerful Learning Tool Virtual reality is capable of doing and performing a lot of things, it could relieve chronic pain, give you an unique virtual identity as your alter-ego, allows you to play with distinct animals with your virtual hands, and even take you to the hottest sold-out concert of your favorite artist. All of which would happen in a fully immersive virtual space. But let’s not go beyond that;...
NextVR: Virtual 360 Degree Video Live Broadcasting
NextVR: Virtual 360 Degree Video Event Live Streaming NextVR, founded by DJ Roller and David Cole in 2009, is a Laguna Beach, California based startup that specializes in capturing, producing, live streaming and broadcasting high definition virtual reality content. VR Camera Comparison Guide & Report In 2014, NextVR debuted its state-of-the-art stereoscopic digital camera system at IBC2014. The digital camera...
Virtual Reality Marriage Proposal Gone Perfect
Google Cardboard Marriage Proposal Virtual reality marriage proposal is a brilliant idea; it shows that virtual reality can be apply in every aspect of our daily life creatively. Mike Rios and Maggie are both multimedia graphic designers, who had been dating for 5 years. 5 years ago, Mike asked Maggie if she would married him as a joke in a shopping center park, and 5 years ( is 5 years the magic number for proposal? ) later he...
The VR Den: Virtual Reality Hangout Space In Melbourne
The VR Den: Virtual Reality Enthusiasts Dream Space The VR Den in Melbourne, Australia is a hangout space built for developers and anyone who wants to experience virtual and augmented reality but cannot afford the equipment and devices. The man behind the idea and project is Sana Nolan, a tech savvy geek who and team had hosted numbers of virtual reality expo and events, including: Backlot Theatre preshow Horror Experience GO Festival...
ORA-1 Smart Glass Early Bird Shipment This Month
ORA-1 Smart Glass by Optinvent SA ORA-1 Smart Glass Kickstarter campaign successfully funded $104,656 USD in October 2014. 224 backers pledged. The early bird backers’ shipment is packed on flight and shipping on March 15, 2015. The early bird backer’s ORA-1 Smart Glass is shipping this month. The glass is said to be the most technologically advanced smart glasses available on the market. It is a next generation augmented...
Project Nautilus VR Cancelled on Kickstarter
Project Nautilus Kickstarter Campaign Terminated Project Nautilus VR is, or shall we say was an exciting virtual reality project on Kickstarter. We have just learned that the funding project was cancelled due to the inability to confirm the delivery date for Kickstarter backers. The planned delivery schedule was unsuccessful. In case you haven’t heard of Project Nautilus VR, it is a project from California VR startup...
HTC Vive Developer Edition Free to Selected Developers
HTC Vive Developer Edition Update HTC Vive Developer Edition is going to be distributed to selected developers free of charge! HTC is taking a different but smarter and more aggressive route than Oculus and Sony Project Morpheus. Oculus has sent their developer’s kit to Kickstarter backers who pledged $350. On the other hand, Sony Project Morpheus has sent their developer’s kit to selected developers at zero cost, but only on a...
Virtual Reality In SXSW South By Southwest 2015
Virtual Reality In SXSW South By Southwest 2015 Austin, Texas is my home town and where I grew up as a teenager. I still remembered Austin was not well-developed when I lived there, there wasn’t much to do besides going to movies and bar hopping on 6th street. But Austin has changed, it became one of the hippest, stylish and happening city for music and multi-media in the U.S. Thanks to SXSW, also known as South by Southwest....
Taylor Swift 360 Degree Music Video Blank Space By RadicalMedia
Blank Space – Taylor Swift’s First Immersive 360 Degree Music Video Immersive Media worked with Radical Media and Grammy Award winner film & music video director Joseph Kahn, and created a immersive 360˚ music video for singer Taylor Swift. Check out Top Youtube 360 Degree Music Video Collection The 360 degree video is a bitter-sweet love story told in the form of virtual cinematic storytelling. In...
Guided Meditation VR App By Cubicle Ninjas
Virtual Reality Guided Meditation App For Immerisve Deep Meditation Guided Meditation VR app from Cubicle Ninja is an amazing virtual reality application that runs on PC, Mac and viewed from Oculus Rift. Guided Meditation VR app takes meditators into a fully immersive virtual scene while they are meditating! Currently, the guided meditation app offers four different scenarios including Birchnut Forest, Cosmo Canyon,...