After much anticipation, buyers are finally able to pre-order the long-awaited Oculus Rift virtual reality headset from Facebook. The device is expected to be shipped to stores on March 28. However, it’s unlikely that the […]
Tag: Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality Set To Take Off In 2016, But It’s Facing A Huge Problem
Although virtual reality (VR) is expected to make a major leap in 2016, the industry is facing a huge problem in that most people do not own hardware capable of supporting VR systems. This poses […]
VR Entertainment Could Be More Emotionally Moving Than Traditional Media
New research has shown that virtual reality technology might make people more empathetic than when they watch traditional media. The theory is that viewing media in a simulated 3D environment is much more emotional than […]
New York Times Wants To Change The Form Of Storytelling With VR App
One of the U.S.’s most iconic newspapers, The New York Times, has stepped into the world of virtual reality (VR). Through its Times Magazine, the company will be launching a new app and its first […]
The New York Times And Google Team Up To Launch Virtual Reality Platform
The New York Times is the latest company to jump on the virtual reality bandwagon, as the newspaper has worked in conjunction with Google in order to develop the NYT VR app. The NYT VR […]
InStyle Sets The Scene For Magazine Readers’ Virtual Reality Experience
Virtual reality has entered the lifestyle magazine market with InStyle launching what it calls its first virtual reality (VR) cover, featuring Drew Barrymore. Readers with a smartphone and VR headset will be able to access […]
Google Announces That Street View Will Be Arriving For Virtual Reality On Google Cardboard
Google’s Street View program will soon be available as a virtual reality app for its virtual reality headset, Google Cardboard. This latest news, along with sales figures recently unveiled by Google, suggests that the budget […]
Hollywood Content For Virtual Reality Platforms Could Total $5.4 Billion
Virtual reality companies have experienced challenges in finding quality content in the past, but filmmakers might ready to do something about that. Most companies that made early use of the 360-degree experience which is offered […]
Oculus Announces New Samsung Gear VR Headset at Virtual Reality Conference
In collaboration with the virtual reality firm Oculus, Samsung announced the release of its $99 VR headset, the Samsung Gear VR, at the Oculus Connect conference this week. The new offering from Samsung will help […]
Video Games Shown To Be Promising Treatment For Alcohol Addiction
Video games and simulated environments have been a source of recreation and entertainment for decades. Now they may also provide a solution to treat alcohol addiction. A preliminary study out of South Korea, involving ten […]
While Facebook Builds Goggles, Google Builds The Tools To Make Virtual Reality Videos
As we’ve said before, 2016 is set to be the year virtual reality goes mainstream. Facebook, Google, Samsung, GoPro, Sony, Conde Nast and a host of others are all lining up to launch 3d goggles […]
Dallas Cowboys Will Start Training Their Quarterbacks Using Virtual Reality Goggles
2016 is supposed to be the year virtual reality hits the mainstream, but the Dallas Cowboys football team isn’t waiting around. After all, they’ve already been waiting 20 years to win a Super Bowl and […]
Hollywood Quickly Starting To Produce Virtual Reality Movies & TV Shows
We’ve covered before how 2016 is poised to be the year of virtual reality and the momentum keeps gaining pace. The latest reports are that movie studios, television producers and artists are now quickly adopting […]
YouTube Is Going To Support Virtual Reality Videos By End Of Summer
As we covered previously, 2016 is poised to be the year of virtual reality. Big players, like Facebook, Conde Nast, Sony and Samsung are all lining to jump head first into the virtual reality arena. […]
2016 Set To Be The Year Of Virtual Reality
Virtual reality has been around for nearly 40 years in some shape or form. From cardboard blue and red glasses of the 80s to the virtual reality programming languages of the mid-nineties, the technology has […]
Huge Magazine Publisher To Launch Virtual Reality ‘Magazine’
Virtual reality, finally, is set to become a big thing. Tech companies – from Facebook to Sony to Google – are all investing significant dollars into high end virtual reality technologies that will provide real-world […]
Virtual Reality Experiences Help You Remember More
In research that somewhat validates the tech industry’s recent obsession with virtual reality headsets, researchers discovered that people who receive instructions for a task remember them better when they are accompanied by a virtual reality […]