Virtual Reality

San Francisco: A team of Google researchers has created a new technology to take the immersive augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) experiences to a new level.New research shows the ability to record, reconstruct, compress, and deliver high-quality immersive light field videos, lightweight enough to be streamed over regular…

While he was still at Apple, designer Jony Ive objected to plans for what would become Apple Glass, starting internal disagreements that would delay the whole venture. Apple was reportedly many years into developing an augmented- and virtual reality headset when Jony Ive objected to its design. The then Chief…

A new Apple patent application describes a way to use gaze tracking to video AR experiences using a ‘head-mounted display’… Apple is widely believed to be working on an augmented reality headset generally referred to as Apple Glasses. The patent application is in relation to videoing the entire experience, namely…

Dutch architect Winy Maas joined Dezeen in a live Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival. The co-founder and principal architect of MVDRV discussed his studio's work with Dezeen's founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs.Maas studied architecture and urban planning at TU Delft before setting up MVRDV…

With MyndVR, seniors can explore everything from fall foliage to European cities in virtual reality.  MyndVR Eighty-one-year-old Georgina Schuldt isn't used to being tied down. After retiring from a career in nursing, Schuldt and her husband lived on a boat for eight years, sailing from Canada to Panama. When they…

Virtual Reality producers Baobab Studios have announced that “Star Wars” actor Daisy Ridley will headline the company’s next VR project, “Baba Yaga,” presenting a Work in Progress panel at this year’s online Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival. “It’s easy to get caught up in the spectacle of a ‘Star Wars’…

This is a video of somebody's 81-year old grandpa playing survival horror game The Brookhaven Experiment with an HTC Vive virtual reality system. He is INTO IT. And his family is there to cheer him on as he runs out of bullets and has to punch his way through some…

Architect Alex Josephson, co-founder of Toronto studio Partisans, spoek to Dezeen in a live Screentime talk sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival.Toronto-based architect Josephson spoke to Dezeen's founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about the work of Partisans, the studio he co-founded alongside Pooya Baktash and Jonathan Friedman.Amongst…

Ryan Gray is co-founder and CEO of SGW Designworks, a full-service product development and engineering firm featured in The Lean Startup. Getty When people think of virtual reality, many visualize the headsets used for digital gaming and entertainment. But there’s much more to this technology than meets the eye. More and…

PlayStation 5 has tons of gorgeous games coming.But there’s no sign of virtual reality.Could Sony be giving up on this potential game-changer?We’ve finally seen the PlayStation 5 and its impressive variety of games. Today’s presentation was certainly a crowd-pleaser, even if it failed to address a few prevalent rumors.However, there’s…