Virtual Reality

As the 5G era kicks off, all signs point to dramatic improvements in virtual and mixed reality experiences as computing shifts from hardware worn on your body to nearby “edge” cloud servers. Since much of the processing will be visual and used by numerous use…

"After that project though, the VR Hub will be wrapping up its commissioning and production work," writes Zillah Watson, the head of the division. Watson goes on to state that the BBC will continue to "identify audience opportunities for VR," in addition to l…

Image caption The BBC made a range of content, including educational VR content The BBC has disbanded the team it created to make virtual reality (VR) content, saying its funding has ended. It comes as Google halts sales of its Daydream View headsets, adm…

This week’s Google keynote revealed new Pixel 4 smartphones and new Nest home assistants. But one piece of news went unspoken: Google quietly killed off another project. This time, it was Daydream VR, Google’s ambitious play to make virtual reality both affor…

Google's new Pixel 4 smartphone doesn't have 5G because the technology "isn't quite ready for consumers," according to Brian Rakowski, Google's VP of product management. "It will get there, but now is not the right time to buy a 5G phone," Rakowski said at G…

Luigis heading back to another haunted mansion (well, a haunted hotel) in Luigis Mansion 3 this Halloween, and hes got many more tricks up his sleeve for busting ghosts, including one gadget thats a wonderful reference to a classic Nintendo console of yore. …

Google pulls the Daydream VR off its Store. (Image source: Google) Google recently launched the new Pixel 4 series smartphones along with other products like Nest Mini, Pixelbook Go, and Pixel Buds. However, the tech giant also pulled up several products fro…

It looks like Google Daydream is dead. Google confirmed that the new Google Pixel 4 smartphones will not support the Daydream virtual reality platform, and will no longer sell the Daydream View headset. Over time we noticed some clear limitations constrainin…

Music is a critical aspect of game design players often overlook, and at XRDC in San Francisco today Owlchemy’s Daniel Perry shared some tips on how to use it well in virtual reality. Drawing on his experiences designing and implementing soundscapes for VR e…

These brave astronauts orbit the Earth 15 times daily at 17,000mph, passing over your head 58 times each day. Its fun to try to spot the ISS at night, and you can take photos of it streaking across the dark sky. So how can you find the ISS? Sure, there…