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Month: August 2015

  • Redirected Walking

    Here is an interesting technique which can be used to create a much larger experience out of a small space, Redirected Walking.


     

  • First Exposure to “The Void”

    There is a lot of hope riding on this one company. We are all hoping they can really pull things off  since they seem to be one of the leaders in immersive experiences.

    Upload VR just posted its first impression experience of the Void in their article, “We step into the Void”.

    Overall the reviews are positive which are very inspiring! We look forward for new updates to the Void’s experience.

    You go guys!

     

  • Kiya – Legal Application for VR

    Upload VR just posted this legal application for VR, Kiya, Intense Murder-Suicide.

  • Cloadhead’s “Blink” Locomotion System

    I just read an interesting article on Upload VR about Cloadhead’s  “Blink” Locomotion system. I’ll need to study this article further. However, it looks like they are developing a system to allow a user to navigate and move around in VR space without the feeling of nausia or fear of bumping into things. They seem to have a good system which adjust where the user can teleport to and control what their destination orientation will be. This evidently helps ground the player visually.

    Cloadhead will be releasing their game “The Gallery, Call of the Starseed”. We’ll definitely need to check them out. Their concepts may help us with our first prototype.

  • HMD Comparisons

    Upload VR was gracious enough to supply the current specs for all of the HMDs which will be hitting the market in the relative near future.

    [gview file=”https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0V8G2YE99esZ3cyRk5MclNNMWs/view”]

  • NVidea SDK update

    NVidia has jumped into the VR development fray, big time. As mentioned in this article from Upload VR, Gameworks SDK from Alpha to Beta, NVidia is developing its new SDK platform devoted to the acceleration of the VR experience.

    You’ll need to read the full articles to get he full gist. Some of the improvement in technology include:

    • Multi-Resolution Shading
    • Virtual Reality Scalable Link Interface (VR SLI)
    • Context Priority
    • Direct Mode
    • Front End Buffering

    Exciting developments!

  • Follow the Money

    In my early business experience, I learned that if you want to know what’s really going on, follow the money.

    In an article from Upload Vr, These companies are leading the way, they go over all the big companies doing VR development and how much money has been raised by each. It seems like a huge grab-bag money pit. IT is also very intimidating that if you don’t have the business chops you’ll get eaten alive.

    Here is a quick list of the list companies with the amount of money they have raised:

    • Magic Leap – $542M
    • Matterport – $30->$56M
    • Razer – $50M
    • Jaunt – $35M
    • Improbable – $20M
    • WeVR – $18.6M
    • High Fidelity – $17.5M
    • NOD Labs – $16M
    • Altspace VR – $15.7M
    • Virtuix – $7.5M
    • NextVR – $5M
    • Merge VR – $2.5M
    • Reload – $2M
    • WorldViz – $1M
    • VRideo $1.8M