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  • 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.

  • Hyde Horror Maze

    When it rains it pours. I also encountered an article today on Kataku about the Hyde Horror Maze.

    Not entirely dissimilar to The Void or the IMyTH experience, these folks wish to create an interactive maze where the players must navigate through a real maze in order to “survive” the experience. The maze is evidently sentient and monitors and controls the players progress through the maze in order to ensure a challenging and horrifying experience. I know they are on to a good thing. Let’s hope they can raise their money and display the commercial viability of the interactive narrative experience.

  • River Startups

    River is a collection of 13 new VR start-ups receiving funding from Rothberg Ventures.

    As with any new venture, it will be interesting to see where and how far these start-ups will attain.

    Hardware

    •  Fove
      • Founders: Yuka Kojima, Lochlainn Wilson

        Based in: Tokyo, Japan

        Website: http://fove-inc.com/

    Education and Training

    • Solarax
      • Founders: Tomas Mariancik and Karel Hulec

        Based in: Czech Republic

        Website: http://www.worldofcomenius.com/

    • SDK
      • Founders: Shaun Wilson, Christian Yves Fongang

        Based in: South Africa

        Website: http://sdklab.com/

    • Discovr
      • Founder: Josh Maldonado, Omar Charles, Professor Bernard Frischer

        Based in: Toronto, Canada

        Website: http://immersivediscovery.com/

    Medicine

    • PSIOUS
      • Founders: Xavier Palomer, Danny Roig

        Based in Spain

        Website: http://psious.com/

    • Deepstream VR
      • Based in: Seattle, WA

        Founders: Howard Rose, Ari Hollander

        Website: http://deepstreamvr.com/

    Gaming

    • Reload Studios
      • Founder: James Chung

        Based in: Los Angeles, CA

        Website: http://reload-studios.com/

    • Innerspace
      • Founder: Balthazar Auxietre and Hayoun Kwon

        Based in: Paris, France

        Website: http://innerspacevr.com/

    • Thotwise
      • Founder: Ariel Arias

        Based in: Argentina

        Website: thehumgame.com

    Journalism

    • Emblematic
      • Founder: Nonny de la Pena

        Based in: Los Angeles, CA

        Website: www.emblematicgroup.com/

    Video

    • Vantage VR
      • Based in: Dallas, TX

        Founders: Juan Santillan, Michael Richardson

        Website: vantage.tv

    • Triggar
      • Founders: Bruce Allan and Rob Allan

        Based in: Australia

        Website: http://www.triggar.com.au/

    • EmergentVR
      • Founders: Peter Wilkins, Chris Wheeler

        Based in SF

        Website: n/a (but placehold, www.emergentvr.com)

    News Article

  • Immersive Jounalism

    Immersive Journalism

    Here is a link to an article about a Jounalist Using AR and Immersive technologies to breath new life into covering news stories.

  • Back After a Long Siesta

    Greetings – I have been asleep at the wheel lately and not contributing to my blog. This does not mean, however, that I have not been looking for inspiration and other motivations into the realm of immersive interactive storytelling.

    I will be flooding my blog with all of the goodies which I have collected over the past few months. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate in dropping them by.