Overstock executive named cochair of VRARA Retail Committee
Friday, January 12, 2018 by Christian Hargrave
Months after Overstock.com, announced the launch of its augmented reality (AR) feature within its iOS shopping app, the organization’s senior vice president of software engineering, Amit Goyal, was named as the chair to VR/AR Association (VRARA)’s global retail and e-commerce committee. Along with Goyal’s responsibility as chair, he will serve as president of the newly ...
AutoMobility LA hosts 2017 Hackathon to tackle LA congestion
Thursday, October 26, 2017 by Richard Harris
The LA Auto Show and AutoMobility LA has announced plans for its 2017 Hackathon, sponsored by Honda Innovations. The Hackathon, which will be hosted by AutoMobility LA for the first time, will take place over a period of 24 hours, November 27-28 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.For this year’s Hackathon, developers will be asked to tackle the transportation and mobi...
Experience severe weather in VR with new app from AccuWeather
Tuesday, March 21, 2017 by Richard Harris
AccuWeather announced the launch of the new virtual reality application, AccuWeather - Weather for Life for Samsung Gear VR, allowing users to and interact with exclusive 360-degree video content, weather information, and updates in revolutionary new ways. The new app gives users an additional platform to access the most personalized, localized weather information. ...
Strategy Analytics releases VR Apps Data Nov 2016
Tuesday, December 13, 2016 by Richard Harris
Strategy Analytics tracks the apps available across the dedicated VR app stores for Samsung GearVR, Oculus Rift, and the VR apps available on Steam. Data collected from the storefronts at the end of November 2016 was analyzed in the report "VR Apps Data Nov 2016: Games and Education Top App Categories in VR App Stores." Unsurprising, games is the top apps category acros...
VR Developers Can Create Spatial Audio with Cardboard SDKs for Unity and Android
Monday, January 18, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
The Google Cardboard team has announced that the Cardboard SDKs for Unity and Android now support spatial audio, providing the ability for app developers to add the functionality of immersive audio experiences in virtual reality (VR) apps. To take advantage of the feature, app users will need their smartphone, a regular pair of headphones, and a Google Cardboard viewer....
Google's Project Tango Virtual Reality Platform Featured on New Lenovo Smartphone
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Lenovo has announced the upcoming release of the first consumer-ready smartphone with available with Google’s Project Tango technology which gives an Android powered mobile device the ability to navigate the physical world with a new kind of spatial perception by adding advanced computer vision, image processing, and special vision sensors.Available in summer 2016, the ...
Open Source Virtual Reality Platform now Supports Android
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 by Richard Harris
The Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR), an organization working towards an open standard for virtual reality devices, has announced that OSVR software now accommodates Android devices, adding to existing distribution for Windows and Linux.To demonstrate the Android support for mobile VR enabling cross compatibility between hardware and mobile content integrated with OSV...
The Oculus Mobile SDK v0.4.0 is Now Available for Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition on Note 4
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 by Richard Harris
Oculus VR has released the Oculus Mobile SDK v0.4.0, the initial version of the Oculus Mobile SDK which is specifically designed for the Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition on Note 4.The SDK includes everything needed to get started developing virtual reality apps for Oculus VR for mobile. Oculus VR has been working on the mobile SDK for over a year in collaboration with ...
