virtual reality

Hi Everyone. This is pretty neat, Star Wars doesn't look so far away after you see this. It gives you a feel for what the world is really going to look like in only a few years. Microsoft is looking for insiders to test this now, and it is available for developers, who can spend the $3,000 on...

When it comes to unveiling the latest computing experiences in Asia, nothing beats Computex 2016, the continent’s largest IT trade show. This year’s conference has attracted more than 1,600 exhibitors from 29 countries, and the excitement is palpable. It’s a thrill to support our OEM partners as...

:up: YouTube is developing the capability to livestream 360-degree video on its platform, BuzzFeed News has learned. Multiple sources familiar with the company’s plans confirmed YouTube has been meeting with 360-degree camera manufacturers about adding support for immersive live-streamed video...

Vardan Meliksetyan sent me an email about this cool Unity game that his company recently released. Who doesn't like a good game of bowling, and with this you don't have to worry about the weird shoes! Link Removed Link Removed Link Removed Interesting Bowling game with Microsoft Kinect V2...

Ever wish there were a way to condense the entire CppCon 2015 into less than an hour? Well, realistically speaking, there may not be a way to really do that, but we hope this month's episode comes close! CppCon 2015 was packed to the brim with all sorts of great content, great people, and great...

One of our most prolific Kinect Developers and Kinect MVP, Friend of the Gallery Tango Chen (Jingzhou Chen) is back with another take on Minecrafting with the Kinect Minecraft in Real Life using Kinect v2 Hey guys, I just developed this Kinect v2 application a few days ago. It lets you be...

Oculus VR, a leader in virtual reality, shared some details on what fans can expect to see when the Oculus Rift launches in 2016 earlier today at event in San Francisco and Head of Xbox Phil Spencer joined their CEO on stage to discuss a new partnership with Microsoft. Link Removed Through...

I had to search the blog here a couple times before posting this. I just couldn't believe I've not highlighted this previously! Link Removed I've seen several topics about Kinect controlled Avatars in Unity, so I'll bring to your attention our RUIS toolkit which is intended for creating...

What is the difference between Microsoft HoloLens and Oculus Rift? This question was originally answered on Quora by Jon Bohmer. Continue reading...

Everyone's crazy about Microsoft's HoloLens augmented reality goggles, but will you actually use them for? Continue reading...

Late 2013 I decided to by a new monitor… I looked around and the only one that stood out from the rest was this BenQ 3D monitor with NVidia 3D Vision 2. I thought I’d have a go at gaming so I charged the glasses and went through the setup which was an experience in itself. But before I even...

Today's kind of, sort of inspirational project is from a Hack-a-Day post by Brian Benchoff. It's kind of inspirational in that since the project's authors can't release the source, they can at least release their background research... Virtual Physical Reality With Kintinuous And An Oculus Rift...

Link Removed As MSNBC reports, researchers at the University of Tokyo in Japan have unveiled what is probably the coolest, wackiest and, hands down, most impractical high-tech diet contraption ever: "Meta Cookie." Here's how it works: Users put on a ridiculously unwieldy virtual reality...

Can you fool the human sense of taste in the world of virtual reality? Up until recently that question was impossible to answer, most because it had not been tested. Most of virtual reality relied on sight and sound. Virtual touch is also a fairly new area of research. Now, with the help of your...

This research demonstrates the use of 3-D projection, combined with a Kinect depth camera to capture and display 3-D objects. Any physical object brought into the demo can be instantaneously digitized and viewed in 3-D. For example, we show a simple modeling application in which complex 3-D...