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LIV Now Supports Full-body Avatars from ReadyPlayerMe, Making it Easy to Stream VR Without a Green Screen

Many VR streamers use complicated mixed reality setups to show themselves from a third-person perspective inside the virtual world. LIV, a leading tool which makes this possible, now supports free, customizable, full-body avatars from ReadyPlayerMe, making it possible to stream your avatar inside of VR without the need for a green screen. In addition to […]

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Road to VR & Ben Lang

23. Januar 2021

Facebook’s AR/VR Head Calls for “Big Shift” in How It Deals with User Privacy

Facebook Reality Labs head Andrew Bosworth released an internal memo, entitled “The Big Shift,” which underlines why the company needs to start building products now that better balance user privacy and user experience. Even before Facebook moved to require all new Oculus users to sign in with Facebook, Oculus headset users were rightfully worried about […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

22. Januar 2021

Report: Apple’s First VR Headset Rumored to Cost $3,000 & Include 8K Displays

According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple may be planning to release a VR headset with limited AR capabilities as soon as 2022, which is said to be a precursor to its long-rumored, full-fledged AR device. Now, a follow up report by The Information contends the company’s first VR headset will cost around $3,000 and include a bevy of […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

21. Januar 2021

Educational Studio Kuato Raises $6M to Build Asymmetric VR Games

Kuato Studios, a UK-based creator of educational games, announced it has raised £4.5M (~$6.1M USD) as the company takes a stride into virtual reality gaming for the first time. Led by Hong Kong venture capital firm Horizons Ventures, the company says it will be using its fresh funding round to expand its existing library of games into […]

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11 Tools for Painting, Modeling, Designing & Animating in VR

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‘Bigscreen’ Launches Ad-supported Movies for Free On-demand Viewing

Bigscreen today announced is bringing ad-supported movies to the free social viewing platform, which will allow users to watch select films for free. Bigscreen first brought paid on-demand movie rentals to its virtual cinemas early last year, which was the result of multiple partnerships with movie studios such as Paramount Pictures. Now Bigscreen is bringing free movies […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

20. Januar 2021

‘Hitman 3’ Launch Trailer Shows a Richly Detailed World – Coming to PSVR January 20th

Ahead of the launch of IO Interactive’s PSVR-compatible stealth assassin game Hitman 3, the studio has released a slick new trailer which promises a world rich with interactivity, far-flung set pieces, and a bunch of immersive narrative to boot. Hitman 3’s launch trailer feels less about all the cool and inventive ways you can take out targets (after all, […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

19. Januar 2021

Valve VR Programmer Aims to Extend SteamVR with AR-like Utilities, Launches ‘Aardvark’ Platform in Early Access

Long time Valve VR programmer Joe Ludwig, working in his own capacity, is building an open-source platform to bring AR-like utilities into virtual reality. The project, called Aardvark, is something of an evolution of an extension of VR dashboards as we know them today, bringing new functionality into interactive and spatially-aware ‘gadgets’ that can run […]

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Ubisoft Job Posting Suggests ‘Splinter Cell VR’ Will Have a Multiplayer Mode

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist (2013) | Image courtesy Ubisoft

Ubisoft announced late last year that acclaimed stealth shooter franchise Splinter Cell is getting a made-for-VR game. Now, an Ubisoft job posting strongly suggests the studio is creating a multiplayer component for the game. Ubisoft’s Düsseldorf, Germany office is currently looking for a Senior Lead Game Designer to “define and deliver the multiplayer content of the […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

18. Januar 2021