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Category: virtual reality

  • Apple Pure Vision and the Immersive Experience Opportunity

    Apple Pure Vision and the Immersive Experience Opportunity

    Reading Time: 4 minutes Memorable VR experiences AR/VR and XR have been around for years, if not decades. The most unique VR experience I was involved with was people wearing an immersive headset whilst snorkelling in a pool to experience being “weightless” whilst watching an immersive video.  The second most interesting video 360 experience was…

  • Thoughts on the Oculus Quest

    Reading Time: < 1 minute During the World XR Forum I had to carry six or more Oculus Quest devices from a car to the conference centre and then help with setting up at least one of these devices. At first I thought it was like most VR headsets where the phone is the display.…

  • Sea of Tranquility – Snorkeling VR by Pierre Friquet

    Sea of Tranquility – Snorkeling VR by Pierre Friquet

    Reading Time: 3 minutes During the World XR Forum this year in Crans Montana I helped Pierre Friquet with his Sea of Tranquility VR Experience. This VR experience was unique in that it required you to be either in your swimming clothes, your underwear or other. This was a VR experience where you went from…

  • The Insta360 Nano and Air – A climbing test

    The Insta360 Nano and Air – A climbing test

    Reading Time: 2 minutes The Insta 360 Nano and Air are two affordable cameras. The first is designed to work with the new iPhone shape as well as a stand alone device. The Insta360 Air works only when it is plugged into an Android device. Both are good for specific uses. Insta360 Air The Insta360…

  • The World VR Forum – Year 2 – The Conferences

    The World VR Forum – Year 2 – The Conferences

    Reading Time: 2 minutes I was a volunteer at the World VR Forum again this year. I was in the conference room providing speakers with microphones before they went up on stage. As a result of this I was able to listen to many interesting speakers. They spoke about a diversity of topics of interest to various…

  • The Theta+ Video app is available

    The Theta+ Video app is available

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Yesterday the Theta+ Video app came out for Android. The Theta+ video app allows you to trim video clips and then share them to social networks. This means that you no longer need to wait until you get home to prepare content for sharing. You can do it while you sit and…

  • Playing Ingress and Pokemon Go in parallel

    Reading Time: 2 minutes People are playing Ingress and Pokemon Go in Parallel. Both games use the same geo-located points and walk the same routes. They have the same places to farm and combat. I started playing Ingress again, but only a few minutes here and there. As I play I see new faces and…

  • Watching clouds form as a 360 timelapse

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Time-lapse videos are fun because we can see something happen faster or slower than real time. By watching this content we gain a better understanding of the world and how it works. For years I have been filming time-lapses and the results can be fun. In some cases we record time-lapses…

  • Cosmic Trip – Physical Video gaming – Throw it like a frisbee

    Cosmic Trip – Physical Video gaming – Throw it like a frisbee

    Reading Time: 3 minutes Physical Video Gaming Physical video gaming is coming of age thanks to the HTC Vive and related Games. Cosmic Trip is one of these games. You can use both controllers to prepare machines that will prepare robots for mining and defence. These two sets of robots are autonomous. The more resources…

  • 360 timelpase videos

    360 timelpase videos

    Reading Time: 3 minutes 360 timelapse videos provide us with interesting new opportunities. Imagine for example placing the camera out to see near Weymouth beach and watching as the tide comes towards the camera and then beyond it towards the city. Imagine watching as the sun rises on one side of the Leukerbad Valley and…