When we think of the future of the military, we think of bigger and better weapons. Laser canons and the like. But what about the people operating those lasers? How can a behemoth like the Navy ready its future sailors for the high-tech combat of tomorrow? Believe it or not, with an Oculus Rift.
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Oculus Rift might be facing a tough rival soon, one that probably has more money to burn. Developers close to the matter have revealed that Sony will be unveiling its … Continue reading
The Oculus Rift development kit is no longer for sale in most parts of the world, the company reports. The dev hardware for the virtual reality headset has been on sale since Oculus kicked off their Kickstarter campaign, and began shipping around March 30, 2013. Since its original development, Oculus has iterated on the hardware design multiple times, so it isn’t surprising to see them… Read More
If you own a Moto X, chances are last fall you noticed a small, red hat appear in your notification tray. You either assumed your phone had been hacked and set it on fire, or you boldly clicked the mysterious chapeau and were whisked off to a 3D world that was like being inside a Pixar movie.
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Jerry’s Place is a project about nothing from programmer Greg Miller for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. And it is unlike any other. This one recreates Jerry Seinfeld’s apartment from Seinfeld with 3D models created in Blender for the Unity game engine.
Greg says:
After purchasing the Oculus rift I started imagining what my first project might be. I decided to pick a project that would gradually introduce me to Unity without being overly complex. I was not new to 3D modeling, however this would be my first project in Unity. I came up with the idea of recreating Jerry’s apartment, in it’s entirety for virtual reality.
Jerry’s Place is available for download for Windows and Mac OSX on the project’s website. Seinfeld fans are going to love spending some time with this one.
I wonder if Kramer ever bursts through the door.
[via Waxy via Laughing Squid]
Your browser is in all your devices. Hell, you can even get it in your watch if you’re down with that. And in the Microsoft world, its next destination is your living room wall.
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Virtual reality sure is cute. And, yes, I do mean that in the most condescending way possible.
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The company behind the Oculus Rift revealed on Reddit today that due to a shortage of unspecified components, production of the device has been temporarily halted, leaving only the current … Continue reading
If you think Flappy Bird is hard, wait ’til you play it in first-person. Er, from a flappy bird’s eye view. Game designer Holden Link made Floculus Bird, a variant of the hit mobile game designed to be played with the Oculus Rift.
Holden made the game as part of the Flappy Jam, a game jam set up to show support for Flappy Bird developer Don Nguyen, who was recently subjected to a lot of harassment and negative attention because of his game. Here’s YouTuber Shinxypaps trying out Floculus Bird.
WARNING: He cusses in the video. A lot. I think you know why:
Flap to Holden’s website to play the game on your browser or to download it for free. You don’t need an Oculus Rift to play the game on your browser, but you do need to have the Unity web player installed.
[via PSFK]
Topshop, the women’s clothing brand, intends to enlist the help of technology – virtual reality technology, to be exact, in order to deliver a greater “Wow!” factor to the masses who drop by their stores. In fact, virtual reality will be able to deliver the upcoming Topshop Unique fashion run show to interested shoppers without having them being there, thanks to a team effort with London-based Inition. Inition happens to be a company that specializes in 3D graphics application development.
Virtual Reality Brings Runway Show To Shoppers original content from Ubergizmo. 
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