Natalie Portman is all smiles while celebrating The New York Times Magazine’s 2016 Great Performers Issue at an event held at Neuehouse on Thursday (December 8) in Los
An unusual video project accompanies this year’s Great Performers photo portfolio. These nine black-and-white films, written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood (with two by Ami Canaan
A beloved author of mine, M. John Harrison, called them ‘twinks’. Addicts, if you will, paying up big bucks and jacking into virtual reality out
Crytek is once again facing complaints that it isn’t paying its workers, with some alleging they have not seen a paycheck in more than a
This year, 2016, has been a year to remember, for a number of reasons. First was the topsy-turviest election cycle in history. Second was brands breaking
Video game economics and consumer expectations are rarely aligned. You can call it the 2015 Konami problem. The profitability of tremendously detailed game worlds is a
In recent years, the Sundance Film Festival has grown to a showcase a variety of virtual reality projects. One of this year’s entries is Through You,
There’s no doubt that virtual reality, when it’s well executed, can be an emotional and literally awesome experience. I’ve experienced it myself, and the possibilities
THE VR BOOK — Human Centered Design for Virtual Reality by Jason Jerald Jason Jerald’s “The VR Book” is probably one of the most comprehensive sources available to understand the
Ultrahaptics had an touching demo at the VRX virtual reality conference last week. It used ultrasound technology so that I could feel things in VR using
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IF YOU’VE BEEN holding onto your trusty iPhone 6, 6S, or 7 and wondering when a cool VR headset will be available for it, this is
The theme running throughout most of this year’s WinHEC keynote in Shenzhen, China was mixed reality. Microsoft’s Alex Kipman continues to be a great spokesperson and evangelist for the
[Image: From “Putting the Fish in the Fish Tank: Immersive VR for Animal Behavior Experiments” by Sachit Butail, Amanda Chicoli, and Derek A. Paley].
Image above: A still from Highway of Tears showing Highway 16 On June 11, 1994, 16-year-old Ramona Wilson left her family home in Smithers, British Columbia, to
Tim Sweeney stitched together an interesting vision of the future in a talk this week at the VRX virtual reality conference in San Francisco. He
Over the last couple of years, we’ve repeatedly heard a lot about Magic Leap’s supposedly advanced augmented reality tech, but have seen very little. In 2014, a half-billion
Above: Osmo uses AR to teach kids. | Image Credit: Osmo Osmo has made its mark with award-winning augmented reality iPad games for children, and
Virtual Reality headsets may have room to grow, with low levels of awareness among U.S. households. In addition to lower-than-expected sales of virtual reality headsets,
Blippar, an augmented reality startup that uses machine learning to recognize and catalog objects, has added faces to its mix. The app festoons the
I’m aiming a gun at balloons floating through a room. Zap. Zap. Zap. Pop. Pop. Pop. My head is stuck in a VR headset, but
Most physicists agree that time travel into the past is impossible, but what if virtual reality (VR) could provide a workaround? Doron Friedman is
IMAGE SOURCE: MICROSOFT. Augmented reality and virtual reality will be one of the most talked about tech trends in 2017. Powered by consumer interest
Starbucks is the latest company pairing up with the mobile gamePokémon Go, turning more than 7,800 of its stores into Pokéstops and Gyms, the latest push by
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