VR and AR Digest: August

The very time of the year is approaching when you want to roll up in a blanket, put on an Oculus Rift and turn on the beach simulator. But work on the creation of VR devices is still underway, and it remains only to wait for official releases.

Fortunately, to read our digest of virtual and augmented reality news, no special devices are required.



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Unity Technologies announced Vision Summit - a conference on virtual and augmented reality , which will be held February 10-11 at Loews Hotel in Hollywood.
NVIDIA introduces the GameWorks VR Beta Development Package Beta .
Microsoft HoloLens will go to developers in 2016.
Niantic Labs, a division of Google where Ingress is developing a game with augmented reality, will become an independent company.
Basemark and Crytek at Gamescom 2015 announced a partnership to implement a virtual reality gaming test system for PCs. With the help of their benchmark, users will be able to configure the HMD parameters of a VR device.
Giant Godzilla and motion capture costumes: the first Virtual Reality Camp will be held at the Burning Man Festival .
The judge rejected Facebook’s attempt to stop the Oculus Rift trial.
A sense of virtual reality at the Kaleidoscope VR Film Festival.
Samsung announced the launch of the new Gear Indie channel in their virtual reality content system Milk. Here will be presented the work of well-known independent directors associated with virtual reality.
The company HoneyVR, which publishes content for virtual reality devices, announced the expansion of Hive - one of the first resources for video content creators with a viewing angle of 360 degrees - to more than 200 active projects.
Game for adults: Resolution Games invest 6 million in the development of the direction of VR.
Valve Vive will be released in 2015 in a limited edition. Full sales will begin in the first quarter of 2016, along with Morpheus and Oculus.
Valve HTC's VR partner is investing 10 million in a WEVR startup.
The head of the design department at Creative Assembly joins the Sony VR team.
A gaming center with VR games opened in Melbourne, Australia.
Xbox Live and ID @ Xbox indie games will be available for HoloLens.

It is interesting

Why do businessmen consider virtual reality as part of a new technological revolution.
Jimmy Kimmel showed in his show what Facebook might look like in virtual reality.
Star Wars fans may finally have a lightsaber. So far - in virtual reality.
How to make music festivals even cooler with the help of virtual reality.
5 questions to Alex Rosenfeld, CEO of Vrideo, about the breakthrough of virtual reality.
Fusion released an episode of one of their talk shows with a viewing angle of 360 degrees.
Justin Royland, known as the creator of the animated series "Rick and Morty", is developing VR content for SteamVR and HTC Vive.
Discovery Communications announced the launch of Discovery VR - a series of materials with a viewing angle of 360 degrees.
Will HTC, Oculus and Sony be able to pave the path of virtual reality in the gaming industry?
Executive producer Crytek Elijah Freeman is confident that virtual reality is the most natural possible development path for their company.
Google Tips for VR developers. Chief Game Designer encourages starting simple.
Oculus CEO: AR technology is not yet ready for a mass market.
EGX 2015: HTC Vive in action, Valve Vorpkop for VR developers.
Parts of the body and the madness of movement in VR.
Virtual reality and the impact of sound on the consciousness of the player.
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The Razer 3D sensor camera makes it possible to track movements in VR games.
VR pop-up studio will help journalists track trends in real time.
Dive into the depths of space with VR .
The ability to look into the brain of a musician using GE's Neuro VR.
VR-application to work with Big Data will allow to consider the genomes.
Epic VR TIME magazine cover and community reaction.
Researchers reduce the number of diseases caused by VR, forcing the eyes to focus.
"Joint" watching movies with friends using Oculus Cinema.
Henry is Oculus's first emotional step towards creating AI characters.

Games

Using the Oculus with motion controllers: the funniest gaming experience I've ever had.
ARK: Survival Evolved, in which you can ride a dinosaur, are planning to release Project Morpheus for consoles in June 2016 as well.
The creators of Second Life are preparing a new virtual world.
Play Fantastic Contraption with HTC Vive.
Gunjack - crazy space VR-shooter.