VR and AR Digest: September

According to the results of Juniper Research's research, virtual reality will become mainstream by 2020. Follow the progress of the VR revolution and be aware of all the important events!


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Airpush talked about VirtualSKY advertising network for virtual reality.
Launched a platform for creating VR-applications , developed by industry veterans - the Argentine Voxelus team. According to the authors, the platform will allow anyone to create games for virtual reality.
AMD agreed with Oculus and Dell to release computers optimized for virtual reality.
Samsung will release a VR-helmet that works without a smartphone.
At an exhibition in New York, the Japanese company Canon presented a prototype of a virtual reality device with record clarity for modern systems.
The Finnish company Basemark reported on cooperation with OSVR - a global consortium of more than 230 companies that are engaged in technologies of open standards of virtual reality.
The release of an open gaming 3D engine jMonkeyEngine 3.1 alpha 1 with early support for iOS development and FBX and VR technologies took place.
Facebook launch support for 360-degree video. Already have content from Star Wars, SNL and Discovery.
Razer's open source VR is preparing for a commercial launch with more developer support.
Jaunt received 65 million dollars for the production of VR-films.
Oculus mobile SDK 1.0 will be available in November.
Fabric Software released a second generation development platform.
Oculus CEO Brandon Ayrib has confirmed that the company is conducting research in the field of augmented reality.
Google are attracting third-party researchers for Cardboard VR.
Microsoft also released Cardboard. He is purple.
Digital Domain appointed Peter Zhou as CEO of Virtual Front and Center.
Yahoo is sinking into virtual reality with Flickr.
ABC News and Jaunt VR launch Virtual Reality Content Hub.

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Dmitry Osin, director of Fibrum, spoke about virtual reality helmets , features of developing games in VR format, preserving the eyesight and convenience of smartphones.
VR demo Showdown for Unreal Engine 4.
Glen Kiani, the Disney animator who participated in the creation of Aladdin and The Little Mermaid, draws with the help of virtual reality devices.
Startup Fish Bowl VR will help developers test VR games.
Sherlock VR is a technical post-mortem VR Jam.
“Presence Effect” is a new kind of entertainment in VR.
Xbox boss Phil Spencer wants traditional and VR games to coexist.
6 lessons of creating VR-games from Jesse Schell.
Kenneth Scott and Per Wonsen from the Oculus Connect content team talk about how to make good content and what makes VR better.
A new, more advanced Oculus Platform will be launched this year, but later - along with the store.
How developers cope with four problems in the development of VR-games.
The head of Oculus and video game development legend John Carmack explains what he focused on in the past year.
On the Japanese media franchise "Ghost in the Shell" will be released a film in VR-format.
Syria's Smart News Agency filmed a 360-degree video to show the effects of the bombing in the Syrian city.
VR-set on the bottom of the box with oatmeal.
ICYMI podcast: the predecessor of Homo Sapien, a game about Pokemon with augmented reality and much more.
An expert in the field of augmented reality explains how this technology will help humanity.
I do not like that I get tired of VR, but there is a remedy to combat fatigue.
Oculus Vice President Nate Mitchell: "Our number one goal is to make developers successful."
How Netflix works in virtual reality and why not in HD.
Fractals in virtual reality.
Impressions of using the VRoom service from Marriott hotel.
Google attracts schools to cooperate by distributing free of charge Cardboard and Asus smartphones.
Shot want to become a virtual reality Instagram.
Research in the field of navigation using VR and mice.
Reports confirm that virtual reality will be mainstream by 2020.
Morgan Neville, director of the Keith Richards: Under the Influence documentary, talks about the possibility of using mixed reality.
Why does Samsung organize competitions for creators of VR films?
Netflix and Vimeo are also starting to work on VR.
At CES 2016, the sales area for VR devices will be 77% more than in the previous year.
Sierra Club uses VR technology in the latest climate change campaign.

Devices

Microsoft announced the release of Hololens Development Edition in the first quarter of 2016. The price of the device is $ 3000.
Samsung and Oculus introduced the first consumer version of the Gear VR device, compatible with several Samsung smartphones.
PlayStation VR will cost like a new console.
Interviews with Jim Wilson and Tom Harding, leading engineers of Milk VR (a service for Samsung's Gear VR), about what the company hopes for its new device.
How Oculus will launch - an interview with Nate Mitchell from Oculus.
The founder of the company Oculus hinted at the future retail price of their VR-devices.
Comparison of various VR devices: from Google Cardboard to HTC Vive .
Microsoft will tour HoloLens in the US and Canada to give developers a better view of the device.
Google wants to create a device similar to Glass, but with holographic displays.

Games

Land's End is an addictive Gear VR game from the creators of Monument Valley.
Started the game Space Coaster VR 1.0 , in which you have to go on a space trip.
The Pokémon Company and Nintendo are launching the Pokemon Go game on smartphones and tablets in a mixed reality format.
The creator of Second Life promises that VR will make real life virtual.
The developers Taehun Ho and James Chang, who created Call Of Duty, founded Reload Studios. A year later, the company received a $ 4 million investment in its first game World War Toons - a cartoon multiplayer first-person shooter for VR platforms.
Oculus Story Studio showed the world created for Henry using UE4.
Microsoft showed the game Project X-Ray - mixed reality and war with monsters on the walls of your apartment.
A look at the forest through the eyes of wild animals with VR.
I lost a friend, but the music he created and his voice remained alive in my game.
DirecTV said they had their first virtual reality jab using Big Knockout Boxing (BKB).