VR and AR Digest: December

If the reality behind the window this winter seems gray and hopeless, take a look at our digest and plunge into the world of VR. Something interesting always happens here!







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PlayStation VR will be sold with an additional computing unit.

Mozilla released A-Frame for virtual reality in Firefox.

The release of the AMD R9 Fury X2 card is postponed to 2016.

The founder of the company Oculus VR said that the virtual reality helmet Rift will be released in the first quarter of 2016.

HTC announced in their blog that the release of Vive is postponed until April 2016 due to a "big technological breakthrough."

Granite SDK 3.0 - important changes and VR support.

Colopl, a Tokyo-based gaming company, is going to experiment a bit with virtual reality and promises to invest $ 50 million in the development of the necessary hardware and software.

A former developer of PlayStation Home received $ 3 million to develop VR games.

The introductory reports at VRDC will include insights from VR experts from HBO and Oculus VR.

VR Samples have been added to Unity 5.3 release.

PlayStation VR: Sony showed many games.

Rez Remake will be released on PS4 with PlayStation VR support.

Ubisoft is developing an eagle flight simulator - Eagle Flight game for the PlayStation VR.

Virtual showrooms will be a revolution in sales.

Presence Capital is a new fund that will invest in virtual reality.

Pixvan's VR startup has raised $ 6 million in investment.

Magic Leap received another $ 827 million investment.

The Sundance Film Festival showed a lot of interesting things from the field of virtual reality.

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Over the past year, investors have invested $ 1 billion in AR- and VR-startups.

A letter from the founder of VRD, Dmitry Kudryavtsev, in which he told why it is difficult to organize high-tech production in Russia and how his team managed to create an analogue of Oculus Rift.

Formula DRIFT driver and Top Gear Stig competed in a virtual reality race for Castrol EDGE advertising.

Hideo Kojima is very interested in VR technology.

Sales of equipment for virtual reality for 5 years will amount to $ 70 billion.

Kurt Westcott explained how augmented reality can change our world and why this change will be revolutionary.

Is the world ready for a cooperative open world shooter in VR?

Gear VR Optimization Tips: A Look At The Finding Monsters VR Game .

The 3 biggest problems that developers faced when transferring online multiplayer to Gear VR.

Virtual reality with zero gravity in ADRIFT.

CastAR is offering a refund to Kickstarter backers who have not received their goods yet.

Forecast of the development of augmented and virtual realities in 2016.

The future of virtual reality: 40 predictions from Jesse Shell.

The developers of Fantastic Contraption speak in awe of the creation of VR games.

The virtual reality industry will grow to $ 6.7 billion in 2016.

2015 set the tone for virtual reality.

What will be the virtual reality in 2016?

How Littlstar help Fusion join the VR revolution.

Virtual and Augmented Reality: 2015 turned out to be a year of promises.

Microsoft's mixed reality is for developers, not users.

MIT created the application of the future for the technology of "smart home".

Amazon wants to see augmented reality without devices being worn on the head.



Games and projects



The Farm 51 Studio is working on the Chernobyl VR Project - an adventure in virtual reality that will allow users to be in the realistic scenery of Chernobyl and Pripyat.

The founder of Oculus VR, Palmer Lucky, used The Game Awards 2015 to announce a new game using virtual reality technology - Rock Band VR, created in partnership with Harmonix.

Famous basketball player Lebron James and Oculus VR made a Christmas present to users by shooting a 360-degree video offering a glance at the daily life of a Cleveland striker.

Soon you will learn that there are many Pokemon around.

The creators of Ingress told how the idea of ​​Pokemon GO was born.

Studio Double Fine announced the game Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin , which will be exclusive to the PlayStation VR.

Studio Frontier Developments, known for its space simulator Elite Dangerous, has finally introduced the minimum system requirements for running a game in virtual reality.

Lucky's Tale Platform will come bundled with every Oculus Rift helmet.

By pre-ordering the Oculus Rift, you can get a free copy of Eve: Valkyrie.

Crytek showed the climbing game The Climb.

Showtime showed a boxing match in a panoramic video.

Everest VR lifts VR to new heights.