VR and AR Digest: February

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HoloLens will be wireless and will be able to work 5.5 hours without recharging.
Google Cardboard SDK now supports surround sound.
Samsung opens VR studio in New York.
NVIDIA show virtual reality glasses based on light field technology.
Microsoft HoloLens: the balance between price and performance.
Opened pre-order Oculus Rift for $ 599.
The first batch of Oculus Rift bought up in 14 minutes.
The HTC Vive VR can be pre-ordered from February 29th.
Published photos of the Oculus Rift kit.
More than a hundred games are being developed for PlayStation VR .
The founder of Oculus VR apologized for the fact that the cost of Oculus Rift was higher than expected.
Oculus Rift can not be cheaper.
Presents refined system requirements for the Oculus Rift.
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In Los Angeles, an arcade room with a virtual reality will be opened .
Sony refutes rumors that the PlayStation VR will cost $ 800.
CES Unveiled showed a lot of new gadgets.
NBA, NextVR and Turner Sports announced a partnership to launch virtual reality basketball broadcasts.
The front-facing camera is added to the virtual reality kit from Valve.
Clay Bavor will lead the VR direction at Google.
Experts from Kite & Lightning will speak at VRDC .
Oculus founder Palmer Lucky will be sued for breach of contract.
Ubisoft make a deal with the production company Elijah Wood to work on VR projects.
Apple hired a famous virtual reality researcher.
Facebook optimized panoramic video for VR.
Facebook opens Oculus research office in Pittsburgh.
Audi provides its dealers with impressive virtual reality devices.
iHeart and Universal make a deal with the goal of VR live broadcasts of concerts.
With the help of a pair of 4K action cameras from Kodak, you can shoot VR video.
NextVR announced the opening of a live VR content portal for Quallcom phones.
Nikon show their VR camera.
Vuze Camera shoots VR video for less than $ 1,000.
HTC will release Chaperone so that people can move safely when using the Vive Pre.
3DRudder - VR controller for legs for $ 175.
3 contest finalists for Hololens.
HoloLens can exchange data with almost any device.
Lumus wants to produce optics for smart glasses in the future.

It is interesting

Tim Cook on virtual reality: "This is really great."
The virtual reality at Apple is handled by several hundred employees.
What does the appearance of Doug Bowman in the state of Apple mean for the VR market ?
16% of developers are engaged in VR projects.
Google Cardboard users are already more than 5 million people.
Less than 1% of all computers in the world can work with virtual reality .
The creator of Oculus Rift has condescendingly responded to the PlayStation VR.

According to NATPE and CTA, Hollywood believes that virtual reality will change the gaming industry.
Experts from Digital Foundry told about the experience of using the HTC Vive Pre.
VR can change our view on fighting games.
Podcast: the year of virtual reality devices .
The virtual reality revolution will require more powerful PCs: yours most likely does not fit.
Star of the series "The House of Cards" Kevin Spacey believes that virtual reality will be a quantum leap for the authors.
The state of virtual reality: what is already working, what is not yet and what are the future plans.
Tim Cook is not the only person at Apple who is interested in virtual reality.
Crytek seek to launch courses on VR development in schools around the world.
Investment in AR / VR in 2015 amounted to about 700 million dollars.
GDC survey on the state of the industry: most developers are confident in the future of VR.
Development for VR reminds Dan Tisdale of the glorious development time for PS2.
Survey: Oculus Rift is the most popular platform among developers.
The director of the gaming festival spent 48 hours in virtual reality, and he was not sick.
VR distortion correction with Vertex Displacement.
Questions and Answers: The head of the Colopl VR Fund talks about the state of VR development in Japan.
Tips and tricks from developers Steam VR.
Eat a burrito to get out of the game: the basics of great game design.
Steam VR developers claim virtual reality has a social future.
The state of the industry: the views of game developers on the future of virtual reality.
For virtual reality to become truly exciting, it needs an appropriate soundtrack.
Virtual reality makes motion capture in video games better.
This flying VR installation made me yearn for the fjords.
I practically ran through the virtual arena. And I liked it.

Projects

Apple's virtual reality is getting closer.
Feel the virtual embrace: Teslasuit.
In development is the continuation of one of the worst games in history.
Nevermind will be released on Xbox One
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Virtual tour of Buckingham Palace.
Matches and boxing training in virtual reality.
Why one VR game makes players shoot themselves in the head.
12 VR games that look cool, even if I'm not.
Steam VR's BudgetCuts game is similar to Portal, only more brutal.
Canine Super Bowl: 360 degree graces.
We transfer Finding Monsters Adventure to virtual reality. Part two - level design.
The New York Times released an application with panoramic videos of presidential candidates.
The project from the creator of Minecraft, causing associations with a kaleidoscope.
Journey to the Great Barrier Reef with Google.
Thanks to the 20th Century Fox you can spend up to 30 minutes on Mars.
The Leviathan project combines the elements of VR and AR.