Virtual reality has a new favorite technology: inside-out tracking. While movement was limited in previous headsets because of sensors, the new additions to VR family are all turning inside-out. Outside-in tracking used to be a common member in most of the headsets considered best in industry. However, lighthouses and base stations were a great hassle…
Author: Saman Malik
AR on Your Windshields: Magic in the Making
The year is 2088, you’re lounging back in the seat of your driverless car. Cars, buildings and trees are passing by in a flash. You look in front of you. Instead of a boring static screen that’s just a window to your surroundings, there’s an ultra-hip windshield that displays weather, speed, traffic predictions and whatnot….
Black Mirror ‘Striking Vipers’ Injecting Emotions in Virtual Dimensions
Compelling anthology series Black Mirror strikes yet again with its first installment in the fifth season “Striking Vipers”, revealing a much anticipated look to the future of virtual reality. Whenever the future of VR is mentioned, there’s usually a dystopian feel attached to it. Some could say that Striking Vipers shows yet another glimpse to…
Emotive Avatars to be the Future Face of Virtual Reality
Are you tired of watching a flat avatar of yourself in VR that shows a very limited set of expressions, if not completely inexpressive? Avatars are one of the things that have captured interest of a lot of people diving into virtual reality. If we’re pitching virtual reality as the future of our world, it…
World’s First Foldable & Lightweight AR Glasses are Here And Likely To Stay For Good
When was the last time you heard about AR glasses and it actually turned out to be glasses? With nreal light, you’ve got just that. Compared to other AR gear, it’s a pretty small device but already becoming a pretty big deal in the tech conventions it’s making rounds in. Although it comprises of three…
Face to Face with Mat Chacon: The Bigger Picture of VR
Just recently, I came across an interesting social VR platform, rumii, that lets people collaborate and educate in a 3D virtual environment from anywhere around the world. I reached out to the man behind the idea, Mat Chacon — CEO of Doghead Simulations, who is one of the industry’s leading VR executive working on creating…
HTC Vive Focus Plus: Stepping in Right Direction
Recently, we got our hands on an HTC Vive Focus Plus dev kit. Safe to say that we all had a field day with it, taking turns to experience the headset that claims to outwit other standalone ones. Although taking turns may be exaggerating a bit, since I’ve had to resort to tricks to get…
VR & Eye-Tracking: Creating a Roadmap of How Customers Make a Choice
Pretty much everyone has heard the proverb ‘Eyes are windows to the soul’. But nobody would have expected back then that they could also lead us to reveal secrets of how people decide to buy anything. It’s a commonly known fact that 95% of purchase decisions happen in subconscious. Since most of it happens somewhere…
Put Creatives on the Driving Seat & Watch How VR Drifts to Success
Anyone who loves VR has been sitting on edge of their seats, wishing for it to become the kind we see in sci-fi already. There’s been a lot going on in recent years to raise the bar for VR experiences but we still aren’t anywhere close to creating Stacks to create digital immortality as they…
Reshaping Next Gen of Customers with Virtual Reality
The way people take in information, browse stores and shop has undergone a significant shift as virtual and augmented reality has entered business arena. Two-dimensional ways to reach customers have been fairly successful in past but the evolving world demands more. Businesses are now looking towards immersive technologies to retain customers by providing them a…
Positional Tracking in VR: A Review of Tracking Systems & Their Features
What makes a VR headset different from a regular 3D display is its feature of tracking. Positional tracking has become a key feature in most of the VR headsets, including some standalone headsets, so you can duck, lean and walk around in virtual reality. Before moving on to the ‘How’ of positional tracking, let’s see…
Creators Pushing the Boundaries of Storytelling
Immersive technology, such as AR and VR has inspired storytellers to try new narrative forms. We are sitting at the cusp of change where people are wondering what storytelling will look like in the next decade. Foretelling the future is not easy but sometimes a reflection of future can be seen in what’s happening at…