Virtual reality and Mr Men books: companies reveal their unusual recruitment tools shoe repair and key-cutting business Timpson, there’s one kids’ favourite that’s, erm, key, to its hiring process. When recruiting new shop staff, rather than scanning a CV or … Continue reading Finding employees
‘Paranormal Activity VR’ is So Scary Someone Threw Off Their Headset There I was, standing at the check-in kiosk for the Paranormal Activity VR booth at GDC, and the moment I’d been waiting for finally happened: a young woman got … Continue reading How to make a first-person VR movie
Storytelling in VR: Ambiguity and Implication in 1st Person Narratives Rob Morgan is the writer of The Assembly, and he spoke last year at GDC about narrative design in VR and the importance of accurate body language in NPCs to … Continue reading How to write stories in VR
Total immersion: how VR is transforming everything from education to medicine March 2003. Infantry platoon Sergeant Chris Merkle and the 43 US marines and medics in his charge are under attack in Nasiriyah, Iraq. “We’re in the back of an … Continue reading The story of VR exposure therapy
With Oculus Rift CV1 comes online theater As soon as virtual reality became a thing, all sorts of applications have been developed for it. Most of them are quite creative, considering the fact they are made by a third-party. For … Continue reading Watching films on Oculus Cinema
The Shocking VR Experience of Old Sparky VR enthusiasts gathered this past weekend for the SoCal Virtual Reality conference held at the University of California Irvine. With a day packed full of panels, demos, and entertainment, VRScout was able to … Continue reading The VR electric chair
Inside the David Cronenberg VR Experience with the Developers Who Met Him Body/Mind/Change is a trans-media experience that was built to accompany a recent celebration of film director David Cronenberg and his work. As part of the project Blair Renaud, developer of Technolust, got to meet the man behind Scanners and The Fly. Renaud shares his experiences and we talk with the team about how the project came to be. David Cronenberg, one of the most divisive directors of his generation, is undeniably one of a kind. With classics such as Scanners (1981), Videodrome (1983), The Fly (1986) and eXistenZ … Continue reading David Cronenberg’s way to VR
Real estate platform adds virtual reality support in India CommonFloor.com, India’s leading online real estate platform introduces CommonFloor Retina, world’s first virtual reality innovation in real estate that is available to the masses. This technological breakthrough offers ‘real’ property experience for the seekers allowing them to view, review and assess multiple properties from anywhere at any point of time. “As a new-age online realty player, technology and innovation are part of our core DNA,” said Sumit Jain, Co-founder and CEO, CommonFloor.com. “Property buying demands huge time and financial investment by the buyer and it is our constant endeavour to create … Continue reading Real estate in virtual reality
A close look at the Gear VR for the Galaxy S6 Earlier this week, we saw some big news in the world of virtual reality when HTC announced the Vive, a new VR headset made in partnership with legacy video game company Valve. But the most important news for the adoption of virtual reality came from Samsung, Oculus, and Facebook: there’s a new version of the Gear VR that can be powered by both the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the S6 Edge. Virtual reality is quite obviously still in a nascent state. Even the best headsets still face myriad problems … Continue reading Is VR just an accessory?
A Virtual Patient: Avatar Shows Emotions as He Talks to Med Students Jack has a backache. He’s nervous, sitting there in the doctor’s exam room, and his eyes quickly dart back and forth. He carefully answers the medical student’s questions, grimacing from the pain as he describes where it hurts, and how badly. The student continues to probe with questions, hoping to hone in on the problem while trying to keep Jack calm and talkative. Jack is an avatar: a simulated, virtual patient. He’s actually one of several avatars built by researchers at The Ohio State University’s Advanced Computing Center … Continue reading How avatars elicit emotions
LAVREB Laboratory of Virtual Reality and Economic Behavior 