Oculus
Investors put $686 million into virtual and augmented reality in 2015
Posted in Medicine on 20th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
Most of that $686 million is for video services, with gaming and solutions/services (stuff with uses for science and industry) following.
Goldman Sachs says VR will be bigger than TV in 10 years
Posted in Software on 16th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
"We definitely aim long-term to get a billion people in VR, and deliver an incredibly comfortable VR experience in a set of sunglasses," -Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe
Google now has a boss for its virtual reality business to take on Oculus
Posted in Business on 13th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
One of the execs behind Google Cardboard, will head up the companys virtual reality team.
The Rift is expensive: Oculus founder: We are not making money on $599 Rift; it's obscenely cheap
Posted in Games on 6th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
$599 to get the top-tier VR equipment in addition to the cost of a PC, and that has a lot of consumers feeling priced out of the market.
Can virtual reality help keep astronauts sane in space?
Posted in Science on 5th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
Folks may one day spend years cooped up in a spacecraft with no option to stroll along a beach or meadow, and that could wear on their psychological states.