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Big XR News from Samsung, HTC VIVE, Google, Sony, Pico, NVIDIA

XR Today - Virtual Reality

First, Google will play a role in developing the device through the Android XR operating system. Google Invests $250 Million into HTC VIVE Following last months announcement of AndroidXR and this weeks teasers for Samsung’s Moohan, Google made a significant parallel move.

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Google is Exploring Ways to Let You Animate Your ‘Blocks’ Creations

Road to VR

Google’s team at Daydream Labs have been prototyping ways of animating objects and characters in Blocks , the company’s recently released VR modelling tool. The post Google is Exploring Ways to Let You Animate Your ‘Blocks’ Creations appeared first on Road to VR.

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Tesla Leverages VR for Robotics Development

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The revelation came via the US-based electric car company’s career pages where it is currently advertising for a new position that involves wearing VR headset and motion-capture suit for up to $48 per hour. Job Requirements There is slightly more to the job’s requirements, also shared on Tesla’s career page.

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Google and Queen Bring Bohemian Rhapsody to VR

VRScout

The Bohemian Rhapsody Experience collaboration with Google, original Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor, as well as Enosis VR may be doing just that same thing for virtual reality music videos. Headphones, a swivel chair and your Google Cardboard headset are an absolute requirement. Image Credit: Youtube – Google Play.

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Google VR Teases Future of 3D Animation in VR

VRScout

The Google VR Daydream Labs team is exploring and sharing the possibilities of animating 3D objects in VR and it looks like a blast. Daydream Labs is a way for the Google VR team to explore different applications and interactions for virtual reality, pairing engineers with designers to rapidly prototype concepts.

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DoubleMe to Make City-Scale Digital Twin of Buyeo, South Korea

ARPost

Google is working on “world-scale” AR, in part using satellite data and mobile device location data that they already have access to. They’re also behind HoloPortal Studio, an application for hologram motion capture. That doesn’t mean that no one has tried it.

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Philip K. Dick-inspired VR Story ‘The Great C’ Now Available on Mobile VR

Road to VR

Dick inspired VR experience, The Great C (2018) , to Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream. The 37-minute sci-fi adventure experience is now available for $6 across all platforms, including versions available on Steam (Vive, Rift) and the Oculus Store (Rift, Go, Gear VR), and Google Play ( Daydream ).