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Kite & Lighting Experiments with iPhone X for ‘Cheap & Fast’ VR Facial Mocap

Road to VR

While unlocking your phone and embodying an AR poop emoji are fun features though, the developers at Kite & Lightning just published a video of an interesting experiment that aims to use the iPhone X as a “cheap and fast” facial motion capture camera for VR game development.

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Deadmau5 Now Has A VR Game

VRScout

The VR experience is being called Absolut deadmau5 , inviting you to join the artist on an “epic night out” in his own virtual world, letting you guide a virtual deadmau5 from his actual studio, through various obstacles and surprises, before culminating in a live performance of his exclusive new track, “ Saved.”

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Host Live VR Show at Comic-Con

VRScout

The character was the your head, while your actual body was in the virtual world, immersing you in Turtles’ iconic New York City world. From the advanced wireless motion capture experience we saw for Jack Ryan and now this real-time TMNT VR experience, we can’t wait to see how crazy next year’s Con is going to be.

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United Airlines Shows Off New Business Class in VR

VRScout

Since Polaris doesn’t quite exist yet, Thinkingbox built the experience from scratch, creating virtual environments from CAD renderings and motion-captured CGI characters. 25 to 28 and the New York City Marathon in November. The entire experience was built using Unreal’s 3D game engine.

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Vicon Launches Valkyrie XR Mocap Camera

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Motion capture (mocap) specialist Vicon launched its Valkyrie camera solution boasting the world’s highest-quality specifications, the company announced on Tuesday.

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Radically Simple: AI Startup Makes 3D Motion Capture a Breeze for All

NVidia VR

Motion capture technology records and digitally replicates human movement to create 3D animations. The problem is traditional motion capture relies on lots of expensive, bulky hardware. As its name implies, the New York-based member of NVIDIA’s Inception program for startup companies breaks with tradition.

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Sandbox VR Receives $11M Investment From Film, Music, And Sports Celebs

VRScout

With Sandbox VR’s full-body motion capture technology, users are offered enhanced VR experiences nearly impossible to recreate at home. Sandbox VR establishments can currently be found in 9 cities across the US and Asia – with Austin , Chicago , Dallas , New York , and San Diego locations coming soon.

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