Step Inside the Unabomber Investigation with HTC Vive and Newseum

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is a guest blog post by Lukasz Biernacki, Communications Associate at Immersion. If you’re one of the many that spent the Christmas break binging on Netflix then you may be familiar with Manhunt: Unabomber, the eight-part docudrama outlining the FBI investigation that led to the arrest of Ted Kaczynski. For those of you not […]

Pioneer new lessons in your classroom with Google ExpeditionsPioneer new lessons in your classroom with Google ExpeditionsProduct Manager for Google Expeditions

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThrough our travels with the Google Expeditions Pioneer Program, we’ve worked alongside teachers and students to improve the overall Expeditions experience. One of the top requests we’ve heard from teachers and students is the ability to create their own Expeditions. Today, we are excited to announce a beta program that allows schools and educators to […]

Enter your VR app for the second Viveport Developer Awards

Reading Time: 2 minutesLast year, in the inaugural VDAs, we awarded prizes to apps across the spectrum of what’s possible in VR – from recreating history with Apollo 11 VR, to witnessing a piece of art in motion with Firebird – La Péri. With another year of experience and experimentation, we’re hoping to see the bar raised, if […]

Augmented reality on the web, for everyoneAugmented reality on the web, for everyoneUX Engineer, Daydream WebXR TeamUX Lead, Daydream WebXR Team

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe spacesuit model was sourced from Poly. Many Poly models are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Generic (CC-BY), which lets users copy and/or remix them, so long as the creator is credited. Our astronaut was created by the Poly team. Article’s 2D sections were built with off-the-shelf libraries and modern web tooling. For responsive layout […]

VR workouts for the mind and body!

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe New Year is always a time of renewal, and for many of us it’s a time to resolve to do better, whether that’s with our bodies or in our minds. Naturally, there are VR apps for that! From today until Wednesday, January 24th we’re offering some fantastic VR apps at 50% off that will […]

Vive Demos and Hardware at CES 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis week at CES, Vive is all around the show floor. From our expo at the Wynn’s Alsace Ballroom to Vive demos and hardware showcased by our amazing partners at their own booths, Vive is featured throughout CES. Read below for our partners featuring Vive at CES 2018: Intel               CES Opening Keynote -The Intel CEO, […]

Vive Partners With the Best in VR at CES 2018

Reading Time: 8 minutesYesterday at CES, Vive raised the bar for premium VR with the new Vive Pro upgrade and Wireless Vive adaptor while dramatically improving the way we discover and consume VR content with Viveport VR and Vive Video. Today, we’re proud to highlight the exceptional partners sharing our booth and those showing Vive out on the […]

Memory machines: VR180 cameras, and capturing life as you see itMemory machines: VR180 cameras, and capturing life as you see itVP

Reading Time: 2 minutesBut as the technology used to capture these moments has improved, the fidelity has also increased. From primitive pinhole cameras, to black and white film cameras, to color, to video, there’s been a continuous upward trajectory of resolution and quality. Today’s high-end VR cameras are a big leap forward. Through immersive, stereoscopic footage, they do […]

A new way to experience Daydream and capture memories in VRA new way to experience Daydream and capture memories in VRVP

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSince we launched Cardboard, our goal has been to create virtual reality experiences that are accessible, useful, and relevant to as many people as possible. With Daydream, we’ve been building a platform for high-quality mobile VR: we’ve worked with lots of different partners to bring fifteen Daydream-ready phones to market for smartphone VR. And today […]

HTC VIVE Raises The Bar For Premium VR With New VIVE PRO Upgrade And Wireless VIVE Adaptor

Reading Time: 4 minutesNew Hardware Raises the Bar for High-End VR Market, While All-New Viveport VR and Vive Video Dramatically Improves the way You Browse, Discover and Acquire VR Content. Today in Las Vegas, HTC VIVE™, the leader in room-scale Virtual Reality (VR) announced new hardware upgrades that deliver premium VR experiences to consumers and enterprises with the […]

VR Tour of Deckard’s Blade Runner Apartment

Reading Time: 2 minutesBladeRunner 9732 is a virtual reality tour of Rick Deckard’s Los Angeles apartment, developed by Quentin Lengel. It goes live on Steam on January 7th. How cool would it be to operate the Esper machine in Blade Runner? Or to view 2019 Los Angeles from Deckard’s balcony? Thanks to the efforts of developer Quentin Lengele, […]

Zayden’s Wish: Making the Impossible Mission Possible – in VR

Reading Time: 4 minutes**This is a guest post from the team at Trick3D [embedded content] The tarmac at Dobbins Air Force Base is clear – no jet engine roars – it’s calm enough to hear the American flag flapping in the breeze. And yet, the air’s electric with excitement. More than 50 airmen are aligned in formation. They […]

Say hello to our third round of Jump Start creatorsSay hello to our third round of Jump Start creatorsProgram Manager

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAidan Brezonick (Director), Justin Benzel (Author), Ivanna Kozak (Producer, Laïdak Films), Antoine Liétout (Producer, Laïdak Films), and Ivan Zuber (Producer, Laïdak Films) Locations: LA, USA; Chicago, USA; Berlin, Germany; Paris, France The team is working on a story set in the French countryside. It follows Henry, an aggrieved inventor struggling to overcome the laws of […]

Interact with the virtual world in a whole new way

Reading Time: 2 minutesInteract with the virtual world in a whole new way Arduino Team — December 20th, 2017 As reported by the Creative Applications Network, “Tangibles Worlds explores the effects of tactile experience as a catalyst for full immersion in VR.” The project by Stella Speziali takes the form of three separate boxes, along with an Oculus Rift […]

ARCore Developer Preview 2ARCore Developer Preview 2Director, Product Management

Reading Time: 2 minutesAugmented reality is a powerful way to bring the physical and digital worlds together. AR places digital objects and useful information into the real world around us, which creates a huge opportunity to make our phones more intuitive, more helpful and a whole lot more fun. We’ve been working on augmented reality since 2014, with […]

Savings galore in our Viveport Holiday Sale

Reading Time: 3 minutes‘Tis the season to be in VR, as they say, and we’ve got plenty of great incentives to get you there. Whether you’ll be unwrapping a Vive on the 25th or have already taken your first step into a virtual world, we have dozens of VR titles for sale this holiday. Here’s what we have, […]

Go beyond the gridiron in VR with „NFL Immersed“ season twoGo beyond the gridiron in VR with „NFL Immersed“ season twoDirector, VR Video

Reading Time: 2 minutesJump, Google’s platform for virtual reality video capture that combines high-quality VR cameras and automated stitching, simplifies VR video production and helps filmmakers of all backgrounds and skill levels create amazing content. For the past two years, we’ve worked with NFL Films, one of the most recognized team of filmmakers in sports and the recipient […]

Save development time with our new 3D debugging toolSave development time with our new 3D debugging toolTechnical Lead

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDeveloping 3D apps is complicated—whether you’re using a native graphics API or enlisting the help of your favorite game engine, there are thousands of graphics commands that have to come together perfectly to produce beautiful 3D visuals on your phone, desktop or VR headsets. To help developers diagnose rendering and performance issues with their Android […]

Best practices for mobile AR designBest practices for mobile AR designUX Designer

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMobile AR immersive interactions. To achieve immersion, we focused on core mobile AR interaction mechanics ranging from object interaction, browsing, information display, and visual guidance. It’s possible to optimize for readability, usability, and scale by considering ways to use a fixed position or dynamic scaling for digital objects. Using a reticle or raycast from the device […]

The Ochre Atelier Comes To Viveport

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe next stage of Vive’s partnership with Tate comes to life as Modigliani VR experience ‘The Ochre Atelier’ is now available to download at home In 1919 Amedeo Modigliani returned to Paris from the south of France. The war was over; his health had improved. His art dealer, Léopold Zborowski found a studio and living […]

Super Puzzle Galaxy – Creating Levels

Reading Time: 5 minutesThis is a guest blog post by J. Epps and the 2Bears Team. A blank page can be intimidating. For me, a blank page feels like a vast ocean that I can’t see the edges of; however, there is a trick that those of us who create for a living use to get past this […]