Sentences with phrase «[immersive virtual reality»

Virtual reality can be an emotionally powerful way to tell a story, but that's also why we need to make sure it is reported ethically.

Instead of virtual reality, augmented reality is slated to make waves next year.

Beyond offering several hands - on demonstrations at the Hilton Austin Downtown, the show will host more than 20 panels focused on the potential impact virtual reality will have on everything from music and fashion to sports and tourism.

360 cameras are also the intermediary step toward virtual reality, which may not take off for a while because of its high cost and need for a high - end computer.

The next generation of parents will wish for the days of Instagram selfies when the virtual reality world takes hold.

Among them, the death of the credit card (and triumph of bitcoin); mobile phones replacement by virtual reality; and the mobile Internet's shrinking of the wage gap.

Windows 10 has embraced touchscreens, styluses, and even virtual reality.

Such training scenarios are one place where virtual reality might actually be living up to its hype.

You won't be able to buy a Varjo headset any time soon, but it promises resolutions 70 times greater than what current virtual reality headsets offer.

A Polish video game developer is creating a virtual reality experience where people can explore the nooks and crannies of the deserted nuclear city of Pripyat and other features of interest in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.

The brain's response to music was shown through virtual reality demos that fully engaged the audience.

Fortune broke down some of the highlights of this year's festival, including a variety of virtual reality - focused panels and the premiere screening of Netflix's (NFLX) Pee - Wee Herman film reboot, while corporate sponsors such as McDonald's (MCD) and Samsung will also be on hand with big events.

Alphabet's Google Inc. unveiled its answer to Amazon's Alexa virtual assistant along with new messaging and virtual reality products at its annual I / O developer conference on Wednesday, doubling down on artificial intelligence and machine learning as the keys to its future.

The US Military is testing out new technology that uses virtual reality to help give machine gunners an edge.

HTC, maker of the Vive virtual reality headset, is worried about the proliferation of cheap VR products that will soon flood the market.

-- Tracey Wiedmeyer, co-founder and CTO of InContext Solutions, a Web - based virtual reality solutions provider for retail

Everyone is talking about virtual reality and augmented reality and artificial intelligence and deep learning (not using those actual words, but rather «VR» and «AR» and «AI» and «DL»).

The company eventually plans to allow crypto payments in its casual gaming, augmented reality, and virtual reality efforts, though it did not give a timeline for its integration there.

Google's Spotlight Stories: Teaming up with Motorola, Google is creating a new interactive program that puts users at the center of an animated featurette... literally at the center of a 360 degree virtual reality movie, viewable with a Moto X smartphone.

And virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are much more commonly used there, compared with the United States.

It's official — virtual reality, or VR technology, is the hot, new trend in media circles.

With the launch of Oculus» Rift virtual reality headset becoming available later this month and HTC's Vive due in April, SXSW is hosting a separate three - day event focused on the new technology and its possibilities.

Whether its showing a customer their ideal vacation, putting them behind the wheel of a new car, or implanting them inside a TV show, virtual reality will be a very persuasive form of marketing.

For example, she said, Walmart could one day build in - store virtual reality kiosks where customers could view and shop for any item in the company's inventory.

The most recent example, of course, came on Tuesday, when Facebook announced a $ 2 billion acquisition of the virtual reality startup Oculus VR, but it's just the most recent in a string of Facebook's recent buyout offers, from it's failed $ 3 billion bid for Snapchat to its jaw - dropping $ 19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp.

What's more, devices that utilize virtual reality — and its cousin, augmented reality — have evolved from the dreams of tech enthusiasts to something your uncle can purchase from his local brick - and - mortar retailer.

CNBC's Karen Tso spoke with Daniel Seidl, managing director and founder of Innoactive, about advances in virtual reality technology.

The best reason to get into virtual reality at this point is to play incredible, immersive video games.

(In virtual reality, you fully enter a virtual world, usually while wearing goggles such as Google Cardboard or Oculus.

Taking a different tack entirely, fitness startup Black Box wants you to work out in virtual reality.

Set to launch on October 13 for $ 399, the PlayStation VR brings a virtual reality experience competitive with (but not quite as powerful as) what Facebook and HTC have to offer.

In both cases, you should be prepared to drop $ 1,000 or more on a Windows PC powerful enough for virtual reality.

Oculus will maintain its headquarters in Irvine, CA, and will continue development of the Oculus Rift, its ground - breaking virtual reality platform.

• vTime, a London - based virtual reality social network, raised $ 7.6 million in Series A funding.

Oculus is the leader in immersive virtual reality technology and has already built strong interest among developers, having received more than 75,000 orders for development kits for the company's virtual reality headset, the Oculus Rift.

Nearly a year ago, Walmart launched its startup incubator Store No. 8 with the aim of reshaping the retail experience through technology like virtual reality and drones.

Waite said 5G will have «the greatest impact on mobile gaming as well as mobile - based augmented and virtual reality.»

And while PSVR is having some minor issues out of the gate, it is by far the easiest and most accessible way to get into virtual reality.

The store is also expanding to new platforms, including wearable devices, virtual reality headsets and Google's Chromebook laptops.

From 5G, to virtual reality, this is the technology taking first place at the Pyeongchang Winter Games.

Brands should ask their customers sooner than later exactly how they want virtual reality integrated into their lives.

But the size of the market we're pursuing — data centers, autonomous driving, video games and virtual reality, industrial design — our technology is being used by almost every car company, movie... so almost every data center in the world will be accelerated by GPUs.

Google's virtual reality dreams are also becoming reality.

Virtual Reality (VR) is becoming more prevalent in our everyday lives.

For instance, last month Sony unveiled its PlayStation VR, a virtual reality gaming headset.

Store No. 8 acquired Spatialand, a small Los Angeles - based virtual reality software business founded by Kim Cooper.

Virtual reality trading, Sewell thinks, will be the domain of day traders and portfolio managers.

Facebook, for one, has said that it intends to develop Oculus's virtual reality technology, which is currently only used for immersive video games, into a new type of social platform.

«We believe virtual reality will be heavily defined by social experiences that connect people in magical, new ways.

Fans should expect better distribution of the masses of video content produced from each race, plus games and virtual reality experiences.