Tag Archives: virtual-reality

DTS:X: The immersive audio alternative to Dolby Atmos, explained

Whether you call it “immersive audio” or the more nebulous “object-based audio,” there is a new type of surround sound coming to a home theater near you. It’s designed to let you feel closer to the action than before with the help of height channels, which just like the name indicates, are speakers shooting sound …

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Elsewhere’s $50 phone frames turn videos 3D, and boy do they pop

Elsewhere, a startup you’ve never heard of, wants to crack 3D video for phones where giants have failed. A wife-and-husband team, Wendellen Li and Aza Raskin, on Thursday launched Elsewhere’s namesake product for sale. The $50 black plastic glasses attach to your iPhone and, working with Elsewhere’s free app, make any video appear three-dimensional, whether it’s Netflix, YouTube or something …

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Don’t stand for VR gaming: Ski, gallop and steer instead

VR may be the big thing in gaming, but one company thinks virtual reality isn’t quite real enough. Futuretown is aiming to fix that with Totalmotion, a peripheral-based 5D platform. It takes cues from body movement to control the VR world and comes in three distinct modules to match each simulation. Related stories This VR headset is designed to let …

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The Idealens K2 offers VR without wires or a phone

VR is exploding, but if there’s one thing it lacks, it’s mobility. Both the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive require reams of cables connected to a (powerful) PC or laptop, meaning the immersive worlds they offer are still just that little bit confining. The Idealens K2 aims to release you from those confines, providing wireless mobility and a built-in …

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Coming soon to a theater near you: VR pods and Minecraft?

Beware if you tend to veer into dystopian paranoia: Cinemark CEO Mark Zoradi offered a glimpse of moviegoing’s future Wednesday, and it includes windowless rooms where our children have replaced Little League baseball with Minecraft tourneys. The executive said Wednesday that Cinemark anticipates virtual reality and gaming as opportunities for “significant alternative content” to the traditional feature-length films in its …

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This VR headset is designed to let you find your zen

Virtual reality as of late has been closely linked with the phone and video game industries. However, a Japanese tech startup is using the platform for something different: stress management. Part VR headset, part brain monitor, DG Lab’s Brainwave VR headset comes equipped with built-in electroencephalogram (EEG) sensors, which measure the brain’s electrical activity. The headset monitors users’ mental states …

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Hulu plans first comedy series and news shows in VR

HuffPost RYOT will soon debut two new virtual reality shows, set to launch this fall on the Hulu VR app for the Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR headsets. The first show is called “Virtually Mike and Nora.” It’s a VR comedy series written, directed and starring Nora Kirkpatrick from “The Office” and Mike O’Brien, a former cast member on …

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New ‘Avatar’ traveling exhibition explores Na’vi culture

If you’ve been pining for Pandora, there’s hope on the horizon. You’ll soon be able to immerse yourself in all things Na’vi with a new roaming exhibition. “Avatar: Discover Pandora” will begin its tour in Taipei. It will be filled with the extraordinary creatures and breathtaking environments inspired by the hit James Cameron film from 2009. It’s presented by Lightstorm …

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Google may unveil its new phone at Oct. 4 event

Now playing: Watch this: Comcast going cellular, Google teases possible Pixel… 1:48 Google said late Monday it will hold a media event in San Francisco next month, at which it is expected to unveil its new flagship phone. The October 4 event was announced in a YouTube video that shows the web giant’s familiar horizontal search bar slowly morphing into …

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AT&T plans to offer super

Enlarge Image AT&T’s Project AirGig would attach antennas onto power lines to send data signals around the wires, instead of through them. Courtesy of AT&T Internet access could soon be synonymous with electricity in AT&T’s latest project. The Dallas telecommunications giant on Tuesday revealed Project AirGig, which aims to deliver “low-cost, multi-gigabit wireless internet speeds” using power lines. AT&T Labs …

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