AOL’s latest acquisition will bring 360-degree video and virtual reality content to the Huffington Post, the digital media company said Wednesday. AOL has signed a deal to acquire RYOT, an immersive media company and virtual content studio that creates films, videos, 360-degree videos and virtual reality. Los Angeles-based RYOT will work with the AOL-owned Huffington …
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The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive aren’t as different as you’d think. Both top-tier VR headsets use a pair of lenses to magnify a pair of screens that display images from similarly powerful gaming PCs. And now, you can play games designed for the Oculus Rift on the HTC Vive, too — even games that were supposedly exclusive to the …
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Facebook wants you to take a selfie in virtual reality. The social networking giant is building apps that make it easy to share photos with people using its Oculus Rift headsets, which put a screen so close to people’s eyes that it tricks them into thinking they’re actually in a computer-generated world. One app the company showed off at its …
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Download the audio version of today’s episode:Facebook Messenger isn’t just for friends. It’s also for having awkward conversations with company chatbots. Mark Zuckerberg revealed some examples of how bots will operate in Messenger, along with other ways Facebook is expanding its reach. Watch CNET Update below for a quick recap of the biggest news from Facebook’s F8 conference: Now playing: …
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Tyler flew to San Francisco from Kansas for the day just to test out the Oculus Rift. Stephanie tried the HTC Vive to see if it was as immersive as it’s been billed by reviewers. And Jesse stood in line three times so he could try out the Rift, Vive and Samsung’s Gear VR. It’s been a big few weeks …
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I’m a virtual dreamer. Hardware makers are flooding the market with virtual reality headsets and computers powerful enough to render the detailed graphics they display. VR is filled with immersive and expansive promise. It’s most definitely the future. But it isn’t reality. Reality involves the simultaneous experience of multiple senses. When I walk on the beach, I feel the dampness …
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You may not choose to dissect your new $600 Oculus Rift VR to see what makes it tick. But anyone who needs to go inside to make repairs shouldn’t find the effort overly taxing. Released this week, the first consumer version of Facebook’s Oculus Rift virtual reality headset immerses you in a 3D world where you can play games, explore …
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Google wants everyone to wear cardboard boxes on their faces. It wants that so much that it’s just announced a plan to make it easier for Apple iPhone developers to write VR apps. That’s a big deal because, first, the iPhone is the biggest rival to phones powered by Google’s Android mobile operating system, and second, until now there hasn’t …
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March Madness is virtually inescapable. As if there wasn’t already enough excitement over the annual college basketball tournament, the organizers at the NCAA will live-stream Saturday’s semi-finals and Monday’s title game in virtual reality. The NCAA and its broadcast partners are using Samsung Gear VR, a headset that seats Samsung phones, to present the 180-degree courtside stream. Hoops fans will …
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You set up a room with an advanced VR kit, and wire it to your PC. It all seems fine. Anything to be worried about? Actually, I worry a lot. Virtual reality is amazing, but it isn’t safe. It isn’t easy. And with the complicated hardware being released now, it could end up being a nightmare in the wrong hands. …
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