Eye candy: Epic's Showdown Unreal Engine 4 VR demo
Watch this epic bullet-time-inspired mech battle demo - then download all of the UE4 assets for free.
Thursday, September 3rd, 2015
virtual reality
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.8
Updated: Now officially shipping. New downloadable .exe file for the UE4 Kite demo due this week, too.
Thursday, June 11th, 2015
Andrew Hazelden releases PlayblastVR for Maya
Dover Studios co-founder's previz renderer outputs images in panoramic VR formats, or as 360° YouTube videos.
Tuesday, April 28th, 2015
Otoy releases OctaneVR
Updated: Get a free three-month trial of Otoy's renderer for VR content, plus Blender and Poser plugins.
Tuesday, April 28th, 2015
The Foundry reveals the five key problems of VR
See video of its virtual reality tech here - including a new raytracing renderer written inside Nuke.
Monday, April 20th, 2015
Mad science: sculpt Unity models in augmented reality
GameDraw developer Mixed Dimensions announces support for meta's AR glasses. See a video here.
Monday, June 17th, 2013
Vicon unveils VR device, Cara facial-capture system
New mobile capture technologies go on show at Siggraph, alongside Blade 2 mocap-handling software.
Monday, August 6th, 2012
Oculus Rift VR headset nets $1 million on Kickstarter
John Carmack-backed $300 VR device smashes its campaign target within one day of crowd funding.
Thursday, August 2nd, 2012