Google's thrifty virtual reality headset is built from cardboard
News: Google has devised a way for smartphone users to make their own virtual reality headset using household items. The Cardboard project was created by Google to allow anyone to try out virtual...
View ArticleThe city of the future "will be both physical and digital"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: cities in the future will exist in both a physical and digital form says William Trossell of 3D-scanning company ScanLAB, who claims the lines between the two "will become...
View ArticleApple wins patent approval for wireless virtual reality headset
News: Apple has been granted a patent for a wireless headset that mounts an iPhone in front of the eyes, hinting at the company's expansion into virtual reality. Apple's patent, which gained approval...
View ArticleVirtual reality will be "more powerful than cocaine"
Interview: every architect will soon design using 3D goggles, according to designer and visualiser Olivier Demangel, who believes that virtual architecture will be as convincing as the real thing...
View ArticleFIELD creates sculptural virtual reality helmets for Violescence exhibition
These sculptural helmets by digital art studio FIELD incorporate Oculus Rift virtual reality headsets (+ movie). FIELD's Quasar project comprises three wearable sculptures designed to be worn by...
View ArticleVirtual reality will allow architects "to change the world like a god"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: architects will soon be walking clients through digital models of their designs, says 3D visualiser Olivier Demangel, who built a virtual replica of a house he saw on Dezeen...
View ArticleVirtual reality helmets present a forest from an animal's perspective
Visitors to an English forest were able to explore the woods through the eyes of different animals as part of a virtual reality experience by London design studio Marshmallow Laser Feast (+ movie). The...
View ArticleAudi uses gaming technology to test vehicle designs in the virtual world
German manufacturer Audi is adapting gesture-control technology used in the gaming industry to make its vehicle design processes more efficient. Engineers will use the technology to assemble...
View ArticleVirtual reality mall lets consumers shop alongside digital giraffes and zebras
Dutch Design Week 2015: British designer Allison Crank has created a virtual reality shopping centre that allows users to commission bespoke objects within a world of floating neon signs and stray zoo...
View ArticleGoogle granted patent for bendy Google Glass-style device
Google's latest approved patent is for a flexible heads-up display that could be the next version of Google Glass. The headband rests on the wearer's temple and ear, and curves around the back of the...
View ArticleArtefact's Shadow hoodie immerses wearers in virtual reality
This clothing concept designed by technology and design company Artefact allows gamers to have "the most immersive virtual reality experience" by using an inbuilt computer, battery and sensors (+...
View ArticleÉCAL students anticipate the future of familiar objects for Milan exhibition
Milan 2016: interaction design students at Swiss university ÉCAL have used connected technologies and virtual reality to imagine possible future versions of everyday objects such as a toaster, a broom...
View ArticleGoogle launches Tilt Brush app for virtual reality sketching
Google's virtual reality painting app, Tilt Brush, could allow architects and designers to walk through their sketches in 3D as they draw them (+ movie). Available on the HTC Vive headset device, Tilt...
View ArticleVR goggles combined with hand-held controllers offers architects "a whole new...
New virtual reality tools will allow architects and designers to create buildings and products intuitively in 3D space around them, according to the director of visualisation studio VRtisan (+ movie)....
View ArticleDigital model offers virtual-reality users a preview of BIG's Serpentine...
For those who aren't able to visit BIG's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion this summer, Swiss visualisation studio Archilogic has made it possible to take an unofficial tour of the building using virtual...
View ArticleMona's Mask is a soft cotton alternative to VR headsets
Technology company Mona has designed cotton goggles that incorporate a wearer's smartphone to function as a virtual reality headset (+ slideshow). Much like in Google Cardboard, Mask incorporates two...
View ArticleVirtual reality movie offers a preview of Thomas Heatherwick's Garden Bridge
The team behind London's controversial Garden Bridge have released a short film that allows viewers to experience the project in virtual reality (+ movie). The two-minute movie released by the Garden...
View ArticleGravity Sketch VR allows designers to create and alter digital models in mid-air
The team behind the Gravity Sketch iPad app have launched new cross-platform software, which gives designers the option to draw and manipulate 3D objects in a virtual reality environment (+ movie). The...
View ArticleGoogle's fabric VR headset is based on the "clothes we love to wear"
Google has upgraded its thrifty cardboard VR headset with a fabric version named Daydream View, which is designed to work with the company's first own-brand smartphone (+ movie). The Daydream View...
View ArticleUltra-lifelike figure shows potential future of virtual reality
Although it looks like a real woman, the ultra-lifelike figure in this music video is actually a digital model created using high-resolution 3D scans. London-based multimedia studios Marshmallow Laser...
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