Strange Attractor

Strange Attractor


33: It’s just a telly in front of your eyes

December 29, 2016

What is virtual & augmented reality?

What is virtual reality? (Explain That Stuff!)
How augmented reality works (How Stuff Works, Tech)
'That VR Joint': The virtual reality place we visited on our excursion
Virtual reality (Wikipedia)
Augmented reality (Wikipedia)
Beyond Pokémon Go: Augmented reality is set to transform gaming (New Scientist)
Flight Radar 24: An app with an augmented reality function - point your phone at the sky to see which planes are flying by (iTunes)
Star Walk: An app with an augmented reality function - point your phone at the night sky to see which stars & planets are there (iTunes)
'Playtest': Season 3, episode 2 of Black Mirror - explores augmented reality gaming (IMDb)
A night landing at LAX using a 'head-up' augmented reality display in a plane cockpit (YouTube)
The biggest challenges left in virtual reality, according to Oculus (TechCrunch)
Flume
The 'soma holiday' from Brave New World (GradeSaver)
Oculus
Facebook closes its $2bn Oculus Rift acquisition - What next? (The Guardian)
The Cortex podcast where they go to Facebook HQ & use the Oculus (Relay FM)
The VR goggles for Samsung phones by Oculus (Samsung)
7 movies you can experience in virtual reality (Observer)
'The entire history of you': Season 1, episode 3 of Black Mirror - where everyone has a memory implant recording everything they do (IMDb)
'Job Simulator': The game Lucy played & burnt the bacon
'Space Pirate Trainer': The shooting game we played
'Holopoint': The archery game we played
We used the HTC Vive goggles (HTC)
Africa by Toto (YouTube)
The HTC Vive goggles are ~$1,400 at the moment (JB Hi-Fi)
What is rendering? (Wikipedia)
Can virtual reality cut the cord? (MUO)
Oculus is working on a cheaper, wireless VR headset (The Verge)

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