Want to get into VR but don’t know what rig to buy? Watch this video

Virtual and augmented reality has become a big deal in the last couple of years. There’s a lot of different options out there now for shooting and streaming 360° content. If you want to get into VR content, though, it can be difficult to know where to begin. Most of the currently available solutions are […]

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Tiny vibrations bring still photos to life in dynamic interactive images

A photograph is, by its very nature, a still image. Good ones perform their task very well. As technology has evolved the lines between photo and video have started to become a little blurred. We’ve got live photos, Instagram supports video, and now wants to be SnapChat. Then we have augmented reality. The combination of computer […]

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Snapchat’s “lenses” contain a whole lot of cool technology

Snapchat might be quite a silly and frivolous app to some people, while others live on it.  Regardless of your thoughts on its practical application, it employs some pretty serious technology in order to be able to do what it does with its “lenses”, or filters as most people call them. From the same facial recognition principles […]

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GoPro Releases Awesome 360 Degree Interactive Panoramic Video On Facebook

We’ve been reporting on GoPro’s advance into the virtual reality market in the past. First with their acquisition of Kolor, the 360 content editing software and then again when the popular action camera manufacturer announced they were working on a drone and a a 6 six camera spherical mount which was geared towards the VR/AR crowd. It certainly looks […]

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Canon MREAL Mixed Reality Hands-On

Canon showed off its next-gen MREAL concepts at the Canon Expo in New York last week. There were several demo options to check out – from car interiors and exteriors to technical repair walkthroughs. At the automobile demo booth, you could sit in the driver’s seat of a barebones car mockup. Put on the MREAL […]

Canon MREAL Mixed Reality Hands-On

Canon showed off its next-gen MREAL concepts at the Canon Expo in New York last week. There were several demo options to check out – from car interiors and exteriors to technical repair walkthroughs. At the automobile demo booth, you could sit in the driver’s seat of a barebones car mockup. Put on the MREAL […]