Ars Technica illustrates upon the current state of VR headsets while trying to decide the best VR headset of early 2017.
Showing posts with label Google cardboard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google cardboard. Show all posts
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Thursday, 5 May 2016
What to expect from a mobile VR system?
If you are looking for the perfect mobile VR gear, you may want to read this before deciding. Well, its 2016 and there are tons of VR head-mounts designed for your smartphone. But, before expecting a perfect VR experience from a mobile VR system you should be aware of a couple things.
First of all smartphones are not designed for virtual reality. VR gear that uses smartphones rely on the built in gyroscope and accelerometer on your smartphone for head tracking. It means that your smartphone lacks considerably in terms of necessary hardware required for a real VR experience.
Having said that, this mobile VR technology is a wonderful hack. An ingenious idea that truly helps in promoting the emerging & evolving technology of virtual reality. Simply, this mobile VR system provides just a taste of real VR. It makes users wonder what would it feel like if I use a dedicated system designed for real VR with better content and far better graphics. What you'll find on mobile VR is mini games, demos, a fake 3d theater and some immersive journalism apps. And you cannot create your own VR content unless you buy some additional expensive VR gadget or some of the latest 360 degree cameras like Samsung's Gear 360. Another thing that you should be quite aware of is the power constraints on mobile VR. Running VR content on your mobile drains your battery like nothing else, you will end up cursing no matter how powerful you think your smartphone battery is, because VR content rendering is a very power-hungry process.
But it should be kept in mind that your way inside the the emerging world of VR is through mobile VR experience. It is so far the best option for VR newbies and starters to first understand the basic idea of VR technology through mobile VR. Google cardboard VR provides the most basic, yet a powerful VR experience. Other head-mounts provide a more immersive experience that use better lenses like the Gear VR.
For those who expect more from their mobile VR systems, it might be they end up a bit disappointed. But they'll definitely realize that there is more to this VR technology in advanced and dedicated real VR headsets but for the time being a bit out of reach.
 |
| Google cardboard VR (image source: vr-expert.nl) |
Having said that, this mobile VR technology is a wonderful hack. An ingenious idea that truly helps in promoting the emerging & evolving technology of virtual reality. Simply, this mobile VR system provides just a taste of real VR. It makes users wonder what would it feel like if I use a dedicated system designed for real VR with better content and far better graphics. What you'll find on mobile VR is mini games, demos, a fake 3d theater and some immersive journalism apps. And you cannot create your own VR content unless you buy some additional expensive VR gadget or some of the latest 360 degree cameras like Samsung's Gear 360. Another thing that you should be quite aware of is the power constraints on mobile VR. Running VR content on your mobile drains your battery like nothing else, you will end up cursing no matter how powerful you think your smartphone battery is, because VR content rendering is a very power-hungry process.
 |
| Gear VR (image source: pcgamesn.com) |
For those who expect more from their mobile VR systems, it might be they end up a bit disappointed. But they'll definitely realize that there is more to this VR technology in advanced and dedicated real VR headsets but for the time being a bit out of reach.
Tuesday, 3 May 2016
Virtual Reality and Journalism creates “Immersive Journalism”
Media has always embraced Information Technology (IT) as it dramatically evolved over the years. From online presence to mobile apps and now to virtual reality, journalism is truly exploring the potential of technology in spreading the message in amazing and unique ways.
Previously you could only read, listen or watch news, now with virtual reality technology you can experience real life events like never before. Immersive journalism recreates real life news events in virtual reality with extreme accuracy, these VR reports, news stories and documentaries really have the potential to take journalism to the next level.
Immersive journalism is all about using virtual reality technology to create immersive content, this immersive content can be in the form of recreated news events, stories or documentaries. As this immersive content is presented to the audience in VR, it is not possible to experience immersive journalism without a mobile VR headset. In order to experience this immersive journalism, audience should at least have a Google cardboard VR or a more enhanced VR headset like the Gear VR. Therefore in order to create audience for immersive journalism some of the leading media giants have already started awareness campaigns. The New York Times for example is giving away 300,000 free Google cardboard VR headsets to its subscribers so that they could create enough audience for their new immersive journalism section. Similarly, The Guardian recently created their first immersive project titled “6×9: A virtual experience of solitary confinement” indicating that they have also embraced the new medium of immersive journalism. With some of the top news organizations taking the lead, others around the world are likely to follow soon.
Previously you could only read, listen or watch news, now with virtual reality technology you can experience real life events like never before. Immersive journalism recreates real life news events in virtual reality with extreme accuracy, these VR reports, news stories and documentaries really have the potential to take journalism to the next level.
Immersive journalism is all about using virtual reality technology to create immersive content, this immersive content can be in the form of recreated news events, stories or documentaries. As this immersive content is presented to the audience in VR, it is not possible to experience immersive journalism without a mobile VR headset. In order to experience this immersive journalism, audience should at least have a Google cardboard VR or a more enhanced VR headset like the Gear VR. Therefore in order to create audience for immersive journalism some of the leading media giants have already started awareness campaigns. The New York Times for example is giving away 300,000 free Google cardboard VR headsets to its subscribers so that they could create enough audience for their new immersive journalism section. Similarly, The Guardian recently created their first immersive project titled “6×9: A virtual experience of solitary confinement” indicating that they have also embraced the new medium of immersive journalism. With some of the top news organizations taking the lead, others around the world are likely to follow soon.
 |
| Image source: engadet.com |
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)