Category Archives: Augmented Reality

Samsung HMD Odyssey for Windows Mixed Reality – a review

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Ron

While I wasn’t exactly *thrilled* to learn that I’d need to add yet another HMD to the list, in fact I’m really eager to play around with Microsoft’s Mixed Reality platform.  And earlier this week I finally received my first … Continue reading →

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Virtual Computing

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Ron

Mike Abrash – chief Scientist at Oculus, gave, as always, an inspiring keynote at this year’s F8 conference. He gave a great talk, coined the term “virtual computing” to glom together VR, AR, the cloud, and how it’ll all mix … Continue reading →

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The Soul of a New Machine? 1st move – Avatar firm gets VC Investments

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Ron

(to repurpose from Tracy Kidder). A number of years ago I was dev lead for a groundbreaking company called LifeF/X , we made fairly believable avatar heads – ones that were pretty far down the uncanny valley – believable enough … Continue reading →

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‘The Field Trip to Mars,’ the Single Most Awarded Campaign at Cannes

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Ron

Inside ‘The Field Trip to Mars,’ the Single Most Awarded Campaign at Cannes 2016 McCann and Framestore dissect their Lockheed Martin marvel – so reads the Adweek headline discussing the Lockheed Martin Mars Bus, and its huge success at the … Continue reading →

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Musings on “Retina Display” quality for Virtual Reality

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Ron

tl,dr: How much resolution do VR HMDs need to approach that of a “Retina Display”? Using the current optics setup, about 10x more than they do now. Roughly 22,000 × 10,060 pixels per display. I work for Framestore’s Virtual Reality … Continue reading →

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I’ve got a new toy….an HTC Vive dev kit!

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Ron

Got my HTC Vive! Sweet! After a prelim checkout, we’ve decided to give it it’s own space. Need to mount the lighthouses, plus extension cords (really Valve! 3 foot cords for something that’s supposed to be mounted near the ceiling?). … Continue reading →

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From out of Virtual Left Field – Magic Leap arrives!

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Ron

There’s a new player in town that’s bound to shake things up in the VR/AR community. Magic Leap has pretty much come out of nowhere and has thudded to earth with the subtly of an asteroid strike. Even if you … Continue reading →

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My Oculus DK2 arrived!

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Ron

I heard about a week ago that folks were starting to get their Oculus (Dev Kit 2) DK2’s. The big changes are the improivement of the display to be more VR friendly  – the low-persistence OLED display in the DK2 … Continue reading →

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