My dream was never to continue the family business but to have my own business. One that people would come in to spend their time and a place to play games. But here I am still working at my Father's laundry mat in our town of Grindstone and doing everything from the laundry to throwing out trash, while he is on vacation. But he doesn't know that I am turning this place into a new kind of business, an arcade… Read more.
Escape Into Your Reality
Tag: Mixed Reality
When you think about animation, there are different kinds of styles. You have hand-drawn, motion caption, etc., but probably one of my favorite types of styles is stop-motion. Maybe it's the physical manipulation in small amounts, maybe it's the characters, or maybe it's just the way everything comes together when everything is all said and done. From T.V. to the movies there is just something about seeing these characters that were created and allowing them to come alive in front… Read more.
You had one job to do, not to touch anything. But you couldn't help it, you had to touch that button. And not only were you not supposed to touch anything, you did so in your own house. Now, it seems that anything and everything that could go wrong, is going wrong. That room you just had replaced for your house, is being ripped apart by some robot peeping in on you like it owns the house looking at you… Read more.
There is something about the world of Ghostbusters that makes it an iconic franchise. From the characters to the music, we all have our favorite moments that keep drawing us in. There was just something about the mix of comedy and ghosts that has been trying to replicate the moments that we all love over the years. But do developer nDreams and publisher Sony Pictures Virtual Reality allow us to bust some ghosts while capturing the magic of the franchise… Read more.
Ever since you grabbed your first pair of scissors or held your first crayon, you had that special gift. You could cut and draw things in such a way that the word spread. As you got older, you honed your craft until it became a natural fit. Now is the time you stop searching for that next client and let the clients come to you. Not everyone wants anyone to just cut their hair or give them a tattoo, but… Read more.
When you think of Virtual Reality, some might think about the games and experiences and how it can just take you away to become whomever and go wherever you want. But as the technology behind VR continues to evolve, so do its headsets. Virtual Reality headsets have been around for decades with such, from the first The Sword of Debacles in 1968 to Sega's own VR headset, the Sega VR that was never released to Nintendo's own Virtual Boy, which… Read more.
Standalone headsets are becoming a category to contend with. Headsets such as the Oculus Quest and the Vive Focus Plus deliver positional tracking for Virtual Reality, but not for Mixed Reality. And it looks like the French startup company, LYNX wants to be the leader when it comes to a standalone Mixed Reality headset. Recently, they announced the new R-1 headset that was built from the ground up for passthrough Augmented Reality (AR) along with Virtual Reality (VR) into their… Read more.