This year for Virtual Reality Los Angeles (a.k.a. VRLA [http://https://www.virtualrealityla.com]), we're building a Mixed Reality Easter Egg Hunt in partnership with Microsoft Hololens. It's an ambitious project with a very tight deadline. Our mission is to demonstrate how the Hololens can be used for
I'll be giving a talk on how and why we built OpenHouse VR [http://www.openhousevr.io] using A-Frame [http://www.aframe.io], an html markup framework for virtual reality in your web browser. April 6th from 6 to 9pm at NextSpace Los Angeles 9415 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA
Our March mixed reality meetup is coming up, bringing together an engaged group of mixed and augmented reality developers, creators and entrepreneurs. Come meet the community, ask questions about the devices from working developers, and try new demos before they hit the market. Mixed Reality Talks and Demos Thurs., March
I've read and heard many definitions of mixed reality (MR) and there's a lot of confusion. A few misconceptions I've come across: * An MR device is one that understands its environment, but sparse point clouds don't count [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3s3M0mokNc]. * Or maybe, it's when a user
The HoloLens has three main inputs: voice, gaze and gesture. These were thoughtfully chosen by Microsoft designers to leverage what the HoloLens does well and to form a solid foundation for consistent interactions between applications. Still, sometimes I feel like these are blunt instruments. If you've used the Vive, you've
This proof of concept is an experience that merges art and games into virtual reality. Our promotional work on Marvel's Dr. Strange movie, inspired us to create art in virtual reality. Tools like Tilt Brush [https://www.tiltbrush.com/] and Quill [https://www.oculus.com/story-studio/quill/] are easy to
We're proud to release our first public Hololens app. It's free! Grab a Hololens and Philips Hue light bulb and bridge and download the app here [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/hue-lights/9n6jxjf9f4g9]. Take a tour here: It's been an educational journey and we've been blogging about the
Our first mixed reality meetup was a success! Here's a video wrap-up: We gave a demo of our Hololens Hue Lights app, released last week on the Microsoft Store (it's free! Download it here [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/hue-lights/9n6jxjf9f4g9] if you have a Hololens and let
Our mixed reality experiences are continuing to evolve as we expand our practices in holographic UX. We can see the changes in our HoloLens Hue app, one of our earliest applications and "lights on" moments when we began exploring the Hololens' potential to work with the Internet of Things. Anthony
It's not easy to explain the concept of volumetric capture -- and why this field of technology will soon be instrumental for virtual and mixed reality -- when you haven’t seen it in action yet. But I will try. Volumetric capture is a technique used to film footage in