Virtual Reality

If there's one area in emerging tech which is especially exciting right now, it's the emergence of 3D on the web and the implications this could have on the web as a whole. Xavier Ho provides his perspective on the industry in this guest post!

SpatialStories is a new way to put together interactive real-time VR/AR content.  Michaël Martin, CTO at Apelab, shared a few quick bits of info on their toolset for anyone looking to see if this is the toolset they've been waiting for!

There is a level of basic personal space which is understood in VR. You don't want things floating in people's faces constantly or information too close for people to focus on. However, what about the personal space we each prefer from a more unconscious level? A cultural level? Are we designing our environments from a biased perspective that suits our own personal space but does not consider others? How do we accommodate for differing levels of preferred interpersonal distances?

Bringing emerging tech into education is something which we need much more of. The team at arludo are powering forward doing just this — using VR and AR to educate students about science. Michael Kasumovic, the founder of arludo, took some time to chat about their journey so far.

Equal Reality, the world's first interactive diversity and inclusion training app in virtual reality, has officially been released in a public beta demo! We spoke with them earlier about their incredible aspirations and the app is now available on Viveport!

Daniel Newman is a best-selling author with insight on how to be successful in the digital age. He shared his thoughts with us on mixed reality, choosing your path in emerging tech, the other Daniel Newman and how we all want to be Robocop.