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Virtual Reality Technology

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Virtual reality news, breakthroughs and hardware devices
Google Aims to Make VR Hardware Irrelevant Before It Even Gets Going
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook thinks and predicted that the virtual reality is the next revolutionary thing, it is “the next important role on the computing and communication platform”. Google has also the same thinking and is trying to make virtual reality a reality where Clay Bavor, the leader of Google’s virtual-reality project says that virtual reality will become a vital role to play in the entertainment, communications, work and learning. However, Facebook and Google have a different approach of making virtual reality, a reality which is almost opposite. Google thinks mobile phones have a greater potential …show more content…

On the other hand, Google have decided to go on a cheap approach and use cardboard to make their virtual reality device. Google have successfully spread the knowledge of virtual reality around the world as they have given away or other companies have sold the Google’s virtual reality device called Cardboard for more than a million. This means that more than a million people are exposed to this technology called virtual reality. Google have also implemented virtual reality into learning where they are going to give away Cardboard to educational institutes where they can embark on a 3-D tour of a coral reef.
However, even though it is cheap, the Oculus Rift offers a far better experience than Cardboard due to the expensive hardware being used to create it. This two companies that invested in the virtual reality technology have caused many other tech and media companies to invest in the virtual reality too after seeing how popular this technology is, to the public. This will result to the virtual reality technology to be high in demand in the market now.
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Currently the developments of the virtual reality is the center of the E3 stage. This could mean the virtual reality is undergoing a breakthrough where many virtual reality stakeholder, observers and even the Hollywood film companies such as Lucasfilm or 20th Century Fox are gathering in even greater number at E3. In the future, not only the games will have virtual reality. Large scale movies will also have virtual reality. Currently, many industries are planning to implement virtual reality into them. Executives from Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic announced that they have already started on an immersive content unit that develops experiences for virtual reality, as well as augment reality and theme parks. Lucasfilm executive and ILM president confirmed that the unit is working on additional Disney-owned IP which, of course, includes the Marvel universe and Pixar films, as well as IP from other filmmakers and studios. Some are already in production: The first project, a Jurassic Park experience, has already been demoed with Oculus Rift. 20th Century Fox have also been exploring about virtual reality content creation, including an experience based on Fox Searchlight’s

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