As mandatory quarantine locks the world at home, billions of people’s real lives have transformed into virtual ones on the Internet. More than ever before, humanity searches for connection within virtual worlds. I’ve written about the social impact of virtual reality...
"Artful Design" by Ge Wang, is a manifesto declaring the importance of merging art with technology. The symbol on the cover, the Chinese word for "person," 人 (ren), captures this idea of form and function coming together. The book is written in the style of a comic...
In an interview over the phone, executive director Chris Chin of Vive Studios, a content developing and publishing division of HTC, discusses the company’s first ever feature-length film in Virtual Reality. “Because technology is evolving, there’s a learning curve....
Have you ever wanted to relive your dreams? What about creating your own story in virtual reality? One booth at the L.A. Times Festival of Books just might have made my dreams become a reality. The Festival of Books, held at USC on April 13 and 14, was host to...
As of now, Virtual Reality is the new frontier in the video game industry. However, its capabilities can be extended to offer a larger impact through education. When Microsoft Powerpoint was first released, it changed our entire approach to multimedia education. Now,...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K27QuKabLQ Director Jeff Gipson brought the art of Virtual Reality (VR) to Disney with his latest short film “Cycles.” The short is inspired by Gipson's personal story of his childhood and relationship with his grandparents (Bert and...
Video games are one of the most popular forms of entertainment today. Fueled by over $100 billion of worldwide revenue in 2017, the video game industry far exceeds the global industries of film and recorded music. But what kind of impact is all this gaming having on...
I was recently invited by Snapchat to create an AR Face Lens for the Snapchat app. With Snapchat’s new AR Lens creation tool, Lens Studio, I created “Fly Me To The Moon.” This interactive lens transforms your face into a yellow, emoji-derived, moon. When you open your...
Virtual Reality is beginning to transform education, healthcare, business and entertainment in ways never before thought possible. If you’ve ever tried VR, you know what it’s like to be a digital adventurer, completely immersed in simulated environments. While this...
Augmented Reality is taking on a more defined format for the consumer market: mobile devices. Google sees AR’s potential for educational uses. At the Augmented World Expo, I met with Jared Finder, a Google software engineer working on Tango, the company’s new...
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