Sneak Peak Video: VR Medical Simulation Development Progress for Envision
Check out this sneak peak development preview video of our latest medical simulation project for Envision’s upcoming National Youth Leadership Forum at Johns Hopkins University.
VR News from Arch Virtual! Medical Applications, New Partner, Tradeshow Events, Immerse Creator News, and more
We have a pretty epic newsletter this month, full of updates from the virtual frontier! Medical simulation, a new partner, GE Healthcare, Immerse Creator news and more.
An Oculus Rift VR Experience at Texas A&M University
We are pleased to announce completion of an Oculus Rift virtual reality experience for ParkWest, the new $368 million, mixed-use, luxury student housing community at Texas A&M University.
Introducing the Immerse Framework: Building Blocks for Creating Interactive Virtual Environments with Unity
Today we’re excited to introduce the Immerse Framework, a toolkit of building blocks for creating interactive and multi-user virtual environments. New users can quickly bring their projects to life with interactivity without writing a single line of code, while advanced users can easily extend Immerse with a limitless range of functionality. Immerse can save developers thousands of dollars and months of time they would otherwise spend building these same elements from scratch.
Virtual reality: not just a game
Thanks to Ian Hamilton for including Arch Virtual in his piece on non-game applications of the Oculus Rift. We’re also building the Wessels Company project described in this article, for the AHR Expo in New York this coming January. Stay tuned for more about...First impressions of Oculus Rift: Architectural Visualization, Second Life, and beyond
I wish I had more time to write out a more extensive review of the Rift, but here are my first impressions:
You absolutely feel as if you are transported to another place, to the point where it’s almost scary.
15 Tips for Freelance Work in Games and Virtual Worlds Development
I love being a freelancer. I’ve been lucky enough to get away with it off for 9 out of the past 10 years, and wouldn’t have it any other way. However, it hasn’t always been easy – especially the first few years. There were so many hard earned lessons and missed opportunities that could easily have been avoided had I known better at the time. That’s what this post is all about.