Virtual & Augmented Reality

Well I’m sure no one following Oculus’ Connect 3  conference is surprised that this week’s newsletter is going to be all Oculus’ all the time. For those of you not following along, the Oculus’ Connect conference is a developer conference that pushes the community forward with talks including, but not limited to game development, social aspects of VR and filmmaking. You could have also seen the event streamed live in virtual reality from NextVR.

Let's dig in and see what’s been happening there over the last couple days.

Virtual & Augmented Reality Startup Digest is curated by:

Lindsay Saunders - Program Manager

Contact Lindsay Saunders at lindsay.saunders@startupdigestmail.com

Martin Ahe - VR Editor at Startup Digest

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Kelly Vicars - VR Co-founder, Artist, Editor

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The 8 biggest stories from Oculus Connect 3

Paul Miller - The Verge

I think the most exciting hardware news is a stand-alone headset which will have position tracking. This will be the middle ground for people who want something better than a GearVR but are not willing to go full on VR and get an Oculus.

Oculus’ Virtual Reality Touch Controls Finally Have a Release Date

Matt Peckham - TIME

The Oculus touch controller has a ship date! The preorder will start on October 10th with Shipping starting on December 6th. The price tag for this is $199 but if you already have the headset and computer to run virtual reality, it might be worth the price. If not, maybe wait to see how the controllers stack up against Vive.

'Blade Runner 2049' and Disney will come to VR via Oculus

Jessica Conditt - engadget

Though no official plans were announced Disney and Oculus are partnering up, it looks like new and classic Disney characters will be headed over to Oculus platforms to get a reboot in a different reality. We will also have the chance to see some awesome Blade Runner action in VR.

Oculus unveils Touch controllers, social VR

Marco della Cava - USA Todat

The social world of VR is becoming ever closer with the avatars that developers can make and converse with. This year on stage, Zuckerberg met 2 colleagues in VR and called his wife on a virtual cell phone.

Oculus Connect 3 Livestream 10/6 at 10am PT!

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