Rejuvenation of roller coasters with VR
More and more theme parks are discovering VR as a tool for rejuvenation of roller coasters or to develop new attractions. In 2015, the Europa Park in Germany introduced the Alpenexpress VR-RIDE and is now opening the Pegasus VR-RIDE in March. For a fee of 2 Euros, visitors can experience the already existing…
Record investment of 1.1bn in AR/VR in 2 months
Industry advisor DigiCapital sent out a note today indicating that total investment into AR and VR has totaled up to $1.1bn since the start of 2016. This record investment is a whole 400% higher than total investment in the last quarter, and this quarter has not even ended yet. That…
Survey gives insight about current consumer awareness
Anyone who deals with VR is quickly confronted with the hype surrounding the entire topic. It is omni-present all over the internet and on trade fairs. But what about the general consumer awareness? Horizon Media, Inc., has recently published the result of a representative study for the US population. The…
Microsoft presents HoloTour for their AR HoloLens
There is not only development on the VR market regarding tourism. While often regarded as growing slower than VR, Augmented Reality is on the rise. While several AR-type apps for mobile devices have been around for a while, true AR is only now reaching a stage of development ready for…
Virtual Reality cinema opened its doors today
Today, the first virtual reality cinema opened its doors for the first time in Amsterdam. The VR cinema is a concept by &samhoud media that initially started out as a VR cinema popup touring through several European countries, however, they have now decided to get settled in Amsterdam. Customers are…