Category: Virtual Reality
Filming beatboxing in VR with the Kodak PixPro – whatever next?
I may be showing my age, but when I first started off as a tech journalist back in the 1990s, TVs were virtually square, weighed a ton, and most people were listening to grunge music coming out of Seattle. Nearly 30 years later, everyone has a super light flat widescreen TV and early adopters (admittedly…
London landscapes: filming in 360 with Kodak PixPro 4K VR360 VR/action cam
Don't you just love those cold and crisp Autumn days when the sunlight glistens through the trees and the leaves make a crunching sound under foot. Well unfortunately the day we went down to the woods to film with the Kodak PixPro VR camera wasn't one of those days. Instead it was one of those horrible…
Tech Digest heads to North London’s Go Ape adventure centre to review Kodak PixPro VR camera
Last Saturday was a beautiful day. Not only was the weather glorious and sunny in London (though extremely cold), we also got to experience a treetop adventure at London's Alexandra Palace with Go Ape. It's one of their recently opened adventure centres in North London (they now have 31 across the UK) and offers stunning…
Tech Digest films London in VR with Kodak PixPro 4K VR360 camera
Tech Digest is really pleased to announce its latest partnership. Those nice people at Kodak have given us their brand new portable VR camera to shoot a series of eight short films in and around London before Xmas (I think we're gonna be a bit busy over the next few weeks). Called the Kodak PixPro 4K…
Which virtual reality headset should I buy? Our Top 6 VR choices for Christmas
For a long time, virtual reality was the preserve of geeks and technophiles looking to show off that they owned the latest hi-tech gadgets. However, that has begun to change with VR looking set to become mainstream in 2018 as prices fall and VR content improves through channels such as You Tube VR. The technology…
Kodak launches VR camera, the 4K VR360, in time for Christmas
First shown at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin at the end of August, Kodak's new VR camera, the 4KVR360 (also known as the ORBIT360 in the US) is now available in time for Christmas. Featuring an all-in-one 360˚ VR camera, with two fixed focus lenses on either side, it also boasts 20 megapixel CMOS sensors…
What is Oculus Go and why might it kickstart the VR market in 2018?
While there’s a lot of hype surrounding VR, the reality is that so far it remains a fairly niche interest with limited sales. However, all that could finally be set to change with the announcement of a new affordable, standalone VR product. Unveiled at the Oculus Connect 4 developers conference in San Jose, USA recently…
Why Virtual Reality will be big in 2018. Top 5 things to do with VR right now
Virtual reality (VR) could revolutionise our lives, from how we work to how we communicate with another, to the way we keep ourselves entertained. According to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who paid a whopping $2bn (£1.2bn) for virtual reality firm Oculus in 2014, VR is the future. “Virtual reality was once the dream of science fiction.…
Audi turns to Virtual Reality headsets in car showrooms
Seems like the days of car dealerships with dozens of motors on the forecourt could become a thing of the past! Audi has become the latest brand to turn to Virtual Reality to improve, or at least to modify, the retail experience with dealers in Germany, the UK and Spain installing virtual reality headsets courtesy…
BBC Taster launches free virtual reality app with Planet Earth II content
BBC Taster has launched a new virtual reality app for free on Android and iOS featuring content from BBC Three and Planet Earth II. The app is part of BBC Taster’s remit to put the BBC’s early and experimental ideas in the hands of audiences and will feature a range of content designed for virtual…
