Magic Leap uses VR to turn its office into first person battleground
POSTED 23 Mar 2015 . BY Tom Anstey
The impressive footage turns a normal office into a first-person shooter Credit: Youtube.com
Google-backed virtual reality company Magic Leap has unveiled its latest product, which shows its office turned into an robot-populated first person shooter.
The video starts off in what looks like a normal office before the VR elements appear as a heads up display (HUD), depicting a VR operating system. The user then selects the game from a menu at which points everything escalates and they find themselves in a gun battle against a swarm of robots.
Magic Leap – which is generally very secretive about its multi-million dollar plans – revealed very little beyond the impressive footage, offering a glimpse of what it is working on right now.
The footage was originally intended to be shown by Magic Leap at TED
Despite the fact nobody really knows what Magic Leap actually does, Google revealed in October that it had invested US$524m (£352.8m, €486.1m) in the virtual reality company.
According to the video titled Just another day in the office at Magic Leap on the company’s YouTube channel, the game is something “we’re playing around the office right now,” says the description. How close to reality the footage actually is, remains to be seen.
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Magic Leap uses VR to turn its office into first person battleground
POSTED 23 Mar 2015 . BY Tom Anstey
The impressive footage turns a normal office into a first-person shooter Credit: Youtube.com
Google-backed virtual reality company Magic Leap has unveiled its latest product, which shows its office turned into an robot-populated first person shooter.
The video starts off in what looks like a normal office before the VR elements appear as a heads up display (HUD), depicting a VR operating system. The user then selects the game from a menu at which points everything escalates and they find themselves in a gun battle against a swarm of robots.
Magic Leap – which is generally very secretive about its multi-million dollar plans – revealed very little beyond the impressive footage, offering a glimpse of what it is working on right now.
The footage was originally intended to be shown by Magic Leap at TED
Despite the fact nobody really knows what Magic Leap actually does, Google revealed in October that it had invested US$524m (£352.8m, €486.1m) in the virtual reality company.
According to the video titled Just another day in the office at Magic Leap on the company’s YouTube channel, the game is something “we’re playing around the office right now,” says the description. How close to reality the footage actually is, remains to be seen.
Disney says virtual reality “cave” is the future of immersion technology POSTED 06 Mar 2015. BY Tom Anstey Walt Disney Imagineering creative technologies lead, Bei Yang, has given insight into what
the entertainment giant thinks of virtual reality and its plans for the future, shying away
from the popular headset model and instead looking at the potential for a fully immersive
virtual environment.
Apple files patent for VR headset POSTED 19 Feb 2015. BY Tom Anstey Apple has taken its first steps into the world of virtual reality after winning a patent for a
wireless virtual reality headset used in conjunction with the iPhone handset.
Study shows virtual reality has significant effect on brain function POSTED 26 Nov 2014. BY Tom Anstey Neurophysicists have discovered that the space-mapping neurons in the brain
react differently when exposed to virtual reality (VR), with a study on rats showing VR
makes a significant impact on the brain, though it is not yet known what effects this will
have in future.
Abu Dhabi-based investment firm Mubadala Capital has made a binding, fully financed
€1 billion
offer to acquire Pierre and Vacances SA, the European holiday resort operator behind the
continental European Center Parcs business.
Disney has reaffirmed its commitment to investing US$30 billion in its US parks and cruise
business by 2033, using new America250 celebrations to underline the role its attractions play
in supporting jobs, tourism and economic growth.
Expo 2030 Riyadh is being planned as a permanent visitor destination, with organisers
confirming the six-million-square-metre site will become a Global Village after the event closes.
The owner of one of Australia's best-known waterparks has acquired a major competitor,
creating a new attractions business spanning two of the country's largest visitor destinations.
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