How to turn 360-degree photos into a virtual reality tour
These apps will let you create your own 360-degree photo tour for business or for fun.
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10 Questions About Virtual Reality Headsets Before You Buy
Looking for a virtual reality experience, but don’t know where to start? GearBrain breaks down the top 11 questions to ask before dropping some dough on your first VR or AR headset.
Best VR Headsets For Under a C-Note
GearBrain breaks the best VR devices you can buy today for under a C-Note.
Best Virtual Reality Headsets For iPhones
Apple hasn’t released any VR products, but iPhone users still have plenty of options
Google Tour Creator makes VR tours ridiculously easy to create
Do you run a small bed and breakfast and want to make it easy for prospective customers to take a virtual tour of your facility? Or create a virtual walking tour of your college campus or downtown historic district? And maybe you don’t want to spend any money, or sign up for any platform, or …
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7 Top Gear VR and Cardboard Educational Apps
UPDATED JULY 16, 2017 Who doesn’t love to ride roller coasters or bowl strikes (or try) in VR? But guess what: You can learn something too. GearBrain culled through a number of VR educational apps, bypassing some with bugs and others we just couldn’t get to work, to pick what we think are both the …
How to turn 360-degree photos into a virtual reality tour
Many museums, hotels, real estate agencies and other organizations are experimenting with virtual reality tours. A virtual tour of the Neuschwanstein castle. Snapshot from VR Virtual Reality Neuschwanstein Castle Tour app. You put on a headset, and you can look around inside the virtual location. Then you stare at an arrow or button or use …
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We finally got our hands on the popular VR Park V3 headset
Pros: Adjustable lenses, and front cover comes off augmented reality applications. Cons: Awkward to use, does not have a built-in control button, will not fit over glasses. I typically review two kinds of virtual reality headsets: The kind that I think are really cool, and the kind that a lot of people ask me if …
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Review: I Am Cardboard releases $10 folding VR headset
I’ve written about open-sided, folding virtual reality headsets before and wasn’t going to buy any more … until I saw this cute one, Pocket 360, from I Am Cardboard for $9.99. And yes, I spent my own money on it. And you know what? Pocket 360 was worth it. Read full article at GearBrain.
How to make friends–and dates–in VR
You put on your virtual reality headset, and off you to go some alternate dimension, by yourself, separated from your family and friends. For virtual reality critics, one major concern is that VR will further isolate us from one another. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Read full article at GearBrain.
Best Virtual Reality Headsets For iPhones
Last Updated March 12, 2017 There’s been a lot of excitement lately about virtual reality, with pretty much every company getting in on the action. The glaring exception? That would be Apple. Other than Samsung Gear VR , there haven’t been any high-end headsets dedicated to a specific smartphone brand. And to date, Apple hasn’t …
What you need to know about augmented reality
Apple CEO Tim Cook recently predicted that augmented reality will be as big for technology as smartphones . But what exactly is augmented reality, and why should you care? So, first of all, let’s talk about what it actually is. The main idea is that augmented reality adds a layer of information on top of …
11 Questions About Virtual Reality + Augmented Reality Headsets Before You Buy
UPDATED February 27, 2017 Looking for a virtual reality experience, but don’t know where to start? GearBrain breaks down the top eleven questions to ask before dropping some dough on your first VR headset. Last year was a banner year for virtual reality. HTC Vive , Oculus Rift and Sony Playstation VR headsets were released, …
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Review: Google’s Daydream View, The Most Immerse Mobile-based VR Headset Today
Google Daydream View – VR Headset (Slate) New From: $89.99 in Stock Used From: $89.99 in Stock Google’s Daydream View virtual reality headset arrived this month, with a big splash. The headsetonly works with the latest Android Nougat smartphones which, right now, are only the Google Pixel and Pixel XL, and the Lenovo Moto Z …
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How VR Ad Pioneer Annie Lukowski is Transforming Story Telling
There’s a lot of hype out there right now about virtual reality (VR). But one of the most practical business uses of this platform is for marketing and advertising. Even a simple VR ad gets attention simply because they are still so rare. Take, for example, Banana Republic’s 360-degree ad featuring this year’s summer dresses …
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