TWiT News 312

At VRDC you'll see what the future of virtual and augmented reality have in store. Jason Howell explores the limits of hardware and software when looking at FOVE's eyetracking VR headset, increase workplace safety with the AR enabled hard hat, fly around the galaxy and have a spaceship battle in EVE Valkyrie, experience movies and music as if you were actually there with the Telepod home theater chair, create your perfect online avatar and take it with you into any game using Morph3D's API, and finally power you VR experience with a powerful and compact PC from Zotac.

• EVE Valkyrie - Andrew Willians, Lead Designer. Find out what it takes to develop a cutting edge game on multiple platforms and include VR so it's not just a gimmick.
• Pico - Jennifer Day, Visual Perception Researcher. An innovative take on how to power and keep a VR headset light, by putting most of the components in a controller.
• Zotac - Kevin Shieh, Social Media and Community Manager. Hardware made for VR, but that keeps cool and quiet with water in a compact form factor.
• Morph3D - Berkley Frei, VP of Strategy and Innovation. Create your perfect avatar for any game, and have it dynamically change with you.
• Telepod - Roy Cannell, Senior Advisor. A personal VR theater that makes you feel like you're actually there.
• Daqri Smart Helmet - Dr. Rajay Kumar. Work safer and smarter using the AR capable helmet capable of data visualization, thermal vision, and guided work instructions.
• FOVE - Lochlainn Wilson, CTO. Changing the way we interact with games and storytelling using eye tracking.

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