ryerson atrium

VRTO Co-Hosts VAR – The Largest Virtual and Augmented Reality Showcase in Toronto

VAR Facebook Cover Photo

[JULY 9th, 2015, Toronto] Come and experience the latest developments in Virtual and Augmented reality hardware and content at VAR – a strategic partnership co-organized by three distinct Meetup groups including Vangard/ARTO, VBAReality and VRTO taking place at the incredible new Ryerson Student Learning Centre at 341 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON.

This collaborative showcase – one of the largest of its kind in Ontario, Canada – focuses on demonstrations from some of the best VR and AR developers in the city of Toronto and environs.

Here is the current list of exhibitors, with more being added daily:

Elli Raynai & Alexander Kondratskiy
I Am You – First Person Virtual Reality Film
http://elliraynai.com/new-blog/

BublCam
Also showing the Bubl Xplor App
http://www.bublcam.com/

Blair Renaud will be showing products from the following companies

DiscoVR
http://immersivediscovery.com/

HootVR
http://kyol.ca/hoot/

Mixmedia

VBAReality
http://vbareality.com/

Martin Labreque
http://www.breqlabs.com/website/

Transportive Technology
http://transportive.technology/


If you’d like to showcase your own work, please contact us immediately through our contact page. There is no fee to exhibit.

For the public, there is no admission charge, however we ask that you please RSVP in advance of the event as there are a limited number of tickets.

Visit our VAR Eventbrite page to RSVP and reserve your spot now!

(If you’d like to bring more than 2 guests, please ask them to also join our Meetup group!)

*VRTO and Transportive.Technology are divisions of Constant Change Media Group

Knoxlabs custom VR goggles

The week in VR – 04-30-2015 – GoPro Spherical, Knoxlabs and View-Master!

GoPro, makers of micro action cameras, (now shooting up to 4K video) acquired Kolor – makers of virtual reality and panoramic video stitching software. While speculation immediately began about GoPro moving into VR, their spherical mount has already been shown on their professional solutions page.

spherical_explorer

You can check out one of GoPro’s first official spherical videos “Land, Air and Sea” in the native Google Chrome player on YouTube, or below (note: requires Chrome browser to view)

Mattel has redesigned its View-Master, yes THAT View-Master that had you sticking little picture wheels inside their eyepiece throughout the 1970’s. Their new VR Google Cardboard certified product seems to use the old picture wheels for a kind of augmented reality bonus. Of the many “cardboard” offerings in the market, this may be our current favorite. Details TBA

Also, how about getting your own custom branded VR cardboard googles – well Knoxlabs, based out of Los Angeles, will do just that for you.

Knoxlabs custom VR goggles
Los Angeles-based Google Cardboard makers Knoxlabs offer custom VR goggles