Jahshaka Blog
Jahshaka Studio 0.8 Beta Release
The Jahshaka Project is pleased to announce the release of Jahshaka 0.8! A year in the making and rebuilt from the ground up with a powerful new node based materials and effects system with real time previews. Our new materials will be used in all scenes moving ahead...
How you’ll meet VR: Museums and concerts, not war games
When you think of VR, you likely think about immersive games like racing cars or vanquishing enemies in a simulated war zone. But that's not going to be the primary way most people encounter virtual reality, two high-ranking executives in the industry say. Max Cohen,...
Google Daydream vs. Samsung Gear VR: Which one should you choose?
Wanna get away? If you're looking for a ticket out of this universe, at least temporarily, VR can deliver that on your phone. Or, even give you ways to reach out and communicate with the world. Samsung (with Facebook) and Google offer you two options: the Samsung Gear...
Uncanny Valley Short Film
This Incredible Short Film Looks at the Frightening Potential of Virtual Reality. Get a dark look at the possible implications of virtual reality, and what happens when the lines between reality and fiction begin to blur. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR3lXEH80Nw
Jahshaka VR alpha release
We have finally managed to release the alpha version of the Jahshaka VR authoring toolkit under the GPL and wanted to invite people to jump in, look at the code and help out. We have been working on it for 6 months now and its starting to stabilize.
Alienware To Launch High-End Gaming Space And VR Lounge In Sydney
Alienware announced the launch of a high-end gaming facility with dedicated VR space in Sydney. Called Alienware Live AU, it will feature 28 high-end gaming rigs loaded with the latest games. All of the PCs that will be running in the gaming space will be from...
Google is Adding a VR Shell to Chrome to Let You Browse the Web in VR
Google is working add fully immersive browsing capability to Chrome, allowing users to browse any part of the web in VR, not just those sites that are specially built for VR. Google has played an active role in helping to define and deploy ‘WebVR‘, a set of standard...
Virtual reality gaming still has us breaking a sweat
I first tried the Oculus virtual reality headset back in 2013, just one year after the company completed its Kickstarter. It wowed me at the time, but one thing I noticed when I took it off was the not inconsiderable amount of sweat I'd managed to produce in such a...
NVIDIA Unveils Killer GeForce GTX 1080 And GTX 1070 Pascal Graphics Cards That Slay Titan X
Tonight at an event in Austin, Texas, NVIDIA unveiled its highly anticipated next-generation, Pascal-based GeForce graphics cards, known as the GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce GTX 1070. NVIDIA’s Pascal architecture is based on 16nm FinFET technology, similar to that of...
Samsung is working on smart contact lenses
In an ever expanding universe of wearables, Samsung is doing its best to keep all bases covered. Today, the publication of a patent application shows the company is developing smart contact lenses. The patent application, filed in South Korea, shows a contact lens...
My three kids tried the Oculus Rift. Here’s what happened
“This is awesome!”, “Oooh, I like the ocean!”, “Can I have a second turn?” – Would you want to do this forever? “Yeah!” That’s how my three kids, ages 8, 7 and 5, reacted to their first experience with the...