Formula E’s VR race highlights changes how you experience the sport

Formula and Virtually Live have found a new immersive way for fans to experience the FIA Formula E Championship. Announced back in March, highlights of the 2015/2016 season are now available on Virtually Lives platform and can be seen on the Oculus, Steam, and Viveport virtual reality stores. The app features 20 minutes of race content from the Long Beach, Berlin, and London ePrixs. You can view things from the driver of your choice or different positions around the track, including the VIP club. It shows you real-time stats from the cars and the TV feed as well as being able to hear the audio broadcast from the race. This preview is the lead-up to Formula E and Virtually Live’s plans to having a live VR experience in the upcoming third season.

Best Buy highlights consumer life & wearable tech in Toronto

 

By Sonya Davidson

The exciting world of lifestyle related and wearable tech products is growing quickly and judging by the thousands who visited Best Buy's Life & Wearable Tech Expo last week in Toronto, consumers are definitely intrigued and ready to embrace it all. Yonge & Dundas Square was the location of the second annual showcase that offered the public an up close and interactive look at the latest lifestyle technology. 

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TIFFxPOP features high-end VR experiences from around the world

By Sonya Davidson

This summer TIFF brings virtual reality experience in a series of pop-up installations. Part 2 opens July 15 to 17, 2016 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. Titled POP 02: VR + Empathy + Real-World Storytelling is all about real-life storytelling. Experiences are through the eyes of someone else and seeing things from another person's perspective. Installations offer human emotional connections along side technology. A look at how virtual reality meets real life. 

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Facebook reactions now show up in 360-degree videos in VR

If you watch 360-degree videos while you use the Samsung Gear VR, you’ll now be able to share your emoji reactions there. At the same time you’ll be able to see the reactions of other users float by as you watch. Back in March, Facebook-owned Oculus let Gear VR users sign into their Facebook accounts on the headset for a more personalized feed of stories. Oculus also plans to bring the emoji reactions to 360-degree photos in the coming weeks. While we won’t get the full Facebook experience on VR anytime soon, this is another step in bringing social features to VR.

Source: The Verge