Australian Virtual Reality Industry Association

21/03/2022

During harmony week ‘We All Belong’ reflect on equity, diversity and inclusion in the classroom. Check out these resources below and call JCMA on 0400 211 221 for information on the JCMA schools program or visit the website:

http://jcma.org.au/aims-approach/



The ground-breaking series The School That Tried to End Racism follows a group of students and their families as they confront racism head-on. The program is designed to provide school children with the tools to identify racial bias and make positive change.

Where do we begin when it comes to teaching anti-racism and emphasising the importance of equality, tolerance and diversity? These educational resources are useful not only for parents and teachers, but also anyone looking to take a stand against racism.

17/02/2015

Hopefully not the future of VR. Lol.

31/01/2015

Money continues to be spent in VR.

The first 13 startups in the River VR accelerator have been announced. Each will get $100,000 to build their products or services.

20/12/2014

Is 2015 the year for VR?

"2015 will be the year of virtual reality" says investor Mike Rothenberg. But fragmentation in the nascent industry means VR hardware, software, and content..

25/09/2014

Join us for MVRM #10!

Oct 15th at Queens Collective

It's been a while since we all caught up and discussed all things VR in Melbourne! By now a few of us have DK2's so it'd be a great opportunity to have some more demos. We'll also

05/05/2014

Mark Schramm of Darkfield VR fame is looking for someone with a Rift to help demo his amazing work at the upcoming GAMMA Con in Canberra. Let's show him some AVRIA love and find someone who can be of assistance, shall we? :-)

Please message us or him directly if you can help out at all.

The latest release from the Darkfield VR team shows how quickly the team are shaping this space dogfighting sim into a slick, polished virtual reality showcase. Space Shooter, The Genre of VR So it seems that Oculus VR’s plans for the first wave of virtual reality experiences to be, ostensibly, seat…

01/05/2014

“You go into a room. It’s a special room. Fancier headset. … In user testing it gets to a level of realism where almost all people feel that it’s realistic.”

He gestured to the San Francisco street where we were drinking coffee. “Imagine everything you can see now, but it’s a little bit pixelated. Eventually that [pixelation] will go away.”

An Oculus Rift virtual reality headset for consumers could go on sale next year, a company representative told Business Insider at Facebook’s F8 developer conference today.

29/04/2014

Spot on article on VR over at Technology Review.

Thirty years after virtual-reality goggles and immersive virtual worlds made their debut, the technology finally seems poised for widespread use.

27/04/2014

Join us for the Seventh Melbourne VR Meetup hosted by York Butter Factory and sponsored by AVRIA! General Information Come along at 6:30pm for networking, drinks and a whole lot of VR entertainment.

27/04/2014

Fascinating talk by one of the leaders in Virtual Reality research. A bit lengthy but definitely worth it.

(April 29, 2011) Jeremy Bailenson shares his research on virtual reality, avatars, transformed social interaction, and related communication and psychologica...

26/04/2014

A grand vision by the father of Second Life for the future of virtual worlds designed specifically for Virtual Reality.

Our plan, as described in this diagram (download as PDF), is to create the software and protocols enabling VR to reach the scale of today's consumer internet. High Fidelity will allow many differen...

25/04/2014

This is amazing. 3D scanning for property tours in VR.

A virtual tour using 3d scanning and oculus rift. For more information contact: [email protected] http://forderinteractive.com/