{"id":818,"date":"2014-12-15T18:54:54","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T02:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kmtechblog.com\/?p=818"},"modified":"2014-12-15T18:54:54","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T02:54:54","slug":"oculus-acquires-two-vr-tech-companies-mo-cap-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/?p=818","title":{"rendered":"Oculus Acquires Two VR Tech Companies, Mo-Cap Expert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nimble VR Kickstarter\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v_U3BmDlmtc?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Oculus Rift headset doesn\u2019t even have a vague release date right now, but that\u2019s just fine with me when they still appear to be adding major features to the device.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"box-ad-container post-content-break\"><\/div>\n<p>Oculus VR recently dug into their pockets, now flush with tons of Facebook cash, to acquire Nimble VR and 13th Lab.<\/p>\n<p>Nimble VR\u2019s technology is based around adding a camera to the headset that can sense depth and track hands with low latency. They had a Kickstarter they were running, but have since cancelled it as a result of the acquisition.<\/p>\n<p>13th Lab \u201chas been focused on developing an efficient and accurate real-time 3D reconstruction framework,\u201d according to Oculus\u2019 post announcing the acquisitions. \u201cThe\u00a0ability to acquire accurate 3D models of the real-world can enable all sorts of new applications and experiences, like visiting a one-to-one 3D model of the pyramids in Egypt or the Roman Colosseum in VR.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to these acquisitions, Oculus has hired motion capture expert Chris Bregler. Bregler\u2019s expertise is in vision tracking and research, and recently was involved with visual tracking for\u00a0<em>The Lone Ranger<\/em> and\u00a0<em>Star Trek Into Darkness<\/em>. While the quality of those movies might be up for debate, both were nominated for Academy Awards for their visual effects.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sourcevia-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"sourcevia fCaps fLS0\"><span class=\"label fLS1\">VIA<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2014\/12\/12\/7385371\/oculus-vr-buys-nimble-13th-lab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">POLYGON<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oculus Rift headset doesn\u2019t even have a vague release date right now, but that\u2019s just fine with me when they still appear to be adding major features to the device.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}