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How is the magic created? VR Testing

Every performance has a preparation level, or if you want - backstage. That's the place where we can find an answer for the VR testing mystery. Let’s try to sneak behind the scenes and find out how VR comes to us.

There are different types of testing, today we will look closer to VR application testing. After developers finish their creative job, the application goes to testers. And here fun starts. QA Engineers checking all possible scenario, details, we can say trying to break the application. And all this follows one goal - to deliver perfect piece for the user. Different platform getting ready in a different way, so:

"Traditional" platforms

In this case, it should be a high-end PC, a console like the Xbox or PlayStation. The que...

Last time we have discussed Virtual Reality as another dimension and today we want to talk about ways how to get into this wonderland. Well, it turns out that it's not so hard after all!  There is the whole world dedicated to that topic, but we won't bore you with a long list of all VR devices.  Let's hold this thought and learn  more about the top VR devices on the market these days.

Here we have two  groups  of  VR devices such us Tethered and Mobile. The first group is all about Sony PlayStation VR, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift.

The fall of 2016 was occupied by Sony PlayStation VR. With this device, you don't need a pricey gaming PC as an intermediary. Instead, it works with the PlayStation 4 console that you might already own.

Next going to be  HTC Vive, is the only VR system that tracks your m...

We are bumping into a concept of virtual reality (VR) more and more these days.But I'm pretty sure that not everybody understands what is VR exactly and how it works. Let's try to figure out this together.

Do you remember in biology class we were told that everything that we know about the world around us comes through our senses? In other words, our brain takes this sensory information and creates our own perception of reality. On another hand, if we will present to our senses made-up information, as a result we will get changed perception, basically new reality. In technical terms answering “what is virtual reality”  we will say that it is a three-dimensional, computer-generated environment which can be explored and interacted with by a person. That person becomes a part of this virtual world and able to manipulate objects or perfor...