Two of Opace’s finest, Rob Bryan and Adam Bullas, have a huge interest in the virtual reality space and have experimented with the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, PlayStation VR and the Google Cardboard. Rob, as the Technical Director, and Adam as the...
Has Oculus Lost the First Generation of Virtual Reality to HTC?
In our previous article, we explored the history rise and fall of VR. It was Oculus who essentially brought about the rebirth of virtual reality in recent years. We’ve already seen in our previous articles that as a concept, virtual reality could technically be dated...
How Businesses & Marketers Can Use Virtual Reality (VR Marketing)
While it can’t be denied that the primary use for virtual reality currently is for gamers, businesses are quickly coming to realise that the use of virtual reality could play a big role in the way in which they market to their customers. This article is part of...
Open Source Virtual Reality & What This Means for Business
In our previous article we explored how businesses and marketers can use VR. In this article we are looking specifically at open source. Those who know us here at Opace well know that we were established from a firm belief that open source technology and platforms are...
Virtual Reality vs. Augmented Reality & the Applications for Business
In our previous article we examined what open source VR could mean for business. Alongside the rise of virtual reality, the tech world is also witnessing the rise of augmented reality. It is not meant to act as a competitor to virtual reality, but instead offers...
A run down of what we’ve been working on – busy is our middle name here at Opace!
It's been a while since we last mentioned some of our recent projects, so here are four projects that we’ve been working on during the past few months: Redesign & rebuild for Justice Upheld in WordPress Following on from our successful project with Acorns...
Has Magento 2 Arrived Too Late? The Lowdown from Opace
As many of our eCommerce customers will know we're big advocates of Magento here at Opace. In this article we're exploring Magento 2 and whether it's still relevant in 2016 and beyond. Magento 2, the eagerly awaited update to the highly popular eCommerce platform...
RAR – The Recommended Agencies Register, good for Opace & good for customers too
We thought we would take the opportunity to write-up about the value of the Recommended Agencies Register (RAR). This is not something you can simply buy your way onto. You have to actually earn your place on the Recommended Agencies Register through obtaining...
The UKITA Quality Mark and our Opace membership
We previously posted about our place on the Recommended Agencies Register. Many of our customers may not be aware that we also belong to the UKITA network and what this means, so we're taking this opportunity to discuss our approval as UKITA Quality Mark holders....
Not understanding open source could be your most expensive mistake
Here at Opace, open source is right at the heart of everything we do. Our ethos from the beginning has been to use open source to deliver measurable results for our clients. Many business owners aren’t actually aware of open source or its considerable benefits – so...