my preview here on the htc vive saw it set up with a chair providing haptic feedback and a heart rateted in my being sent back to base if readings went too high. but apparently i'm very calm in space. in march it will be released for vive on steam as well as 0culus. wow, this is incredible. i feel most disorientated! wow, the depth of it i think was the thing that was most surprising. you really got a sense of being up high, seeing things really, really far away. it took a while to get grips with what i was meant to be doing, but just the fact that i was moving around within space was quite incredible. whilst it wasn't possible to create a sense of weightlessness, the pictures were amazing, but obviously, i can't vouch for how true to life they are. ina in a crosscourt, but it will be a rainy week ahead with some very windy weather towards the end of the week. in the short term the heavy rain pushes away to the east overnight. behind it a legacy of thick cloud and drizzle. big temperature contrasts, 10 degrees in plymouth, could be as low as —10 in the glens of scotland. tomorrow anot

my preview here on the htc vive saw it set up with a chair providing haptic feedback and a heart ratefor vive on steam as well as oculus. wow, this is incredible. oh, goodness! i feel most disorientated! wow, the depth of it i think was the thing that was most surprising. you really got a sense of being up high, seeing things really, really far away. it took a while to get grips with what i was meant to be doing, but just the fact that i was moving around within space was quite incredible. whilst it wasn't possible to create a sense of weightlessness, the pictures were amazing, but obviously, i can't vouch for how true to life they are. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. it's been a long week in us politics but did bbc news go overboard in how it covered donald trump's inauguration and first few days as president? and was it in the uk public interest to focus in news bulletins on the failure of a trident missile test last year? it's been a busy and controversial first week in office for donald trump and we've heard plenty about it on bbc news. it all started of cour

my preview here on the htc vive saw it set up with a chair providing haptic feedback and a heart ratent back to base if readings went too high. but apparently i'm very calm in space. in march it will be released for vive on steam as well as 0culus. wow, this is incredible. i'm now looking at vancouver apparently. some artistic license was of course needed like making tasks shorter so they wouldn't get boring, but aside from creating the pictures and story telling a project as bold as this needs, there were the usual challenges faced by those producing vr content. in 360 video and virtual reality, locomotion is one of the biggest problems. if you move someone without them having made a conscious decision to be moved, it can be very disorientating. to get around those problems in this particular environment of zero gravity on the outside of the space station, we built a system where you move yourself by grabbing handles, so every single movement of yourself in the environment is always user initiated and as granular, slow or as fast as you are comfortable with. 0h, goodness! i feel most

not as good as things like the 0culus rift and htc vive, but obviously very cheap.re being transported into new worlds. my experience from this... that's what it's all about. i like the world i'm living in! that is a perfectly good question. my experience is the first time somebody does this — i did it with family members, with an ageing parent the other day... did you? they are quite excited by it. my question is whether that will last. the first experience is great, and then you do begin to say, "yeah, but what is it for?" it is all about these companies... it's all fun now, but to apply it to something. a constructive... i'm seeing more of augmented reality, putting virtual objects on a real word. the great example of that in 2016 was pokemon go, wandering around with phones catching pokemon. getting arrested for wandering around on phones. we will see more of that in 2017. microsoft has a thing called the hololens, which again, takes virtual objects and puts them on the real world. it has lots of business applications. voice control! voice control. hold on a sec

. >> reporter: ryan demonstrates the htc-vive. as soon as you put on the goggles, you get it. you're not just seeing a scene, you can look around inside it. it requires laser sensors that you set up in your room and special handles that you carry. as a result, you can even walk around inside the scene. or even handle objects in that virtual world. oh, explosions! but it can be more than just blowing stuff up. it can take you places you couldn't or wouldn't go. like the bottom of the ocean. oh! [ laughter ] okay, that's a big whale. hi. or the top of mt. everest. htc isn't alone, of course. sony, samsung, google, and facebook each released new vr headsets last year. and just this week, another half dozen were unveiled at the electronics show. with so many different goggles coming out, the software companies are racing to write software like the artify, which aims to give you a front row seat at concerts. all sorts of businesses are considering the possibilities. bradley stern went shopping for a new townhouse without leaving his realtor's office. >> everything is so vivid. >> r

. >> reporter: ryan demonstrates the htc-vive. >> i'll have you put on your headset. >> reporter: ason as you put you can look around inside it. virtual world. oh, explosions! but it can be more than just blowing stuff up. it can take you places you couldn't or wouldn't go. like the bottom of the ocean. oh! [ laughter ] okay, that's a big whale. hi. or the top of mt. everest. htc isn't alone, of course. sony, samsun facebook each released new vr headsets last year. and just this week, another half dozen were unveiled at the electronics show. with so many different goggles coming out, the software ft a new townhouse without leaving his realtor's office. >> reporter: evan thinks virtual reality could change the way people buy homes forever. >> where are we going to be in a few years? is the client going to be able to design their property before it's built? i think it's going to be spectacular. >> wow. >> reporter: virtual reality has been around for decades. >> is he asleep for sure? >> in st. louis, a man swings at nothing. in a north carolina lab, a man bends to look at nothing. hav

. >> htc's vive debuted any app stores and a netflix like subscription service for vr making it easier for consumers to find vr content and more appealing to invest in these headsets. if the trends here play out, 2017 could be the year that content breaks out from the bundle and becomes more immersive and engaging than ever. >> it looks funny when they wear those gadgets. we'll have to get used to it. >>> let's get you some of the stock stores. sanofi and regeneron say they will appeal a ruling by a u.s. court which banned them from selling their cholesterol drug after the biotech company amgen accused them of patent infringement. amgen saw shares rally on the back of the judgment. the companies could still agree on a settlement. >>> goldman sachs added fiat to its conviction list. it has strong sales data from europe, china and u.s. >>> and the bank of england's chief economist says there may be errors in brexit forecasting. he said economic models failed to take into account irrational behavior. the boe has come under criticism after predicting a dramatic slowdown in the uk economy p

my preview here on the htc vive saw it set up with a chair providing haptic feedback and a heart rateoodness! i feel most disorientated! wow, the depth of it i think was the thing that was most surprising. you really got a sense of being up high, seeing things really, really far away. it took a while to get grips with what i was meant to be doing, but just the fact that i was moving around within space was quite incredible. whilst it wasn't possible to create a sense of weightlessness, the pictures were amazing, but obviously, i can't vouch for how true to life they are. hello. this is breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. campaigners win a legal challenge against donald trump's new immigration restrictions. but there's chaos and confusion as america closes its borders to some muslim countries. good morning. it's sunday 29th january. also ahead: a statue of diana princess of wales is to be built in kensington palace by her sons prince harry and the duke of cambridge. a warning that living standards could be set to fall because of higher inflation and stagnating wages. in sport

my preview here on the htc vive saw it set up with a chair providing haptic feedback and a heart ratebe released for vive on steam as well as oculus. oh, goodness! i feel most disorientated! wow, the depth of it i think was the thing that was most surprising. you really got a sense of being up high, seeing things really, really far away. it took a while to get grips with what i was meant to be doing, but just the fact that i was moving around within space was quite incredible. whilst it wasn't possible to create a sense of weightlessness, the pictures were amazing, but obviously, i can't vouch for how true to life they are. hello. this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and steph mcgovern. the veteran actor sirjohn hurt has died aged 77. he appeared in 200 films and television productions and was twice nominated for an oscar. good morning, it's saturday, 28th january. also ahead: hand in hand in the white house. donald trump and theresa may pledge their commitment to the special relationship. i am a people person. i think you are also, theresa, and i can often tell how i get along with