HEADLINES
This ‘Skyrim VR’ Mod Uses Voice Recognition So You Can Speak to NPCs
Talking to non-player characters (NPCs) in Skyrim VR may be easy—requiring a quick selection from the dialogue menu—but it isn't exactly...
iPhone & iPad Users Can Now Play ‘Star Wars’ HoloChess in Augmented Reality For...
Disney and Lenovo teamed up last year to produce Star Wars: Jedi Challenges, a sampler of Star Wars games...
‘In Death’ April Update Brings Asynchronous Challenge Mode and Hellishly Difficult Dungeons
In Death, the roguelike bow-shooter from Sólfar Studios, the developers behind Everest VR (2016), just received a much-awaited update that's aiming to add...
Everything We Know About Oculus Santa Cruz (so far)
Oculus Santa Cruz is a VR prototype that brings many high-end features of the Oculus Rift and Touch, most...
Lenovo Explorer Hits $200 as Steep Discounts Continue for Windows VR Headsets
If you've been eyeing a Windows VR headset, you'll be interested to see the huge discounts currently available from...
ANTVR to Launch $500 ‘Mix’ AR Headset on Kickstarter in May
AntVR, the Beijing-based company known for their 2014 VR headset Kickstarter, is launching a new crowdfunding campaign soon focusing...
‘Ready Player One: OASIS beta’ Launches on Steam With Vive, Rift, & Windows VR...
Ready Player One: Oasis beta (2018), the free mini-game sampler with experiences inspired by Steven Spielberg's latest film Ready Player...
HEADLINES
This ‘Skyrim VR’ Mod Uses Voice Recognition So You Can Speak to NPCs
Talking to non-player characters (NPCs) in Skyrim VR may be easy—requiring a quick selection from the dialogue menu—but it isn't exactly...
iPhone & iPad Users Can Now Play ‘Star Wars’ HoloChess in Augmented Reality For...
Disney and Lenovo teamed up last year to produce Star Wars: Jedi Challenges, a sampler of Star Wars games...
‘In Death’ April Update Brings Asynchronous Challenge Mode and Hellishly Difficult Dungeons
In Death, the roguelike bow-shooter from Sólfar Studios, the developers behind Everest VR (2016), just received a much-awaited update that's aiming to add...
Everything We Know About Oculus Santa Cruz (so far)
Oculus Santa Cruz is a VR prototype that brings many high-end features of the Oculus Rift and Touch, most...
Lenovo Explorer Hits $200 as Steep Discounts Continue for Windows VR Headsets
If you've been eyeing a Windows VR headset, you'll be interested to see the huge discounts currently available from...
ANTVR to Launch $500 ‘Mix’ AR Headset on Kickstarter in May
AntVR, the Beijing-based company known for their 2014 VR headset Kickstarter, is launching a new crowdfunding campaign soon focusing...
‘Ready Player One: OASIS beta’ Launches on Steam With Vive, Rift, & Windows VR...
Ready Player One: Oasis beta (2018), the free mini-game sampler with experiences inspired by Steven Spielberg's latest film Ready Player...
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Get $50 Off Oculus Rift + Touch at Microcenter Today
Microcenter is known for knocking down prices ahead of its competitors, even if it's just by a little to...
Google Partners With CyArk to 3D Scan the World’s Historical Sites, Provide Open Access...
Google has partnered with CyArk, the non-profit studio behind VR app MasterWorks: Journey Through History (2018), to expand CyArk's mission to...
Cloudhead Games – Lessons Learned From Five Years of VR Locomotion Experiments
Both the Rift and the Vive first launched to consumers around this time two years ago, but their debut,...
‘Modbox AR’ to Arm You With an Arsenal of Virtual Objects to Create Useful...
The developers behind Modbox (2016), the VR physics sandbox for SteamVR-compatible headsets, have been experimenting with augmented reality recently, something...
Vive Pro Gets AR Capabilities Thanks to HTC’s New Tools for Front-facing Cameras
HTC has announced a new set of tools allowing developers to build applications which take advantage of the Vive Pro's...
Researchers Electrically Stimulate Muscles in Haptic Designed for Hands-free AR Input
Researchers at The Human Computer Interaction Lab at Hasso-Plattner-Institut in Potsdam, Germany, published a video recently showing a novel...
Exiii Raises $750K for Haptic VR Gloves with Force Feedback
Japan-based startuped Exiii, which is developing a pair of haptic gloves with force feedback, has raised $750K for continued...
MORE HEADLINES
Get $50 Off Oculus Rift + Touch at Microcenter Today
Microcenter is known for knocking down prices ahead of its competitors, even if it's just by a little to...
Google Partners With CyArk to 3D Scan the World’s Historical Sites, Provide Open Access...
Google has partnered with CyArk, the non-profit studio behind VR app MasterWorks: Journey Through History (2018), to expand CyArk's mission to...
Cloudhead Games – Lessons Learned From Five Years of VR Locomotion Experiments
Both the Rift and the Vive first launched to consumers around this time two years ago, but their debut,...
‘Modbox AR’ to Arm You With an Arsenal of Virtual Objects to Create Useful...
The developers behind Modbox (2016), the VR physics sandbox for SteamVR-compatible headsets, have been experimenting with augmented reality recently, something...
Vive Pro Gets AR Capabilities Thanks to HTC’s New Tools for Front-facing Cameras
HTC has announced a new set of tools allowing developers to build applications which take advantage of the Vive Pro's...
Researchers Electrically Stimulate Muscles in Haptic Designed for Hands-free AR Input
Researchers at The Human Computer Interaction Lab at Hasso-Plattner-Institut in Potsdam, Germany, published a video recently showing a novel...
Exiii Raises $750K for Haptic VR Gloves with Force Feedback
Japan-based startuped Exiii, which is developing a pair of haptic gloves with force feedback, has raised $750K for continued...
17 Minutes of Sci-fi Adventure ‘Downward Spiral: Horus Station’, Gameplay Video Here
Downward Spiral: Horus Station is an upcoming sci-fi adventure set in the lost and forgotten Horus space station. Created...
Firmware Update Brings Vive Pro Audio Improvements, HTC Looking into Reports of Screen Issues
Following a small rash of reports from new Vive and Vive Pro users, HTC says they're looking into issues...
Oculus Studios’ New Title ‘Defector’ Aims for High-octane Set Piece Action and Branching Narratives
Oculus Studios today revealed their latest Rift exclusive, Defector, a high-action first-person adventure from Twisted Pixel, the studio behind Wilson's...
MORE HEADLINES
Get $50 Off Oculus Rift + Touch at Microcenter Today
Microcenter is known for knocking down prices ahead of its competitors, even if it's just by a little to...
Google Partners With CyArk to 3D Scan the World’s Historical Sites, Provide Open Access...
Google has partnered with CyArk, the non-profit studio behind VR app MasterWorks: Journey Through History (2018), to expand CyArk's mission to...
Cloudhead Games – Lessons Learned From Five Years of VR Locomotion Experiments
Both the Rift and the Vive first launched to consumers around this time two years ago, but their debut,...
‘Modbox AR’ to Arm You With an Arsenal of Virtual Objects to Create Useful...
The developers behind Modbox (2016), the VR physics sandbox for SteamVR-compatible headsets, have been experimenting with augmented reality recently, something...
Vive Pro Gets AR Capabilities Thanks to HTC’s New Tools for Front-facing Cameras
HTC has announced a new set of tools allowing developers to build applications which take advantage of the Vive Pro's...
Researchers Electrically Stimulate Muscles in Haptic Designed for Hands-free AR Input
Researchers at The Human Computer Interaction Lab at Hasso-Plattner-Institut in Potsdam, Germany, published a video recently showing a novel...
Exiii Raises $750K for Haptic VR Gloves with Force Feedback
Japan-based startuped Exiii, which is developing a pair of haptic gloves with force feedback, has raised $750K for continued...
17 Minutes of Sci-fi Adventure ‘Downward Spiral: Horus Station’, Gameplay Video Here
Downward Spiral: Horus Station is an upcoming sci-fi adventure set in the lost and forgotten Horus space station. Created...
Firmware Update Brings Vive Pro Audio Improvements, HTC Looking into Reports of Screen Issues
Following a small rash of reports from new Vive and Vive Pro users, HTC says they're looking into issues...
Oculus Studios’ New Title ‘Defector’ Aims for High-octane Set Piece Action and Branching Narratives
Oculus Studios today revealed their latest Rift exclusive, Defector, a high-action first-person adventure from Twisted Pixel, the studio behind Wilson's...
‘Drunk or Dead’ Studio Announces Starship Trooper-Style Shooter ‘B3’
4 I Lab, the studio behind Drunk or Dead (2017), released a trailer announcing their next game, B3, a co-op...
Tim Heidecker’s ‘On Cinema’ Goes 360 in a Hilarious Lambaste of VR Video
Tim Heidecker's Adult Swim parody movie review show On Cinema went full 360 in its latest episode, strapping a number of...
Developer Creates Scan of Apartment to Work Inside of VR for 30 Days
Turin, Italy-based developer Enea Le Fons is aiming to spend more than 30 days of extended stints in VR,...
Sony Experimenting with Advanced Livestreaming Features for PSVR, Mixed Reality Views
Speaking during a session at GDC 2018 last month, Richard Forester, Senior Team Lead at Sony's Research & Development...
Update: KatVR Scraps ‘Mini’ VR Treadmill Kickstarter, Sets Price at $3000
Kat VR, the China-based company behind the 2015 Kickstarter-funded KAT Walk VR treadmill, announced last month that a new...
Play Zero-G Sport ‘Echo Arena’ This Weekend on Rift For a Chance to Win...
Oculus is heading into its third week of 'Rift Gold Rush', a prize-winning extravaganza marking the two-year anniversary of...
Updates on the Decentralized Metaverse: WebXR, A-Frame, & ‘Supermedium’
I visited Mozilla's offices last October to chat with A-Frame co-creator & co-maintainer Diego Marcos about the current state...
Vive Pro Gets Detailed Teardown Confirming Samsung-made Displays
Teardown experts iFixit have disassembled the new Vive Pro to see what they could find. In addition to confirming...
Social VR App ‘vTime’ Closes $7.6M Series A Investment, AR Experience to Come in...
vTime, the social VR platform, today announced the closure of a $7.6 million (£5.4 million) Series A funding round led...
‘NeosVR’ to Head Into Beta Soon – A “metaverse engine” to Create Multi-user VR...
Developer Tomáš ‘Frooxius’ Mariančík, known for his work on the early Oculus experience SightLine, just released word that his latest...
Inside VR Park, Dubai Mall’s Massive New VR Theme Park
The Dubai Mall, one of the world’s largest shopping complexes, is now home to VR Park, an indoor theme...
Google Offers High Quality ‘Jump’ 360 Video Stitching with Improved 3D
Google this week introduced a new "High Quality" option for their Jump Assembler, an automated 3D 360 video stitching...
VR Photogrammetry Showcase ‘Realities’ is Getting Three New Scenes
Realities is a VR photogrammetry showcase featuring detailed photogramatic scans from a handful of interesting locations around the world. In...