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‘Rec Room’ Raises $20 Million Series C Investment, Crosses 2 Million Annual VR Users

Following its expansion onto new VR and non-VR platforms alike, social virtual world Rec Room is seeing serious growth. Today the company behind the project announced it has raised a $20 million Series C investment to support its growing population. What started...

Microsoft ‘DreamWalker’ Experiment Takes First Steps into Always-on World-scale VR

Microsoft unveiled an experiment this week that explores the future of always-on virtual reality. Building a system called DreamWalker, Microsoft researchers walk around in the physical world while still being fully immersed in VR, essentially taking the first steps...

‘Sansar’ Will Open to All in First Half of 2017 with a New Approach to Virtual...

Sansar, a virtual world platform from the creators of Second Life, will open its doors to everyone in the first half of 2017. Developer Linden Lab explains their new approach to virtual worlds, and the many ways they plan...
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Sansar Content Creation Experience Unveiled Showing Impressive Results

Virtual world Second Life creator Linden Lab from has revealed what its like to create worlds within their new multi-user creative VR platform Sansar in this new video which follows Second Life veteran content creator Loz Hyde as he builds an...
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On Rift Launch Day, A Vast Battle Involving Thousands of Players Unfolded in a Complex Virtual...

While the first high end consumer virtual reality headsets are just beginning to launch, virtual worlds have been around for years. Although they may not be immersive in the sense of VR, they are undeniably complex and engaging, as illustrated in...

New Project Sansar Image Shows Beautiful Mars VR World Created in “a Few Hours”

Project Sansar from Second Life creator Linden Lab is a new virtual world, built for virtual reality which promises world building tools capable of generating scenes like the one featured here which was created in "just a few hours". Project...

First Glimpse of Linden Lab’s Next-gen Virtual World, Project Sansar

Linden Lab, the company behind Second Life (2003), has been cooking up their new VR-ready virtual world in stealth for some time now. The company has revealed two screenshots giving us the first glimpse of what that new world...

Second Life Developer Invites First Creators to Next-gen Made-for-VR Virtual World

Linden Lab, the developer behind Second Life, has announced the invitation of a select group of engineers and creators to trial the company's next generation virtual world, Project Sansar. Project Sansar aims be an early competitor in the race to develop something like...
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