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Now Watch Any 3D 360 YouTube Video on Google Cardboard

YouTube today announced that on top of its support for monscopic 360 video that Google Cardboard owners will now be able to view stereoscopic 360-degree video as well any YouTube video in virtual reality just by toggling a built-in 'theater mode'. YouTube...

‘Floorplan Revolution’ Offers a Quick Solution for VR Real Estate Visualization

Virtual reality is much more than games. It's art, film, online chat spaces—practically anything you can think of—and they're all growing by the day. In the rapidly expanding field of virtual architecture visualizations comes probably the most user-friendly solution I've seen...

Google’s Secretive ‘X’ Lab is Hiring a Virtual Reality Graphics Engineer for “Special Projects”

Google has been hiring full time virtual reality positions for some time, but for what appears to be the first time, the secretive Google is looking for full time VR talent in the form of a Computer Graphics...

Google Cardboard Apps Cross 15 Million Downloads, Official App Now in More Than 100 Countries

After reaching more than 15 million installs of Cardboard apps from Google Play, Google is now making the official Google Cardboard app available in +100 countries for iOS and Android devices. In Google's latest effort to bring VR to the world,...

Google Street View Gets Cardboard VR Support on iPhone

Google naturally rolled out their initial virtual reality experiments on Android, but now that the company has gotten serious about Cardboard, we're seeing more of the VR initiative make its way to Apple's iOS. And now, Street View VR functionality has...

SpaceVR Passes $100k Kickstarter Goal, VR is Going to Space

SpaceVR has now secured the funds to shoot a 360-degree camera into space, where it will hitch a ride along the observation deck of the International Space Station (ISS). With only days before the conclusion of the team's Kickstarter campaign,...

Google Releases Open Source Plans for Cardboard v2 Viewer

Google released the second version of their Cardboard VR viewer back in May. Sticking to their commitment to make the design of the handheld HMD completely open for third-party manufacturers, the company has now released the complete design specification...

Moggles is a Foldable, Pocketable Mobile VR Headset that’s 40mm Thick

Swedish virtual reality company Moggles has launched a new, smartphone-based VR headset of the same name which apparently folds into a 40mm thick form factor, ready to slip into your pocket. Moggles has just released details of its latest attempt...
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WEARVR Weekly Top Ten VR Downloads – September #1

Looking for something fun to play in VR? We’ve got the top 10 downloads from the last week on the WEARVR app marketplace, a cross-platform repository of virtual reality experiences. RGBverse is a constant roller platform arcade with beautiful 3d graphics, non-stop...
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2016 Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders Makes 360 Video Appearance

U.S. Senator (D) and presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders yesterday made a VR appearance at a fund raising event captured by Los Angeles based 360 studio Virtuality Lab. Whether U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders makes it to the White House or not in...

Research Survey Suggests Kids Are Equally Aware of Major VR Headsets, Want to Buy One at...

A recent survey conducted by Touchstone Research, an online marketing research firm, suggests that kids and teens between the ages of 10–17 know what VR is, and when they see it in action they think it's "off the charts cool." Touchstone...

You Can Now Watch 360 YouTube Videos in VR (Currently Android Only)

With a recent update to the Android YouTube app, Google Cardboard-compatible smartphones can now view 360-degree video in side-by-side configuration. The video streaming giant quietly rolled out VR support for their 2D 360-degree videos earlier this month, with no official mention...
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Official CONAN App Now Lets You Watch Clips and Behind-the-scenes in VR on Android and iOS

The official Team Coco app, which has previously offered up 360-degree Conan clips and behind-the-scenes footage from late night host Conan O'Brien, has added VR support for their 360 videos for Google Cardboard and other smartphone VR viewers. Compatible iOS or Android smartphones can...

Jaunt and Google Announce ‘High-End’ Cinematic Content Collaboration

360 degree immersive video specialist Jaunt VR has today announced that it's become a preferred VR content creator for Google as the search giant ramps up its presence in the VR space. Jaunt has risen to become one of the most...

1 Million Cardboard Headsets Shipped, Google Says

The latest public data point on the number of Google Cardboard viewers shipped shows tremendous growth for this inexpensive entry point into virtual reality. A week after Google launched Cardboard as an experiment at I/O 2014, the company told us they'd...
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