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Reminder: Reggie Watts Brings Act to AltspaceVR May 26th, RSVP Today

Didn't get the memo that the critically acclaimed comedian/beatboxer/musical magician Reggie Watts is coming to VR? There's still time to sign up for the AltspaceVR event, which is being billed as "the largest attended event in VR ever." With the social VR...

Google Wants Established YouTubers to Make VR Video With Jump 360 Rig

Google is delivering a dedicated VR YouTube app in their newly announced Daydream platform. Along with it, the company is making sure to give users a few reasons to jump head first into the app when it launches by encouraging...

Unity Native Support for Google Daydream VR Coming in Summer, Plugin Out Now

Google have announced that developers itching to get started on building Android VR games using the Unity game engine can do so right now using a Daydream plugin. Unity is the most popular game engine for mobile game development, so...
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Virtuix Omni Lets You Stroll Through Minecraft’s Endless Worlds on Gear VR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmH_NhTW5mg&feature=youtu.be One of the defining features of Minecraft is its procedurally-generated landscape which creates unique and effectively infinite maps for players to explore. Now, with Minecraft on Gear VR and the Virtuix Omni VR treadmill, you can walk that infinite...

SteamVR Now Lets You Skin Your Controllers and Base Stations

OK, so perhaps not the most revolutionary of updates, but certainly a fun feature addition to the latest SteamVR build is the ability to customise the look of your SteamVR controllers and, should the mood strike you, your base...
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Developer Teases Room-scale Version of ‘New Retro Arcade’ for HTC Vive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ouwgk2mNIvU New Retro Arcade is easily the best virtual reality arcade experience we've seen yet, but it was released prior to the introduction of motion controls from HTC and Oculus and before room-scale gameplay. Somehow the game seems like it was designed...

‘HTC Vive’ App Returns to iOS to Keep You (Somewhat) Connected to Your iPhone Inside the...

While we first saw the HTC Vive iOS app appear at the end of March, it had vanished by the Vive's April 5th launch day. Now the app has returned to the App Store to keep you connected to your...

‘VR Duck Hunt’ Team Wants to Build Your Favorite Arcade Classic, Vote Now

Want to see your favorite classic arcade game realized in virtual reality? The makers of a VR prototype of Duck Hunt for HTC Vive are taking suggestions from the community to do just that. The campaign is called VRcade Challenge, and there are more...

Following Rift Delay, HTC Vive Backorder Pushes Into June

The HTC Vive opened for pre-orders back at the end of February and officially launched just last week on April 5th. The headset's backorder date is now into June for new orders. After the initial wave of pre-orders for the...

Oculus Rift Backorder Slips Another Month, New Orders Ship in August

It wasn't long after Oculus opened pre-orders for the Rift in January that the unit became backordered by four months. Having held steady since that time, the backorder has now been pushed back yet another month. The Oculus Rift launched officially on...

‘Budget Cuts’ Demo Now Available for Download on HTC Vive

https://youtu.be/gbp7xX9QPOc Budget Cuts, a first-person stealth assassin game from Neat Corporation, isn't out just yet, but HTC Vive owners can now dive into the formerly press-only demo. Budget Cuts was one of the first VR games to weave a portal locomotion technique directly into...

EVE: Valkyrie is Coming to HTC Vive this Year, CCP Confirms

It seems that the game people most associate with and indeed shipped alongside the Oculus Rift, is coming to the HTC Vive this year. EVE:Valkyrie has evolved alongside the Oculus Rift since the early days and the association with the...

Poll: Buying One of the Big Three VR Headsets This Generation? Tell us Which

With features, prices, and launch lineups announced, it's the home stretch for the big three VR headsets: Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR. If you're planning to buy one (or more!) let us know which in the poll...

Survios Launches Paid Internship Program for VR Game Designers

Survios is one of the few studios that's been working on VR game design and motion controls since even before Oculus was shipping their initial Rift DK1 headset. Now the company is opening its doors with an internship program...
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