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Valve’s Joe Ludwig Reps Lighthouse With a Shirt You Wish You Had

Developers love their shirts and Valve is no exception. Joe Ludwig, a Valve programmer who has been closely involved with the SteamVR project, was spotted today rocking out a shirt with an exploded view of the company's Lighthouse base...

Valve’s Lighthouse Base Station in Action, Inner Workings Explained

Some of the inner workings of Valve's Lighthouse base station, an infrared laser-emitting device used for 'room scale' positional tracking, were revealed today by Valve developer Joe Ludwig. Ludwig's SVVR Conference talk entitled "OpenVR and You" addressed a number of issues dealing...

Google I/O 2015 has Virtual Reality on the Menu

Google's annual developer conference 'I/O' appears to be touching on virtual reality with a session dedicated to VR game design at the event. Google I/O 2015, coming to the Moscone Center in San Francisco on May 28-29th, is the tech...

Oculus Shares Optimization Tips for Unity-based Gear VR Projects

Chris Pruett, Oculus' head of developer relations and co-founder of Robot Invader, has recently released somewhat of a technical quick-start guide targeting potential Gear VR devs looking to get that extra mile out of their game or experience. The blog post, Squeezing Performance...

‘MythBusters’ and More from Discovery Being Filmed in VR

MythBusters is getting virtual next season with the help of Discovery Digital Media, the wing of Discovery that produces original content and innovative multiplatform experiences. As first reported by Adweek, the MythBusters team has already begun "shooting VR for next season," and...

Gear VR for Galaxy S6 On Sale Today, Best Buy Price-Matches Samsung

The newest iteration of Samsung Gear VR, the company's VR headset designed to work with Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, is now available from both Samsung's US website and Best Buy's online store for $199. Samsung is today accepting orders for the...

Unity and Unreal Engine Now Both Support HTC Vive Development

The industry's two largest game engines, Unity and Unreal Engine, are now both officially supported by SteamVR, Valve's full-featured 'room-scale' VR experience. The integration of the two game engines will allow developers to immediately begin developing for HTC Vive. Unity and Unreal Engine now both...
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HoloLens App Envisions Immersive Future for Architecture and Construction

Microsoft has recently released a video showing some of the architectural applications of HoloLens, the company's untethered AR headset. The prototype app shows the device's ability to improve communication between industry professionals through the use of immersive 3D models. Trimble, a company focused...

Oculus’ Nate Mitchell Talks Rift CV1 Launch at TechCrunch Disrupt

TechCrunch's Josh Constine sat down with Oculus co-founder and VP of Product Nate Mitchell today at this year's TechCrunch Disrupt to talk more about the consumer version of the Oculus Rift, hot on the heels of today's surprise release date announcement. In the...

‘Wearality Sky’ Passes $100,000 Kickstarter Goal, Meetups in San Francisco and New York

With only 4 days left until the official end of its crowdfunding campaign, Wearality Sky has passed its funding goal of $100,000. The company will be offering trials of their 150 degree field of view (FOV) lenses in San Francisco...
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First ‘Perception Neuron’ Unboxing Video Appears, Shows Promising Accuracy

Perception Neuron, a VR motion input suit by Beijing-based Noitom Technology, took to Kickstarter on August 8th and came to a very successful conclusion, reeling in nearly $572,000, more than twice the campaign’s $250,000 goal. Now, the first an...

Unity Announces Support for Microsoft HoloLens, Complete Toolset Free of Charge

Unity has officially joined Microsoft in its quest to render the world around us with fantastical interactive 3D imagery, an endeavor made possible by HoloLens, Microsoft's as yet unreleased augmented reality visor. The game engine will fully support HoloLens and just like the...

Jaunt Releases First iOS Experience, Paul McCartney Performs “Live and Let Die” in Stereo 360

Jaunt, the cinematic VR company known for its host of high-profile 360 video content, has officially entered Apple Territory with its first iOS app—Paul McCartney's "Live and Let Die" 360 concert. Originally released back in November 2014 on Google Cardboard and Oculus DK1/DK2, Apple fans can...

New Version of ‘Surge’ VR Music Video Includes ‘Ultra’ Option for Beefy Graphics Cards

Surge, an impressive real-time VR music video, has been recently updated with an additional graphical setting to make the experience look even sharper for those with powerful graphics cards. The latest version of Surge (1.1) available on Oculus Share now...

Rupert Murdoch, 21st Century Fox CEO, Checks out NextVR on Samsung’s Gear VR

Rupert Murdoch, CEO of 21st Century Fox and News Corp, had a chance to try on Samsung's Gear VR recently. NextVR introduced Murdoch to their 360 degree NASCAR recordings. Business mogul Rupert Murdoch sat down with NextVR recently to review some of...
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