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Rev VR Podcast: GDC 2015 Recap – Final Days
While we left off with a Day 2 recap, this episode actually wraps up the last several days of GDC and actually takes place several days after the event ended. Why? Because our friends at Road To VR took a...
John Legend, Tinashe to Play Live Shows in Social VR Platform ‘Wave’
Wave isn't your garden variety social VR platform. With an emphasis on virtual raves, replete with immersive visualizations and regular live performances, it's become the de facto concert platform for VR users. Now Wave says it's bringing more artists this...
Valve Announces Steam Machine and New Steam Controller, Designed with Steam Frame Headset in Mind
Valve today unveiled Steam Frame alongside two other new bits of hardware: the SteamOS-running Steam Machine and a new Steam Controller—both of which aim to work seamlessly with Valve's latest and greatest VR headset.
Note: Like Steam Frame, both the...
‘Carve Snowboarding’ Coming to VR From Creator of ‘1080° Snowboarding’
1080° Snowboarding (1998) is a classic Nintendo 64 classic snowboarding game that inspired future titles in the genre like SSX Tricky. Now one of the game's original creators, Giles Goddard, is bringing a new, first-person VR snowboarding game, Carve Snowboarding to Oculus.
Revealed today during...
SyncThink Closes $3.5 Million Series A Funding to Further Develop VR-based Concussion Detection
SyncThink, a Berkeley-based eye-tracking and brain firm, announced the closing of a $3.5 million Series A-1 funding round led by Quadrant Management. The company expects to use the funds to continue development on their EYE-SYNC technology, a VR-based eye-tracking technology to help...
‘Vader Immortal’ VR Series to Be a Canonical Part of the ‘Star Wars’ Saga
ILMxLAB, Lucasfilm’s immersive entertainment division, is bringing a Darth Vader-themed VR series to the recently announced Oculus Quest. With six main films dedicated to telling to Vader's story though, you'd think there wouldn't be much left to say about...
VR Stunt Flyer ‘Faceted Flight’ Preview, Kickstarter Now Live and Demo Available
Faceted Flight is a crowdfunded VR Stunt Flyer that's packed with style, offering a gameplay experience that recalls classic 16-bit titles such as Sonic the Hedgehog (1991), Star Fox (1993), and Pilotwings (1991). The game's Kickstarter campaign just went live, so we take a...
Oculus Go Holiday Sale: Black Friday Pricing is Back for a Limited Time
Oculus Go, the standalone VR headset, is returning to Black Friday & Cyber Monday pricing for a limited time.
The deal is set to last until December 23rd, and knocks $20 off both the 32 GB model (MSRP $200) and...
Meta Reveals VR Headset Prototypes Designed to Make VR ‘Indistinguishable From Reality’
Meta says its ultimate goal with its VR hardware is to make a comfortable, compact headset with visual finality that's 'indistinguishable from reality'. Today the company revealed its latest VR headset prototypes which it says represent steps toward that...
Facebook Researchers Develop Bleeding-edge Facial Reconstruction Tech So You Can Make Goofy Faces in VR
Facebook Reality Labs, the company's R&D division, has been leading the charge on making virtual reality avatars realistic enough to cross the dreaded 'uncanney valley'. New research from the group aims to support novel facial expressions so that your...
’90s Classic ‘Tomb Raider’ is Coming to Quest & Pico in Unofficial Team Beef VR Port
Team Beef, the modding group behind a slew of unofficial VR ports of classic games, announced their next project is Tomb Raider (1996), which will bring the action-adventure game to standalone headsets Quest and Pico VR.
Unlike the version playable through...
Immersv Raises $10.5M Investment to Bring Ads into VR and Mobile 360 Video
Today, California-based interactive advertising platform Immersv announced the successful completion of a $10.5 million Series A round of financing, led by venture capital fund Rogers Venture Partners. This marks a positive step for the company, and another indication of...
Flat2VR Goes Behind the Scenes on ‘Roboquest VR’, Its Next Big VR Port
Beloved roguelite shooter Roboquest (2023) isn't a VR game, but it will be soon thanks to VR porting team Flat2VR Studios. In a VR Developer Direct interview, Flat2VR talks about just what's behind the studio's next big port.
"Roboquest started as...
Zero Latency Upgrades VR Attraction Platform With Hardware From Microsoft & HP
Zero Latency, creator of a leading VR attraction platform, is now deploying their 'gen 2' VR hardware. The revamp includes newer HP VR backpacks, Windows VR headsets, and Windows VR peripheral tracking for a more modern VR experience that's...
100 Google Glass Pictures
Can't get enough Google Glass? After combing the depths of the web, I bring you a Google Glass gallery of 100 unique pictures for your enjoyment. Ok maybe it's not every Glass photo, but definitely all of the good ones! I painstakingly...



















