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HTC ‘Vive’ Steam VR Headset Available to Developers in Spring
The HYC 'Vive' VR headset which has just been announced at MWC a short while ago, will be available in developer kit form.
The HTC 'VR' Vive website has now launched and includes a signup button, teasing the ability for...
Polynomial 2 Aims to Hold You in a Musical VR Trance, Out Now on Steam
Polynomial 2, the sequel to the 2010 original, brings its trance inducing, laser fuelled musical charms to virtual reality.
The original Polynomial received some reserved critical reaction on its release back in 2010. In fact, although reviews appeared in gaming publications...
John Carmack Joins Oculus VR Inc. as Chief Technical Officer
Huge, unexpected news straight from Oculus VR Inc this morning: John Carmack is joining the company as chief technical officer, the company announced on its blog. Carmack was a key player in the Oculus Rift genesis story and is...
Former Apple Talent Developing Oculus Rift Headtracker, “9 DOF” and 760Hz Gyro Sampling
Palmer Luckey, the creator of the Oculus Rift, has confirmed that Oculus LLC is dropping the Hillcrest tracker that was originally being used as the Oculus Rift headtracker. Now it seems the Rift will use the Adjacent Reality tracker, developed...
Nintendo Patents Eye-Tracking Tech Bringing 3D to 2D Displays
Nintendo has always danced to a tune all its own. Refusing to accept the status quo in the often relentless inevitability of the gaming world has lead to both incredible successes (introducing natural motion with the Wii) to abject...
AR Optics Company Lumus Secures Further $30M in Funding
Lumus Ltd. recently confirmed a $30 million funding round led by Quanta and HTC. Lumus is a leading provider and developer of augmented reality technology.
Following from the $15 million funding led by Shanda Group and Crystal-Optech in June, Lumus...
Thoughts On Sony’s Project Morpheus
What does Sony's entry into the VR arena mean for Oculus and the future of virtual reality?
Having live-blogged the announcement conference, I didn't have time to stop and think about what was actually being said until it was all...
GTC 2016 Highlight: Audi on The Future of Digital Retail
As Audi look to introduce virtual reality showrooms to their flagship stores this year, at GTC 2016 the company is presenting their philosophy behind "The Audi VR Experience" and sharing the challenges behind driving high visual fidelity VR experiences.
Hosted in San Jose,...
Rothenberg Ventures ‘River’ VR Accelerator Ups Ante to $1.3 Million, Announces Seed Investments in 13 Startups
Last month, Rothenberg Ventures launched 'River', an accelerator through which they committed to investing $100,000 in 10 seed-stage virtual reality startups. Today the company has announced that its decided to bump the inaugural class count up to 13, totalling...
Dreamporte Needs Your Immersive Videos for Unique VR Education Program
Dreamporte is a non-profit organisation set up to help bring the wonders of the world to underprivileged children. But they need help to achieve their goal: your 360 degree or 3D videos. We asked co-founder of the project, Kelly...
First Look at Casino VR, Where Social VR Meets Texas Hold’em
Casino VR is an online multiplayer casino, currently hosting Texas hold’em poker games in a social VR environment. Created by a San Francisco based team, the free online casino is gearing up to not only offer more social casino games, but also a...
Oculus Founder Talks Pricing, Remote, Touch and More in Reddit AMA
Palmer Luckey, Oculus' founder and inventor of the company's iconic first VR headset, answered number of questions from the Reddit community in last night's AMA (ask me anything), even admitting in a comprehensive question that his $350 ballpark figure on...
GTA Boss on VR: “No Market” for VR that “Requires You to Dedicate a Room”
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has poured scepticism on the hype surrounding VR post launch by voicing concerns about the cost and space requirement of current systems, mostly (by the sounds of it) the HTC Vive.
Strauss Zelnick isn't exactly what...
Developing Coop VR Games with Remote Presence Using the HTC Vive and Kinect
After featuring their new experiment which used the HTC Vive and Microsoft Kinect to the physical image of 2 players into virtual worlds remotely, we wanted to know more about how developers Jasper Brekelmans and Jeroen de Mooij had pulled it...
First Look: NHL Testing NextVR for Live VR Broadcast of Hockey Games
We knew NextVR was showing off its panoramic video at the NBA All-Star Technology Summit last week, but now the company says the NHL will be getting the same 360 degree treatment, transmitted live and in 'broadcast quality'.
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