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GDC 2014: Sony Project Morpheus PS4 VR Headset ‘The Deep’ Gameplay Video
Hands on with the future of PS4 Gaming
Our roving report Ben Lang is on the show floor at GDC 2014 and has sent back a hands-on playtest with Sony's new prototype VR Heedset, codenamed Project Morpheus.
Skyworld Trailer Reveals Epic New Steam VR TBS Game for HTC Vive
Valve and their partner HTC stole VR enthusiasts' hearts at GDC last week when the unveiled their Steam VR platform. Now, a new game coming to Steam VR, Skyworld, demonstrates a use for that room-space tracking with this debut...
A Look at Crowdfunding’s Role in the Virtual Reality Renaissance
Guest writer Sebastian Bos takes a historical look at virtual reality's affinity and maturity has been symbiotic with the growth in popularity of crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter. Although, as Sebastian explores, it hasn't always been plain sailing.
Sebastian Bos is...
‘Harmonix Music VR’ is the Weirdest Collection of Things I’ve Ever Done in VR
Harmonix Music VR is a collection of music-based experiences slated to launch alongside PSVR on October 13th. Ranging from trippy to the super trippy, the experiences of Music VR are a mix of passive and interactive worlds designed to evoke what creative...
Tactical Haptics Returns to GDC 2015 with New Demo for Haptic Controller
Tactical Haptics is coming back to this year's Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco to give a fresh demo of their haptic controller, Reactive Grip. The device aims to give popular motion tracking devices a more immersive feel for in-game...
SVVR Con: User Input and Locomotion in VR – LiveStream @ 3pm PDT
Our SVVR Conference and Expo 2014 coverage continues with a LiveStream of "User Input and Locomotion in VR", a panel discussion which aims to explore what challenges, solutions and challenges there might be to allow users of virtual reality...
New Untethered VR Headset ‘AuraVisor’ Kickstarter Passes 50% of Target in 24 Hours
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1714346163/auravisor-virtual-reality-head-mounted-computer#
A UK firm is making a bid for the untethered virtual reality headset space with a new headset called AuraVisor, a self-contained immersive device which packs processing power and display into one headset. The device hit Kickstarter on Monday and...
Epic Games Offering up Cash from $5 Million Fund to ‘Anyone Making Cool Things with UE4’
Epic Games is offering developers a "no strings attached" piece of their recently established development fund, a financial grant pool that tops out at $5,000,000 worth of cash. The funds are earmarked for projects with working prototypes, that are...
Tactical Haptics Reactive Grip Controller: Smaller Size, STEM Support, Heading to Kickstarter
Reactive Grip is an interesting technology by Tactical Haptics which lets you feel feelback from games in the palm of your hands. The company plans to take their prototype to Kickstarter to raise money for production versions of their...
New Games and Apps on Gear VR – December Week #3
Got a Samsung Gear VR? Hungry for new games and experiences? We're rounding up the week's Oculus Store releases for fans of the mobile VR platform. This week: test your archery mettle with Archer E Bowman, repair cities in Cityscape...
VR Philly to Host Philadelphia’s First Virtual Reality Meetup on July 2nd
West coasters are a lucky bunch, the growing popularity of virtual reality has brought forth plenty of great community gatherings to choose from—SVVR, VRLA, SFVR, and OCVR—just to name a few. Now, the East Coast is getting into the...
Beautiful Hi-Res Images of Samsung’s ‘Project Beyond’ Surface, Along with New Video
Think Tank Team, the alias given to Samsung's 'Research America' group have launched a website celebrating the research, design and engineering that went into Project Beyond, Samsung's newly announced 3D 360 VR Camera tech.
Form, Function
Samsung's San Jose based research...
LG Announces World’s Thinnest 5.2-inch Full HD Display — Good News for Oculus
Yesterday, LG Display announced the world's thinnest 5.2-inch full HD display. As more panel makers announce full HD displays of this size, it means more choices and lower costs for the forthcoming Oculus Rift consumer version.
Back at E3 2013,...
Up Next in Convrge: EDM, Indie Movies, St. Patrick’s Day, and Campfire Meetup
Convrge is an in-development Social VR platform that's free and open to all. Events planned over the seven days include an EDM dance party, indie movie night, St. Patrick's Day celebration, and the weekly Campfire Meetup. You are invited to...
Oculus Rift Pre-orders Available Now
Oculus have today started taking pre-orders for the Oculus Rift, the long-awaited virtual reality headset poised to be the first consumer grade headset of its kind to make it into the hands of virtual reality fans.
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