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Project Holodeck Shows Latest Wild Skies Gameplay at USC Demo Day (video)

Project Holodeck is an ambitious project out of the University of Southern California to create a low-cost fully embodied virtual reality environment with the help of the Oculus Rift, Razer Hydra, and other hardware. The team showed off their...
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Insomniac Teases Beastly Adventure-Brawler ‘Feral Rights’, Coming to Rift Fall 2016

Insomniac Games today revealed Feral Rights, a single-player VR adventure-brawler set on a mystical island that promises to let you explore your wild side. Coming exclusive to the Oculus Store in fall 2016, Feral Rights gives you control of an orphan on a mission:...
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‘Robinson: The Journey’ Hits PSVR Today, Here’s the Launch Trailer (and final dev diary)

Robinson: The Journey is the hotly anticipated PSVR exclusive from Crytek that puts players in the shoes of a lone survivor on an alien planet. If you're looking for FPS action, you won't find it here; Robinson: The Journey is all...

Get Free Courtside VR Seats to Spurs vs. Timberwolves NBA Game This Tuesday

Own Gear VR or Daydream View? Then you've got access to free courtside seats to this Tuesday's forthcoming Timberwolves vs. Spurs NBA game live... in VR of course. This Tuesday, January 17th, NextVR is offering a free pass to watch...
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GDC 2013: Inside Half Life 2 with the $15,000 NVIS SX60 Head Mounted Display

At GDC 2013 I spent some time with the folks from Forth Dimension Displays, maker high-end microdisplays. The company's CEO, Greg Truman, told me in an interview that they were at GDC mainly to evangelize VR. To that end they...

Tickets Now Available: First Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Conference & Expo, May 19–20

Tickets are now available for the first Silicon Valley Virtual Reality (SVVR) Conference and Expo event. To mark the event, Karl Krantz walks us through the short but already history of the social event from which it was born. SVVR...

ST1080 HMD Production Models Get Additional 3D support and a More Modern Look

By now you've heard that the ST1080 is finally shipping out to pre-order customers. The company has posted photos of the final packaging and final design which gives the ST1080 a needed sprucing-up! Support for additional 3D formats has...

nVidia Launches GTX 980ti GPU Targeting Virtual Reality and 4k Gaming

nVidia has launched the first salvo in the impending VR GPU wars as it launched it's newest graphics card, the GTX 980ti. The message from the GPU giant is clear: if you're a gamer interested in either 4k or...

News Bits: Impressive VR Lightsaber Video Uses the Oculus Rift and a Serious Mo-Cap Rig

Let's face it, there's a large proportion of people reading this post that hold a secret (or not so secret) desire to kick Imperial ass using nothing but the Force and a Lightsaber. Well a hacker named Benjamin Teitler just...

HTC ‘Vive’ SteamVR Headset Image Surfaces

The previously shrouded image of the rumoured Steam VR headset has finally been revealed. Following the HTC World Mobile Conference press conference, the HTC 'Vive' looks to be SteamVR's reference headset. This is what it looks like. The first high resolution...
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WEARVR Weekly Top Ten VR Downloads – October #2

Looking for something fun to play in VR? We’ve got the top 10 downloads from the last week on the WEARVR app marketplace, a cross-platform repository of virtual reality experiences. RollerBall 3d is an annoying Platform Game inspired by games like Geometry...

VR Filmmakers Felix & Paul Nominated for 2 Daytime Emmys

Felix & Paul are among the most respected in the as yet young field of immersive filmmaking and now, the studio has been nominated for 2 daytime Emmy awards for their VR films “Inside Impact: East Africa” and “Inside the Box...

Oculus CEO: No Oculus Rift 2 / Consumer Version in 2013, Talks VR on Your Smartphone

Speaking with Edge, Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe confirms that we won't see the Oculus Rift 2 / consumer version in 2013. Though not necessarily a surprise, this is the first official confirmation of that fact that I've seen; there...

Preview: Shufflepuck Cantina Deluxe Oculus Rift VR Demo (video)

Have you ever played air hockey in a space bar? Have you ever played air hockey in a space bar… while wearing an Oculus Rift? I have, and it’s amazing. Join me for a look at the Oculus Rift...

Oculus Rift Dev Kits begin arriving with early backers!

The first few early Kickstarter backer have begun receiving their Oculus Rift Development kits. We collate initial impressions and early arrival screenshots. As if that weren't enough, Oculus has finally opened the virtual doors to it's online Developer's Area,...
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