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Sixense Responds to MakeVR Kickstarter Feedback with Major Price Drop and More
Sixense Entertainment, creators of the Hydra and STEM controllers, announced key enhancements to the Kickstarter for forthcoming virtual reality 3D modeling and printing software, MakeVR. Beta access, lower price points, and less restrictive conditions on collaboration bolster the company's...
STEM Kickstarter Update: Reduced Prices, iOS/Android Stretch Goal, and More
The already highly successful STEM Kickstarter just keeps getting better. A new update from the team at Sixense brings prices down, adds a new stretch goal at $700,000 for iOS/Android, and introduces a new $149 reward level.
Reduced Pricing on...
Announcing the Virtual Reality Awards Event, Coming Live to Riftmax Theater November 28th
Devs, start your engines. Now that the Oculus Rift DK2 is reaching the hands of excited developers around the globe, the VR media community is ready to unveil the Virtual Reality Awards, coming live to Riftmax theater.We are pleased...
Virtual Reality Dominates at Amusement Ride Expo IAAPA 2015
Kevin Williams reports from IAAPA 2015, an Amusement Park expo featuring upcoming rides and attractions coming to theme parks. He takes a closer look at the ever growing presence of VR at the show and its importance to the out of...
VRLA Meetup #2 Invades MxR Labs, Photos and Impressions from the Event
VRLA (Virtual Reality Los Angeles) is the brainchild of one Cosmo Scharf, a Film Production student at the University of Southern California and a self confessed VR Evangelist. Although one of the newer meetups on the block, VRLA has...
CES 2014: Oculus Rift Awards and Mentions
CES 2014 has wrapped up, and the awards and mentions are still rolling in for Oculus VR's Crystal Cove prototype. Road to VR recaps them for you.
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Engadget proclaimed: "Of all the exciting, innovative products we've seen at CES this...
Save $100 on HTC Vive During Black Friday & Cyber Monday
Beginning on November 24th, HTC will give $100 off purchases of the Vive system, while stocks last. Software deals during the Black Friday weekend will also be available through HTC’s own VR app store, Viveport.
The first consumer VR-infused holiday...
Oculus VR Inc Now Target of Trademark Infringement Case by Oculu LLC
So it begins… An IP claim against Oculus has been officially announced, and the VR world is buzzing with concern.
Oculu, LLC received a trademark for OCULU on August 16, 2011, stating that their service is “streaming of audio and...
Oculus: “Hawken VR is coming — Stay tuned”
If you've been following the Oculus Rift saga since the beginning, you'll recall that Hawken (2012, Meteor/Adhesive) was said by the developers to have Oculus Rift support as of the open beta launch on December 12, 2012 -- even...
Latest NewRetroArcade Update Brings Sega Genesis Support and Cabinet Editor
Version 3 of NewRetroArcade is out and in addition to its already formidable reputation and feature list, it brings Sega Genesis and adds the ability for enthusiasts to build their own arcade cabinets.
NewRetroArcade was launched last year to an...
‘Bullet Train’ on the Latest Oculus Touch Makes You a Bullet-Catching Badass
If you didn't know you could catch bullets, Epic Games wants you to reconsider in their physics-bending VR first-person shooter Bullet Train. The game gives you a few well-placed commands in the beginning, and thankfully no lengthy tutorializing as such.
Time dilates...
Samsung, HTC, LG, and More Bringing ‘Daydream Ready’ VR Phones to Android
Today Google announced the next major step in bringing virtual reality to Android. They're calling it 'Daydream' and it's the company's label for high performance virtual reality. Soon, 'Daydream Ready' phones from leading manufacturers will enable these high quality...
New DK2 Enabled Senza Peso Featured by Epic Games at Pax Prime, Download it Now
I took a look at a very early version of a DK2 enabled Senza Peso demo recently (see the above video) just after Oculus' second VR Headset shipped and it remains one of the most impressive VR showcases out...
Google Glass Goes Vogue (or so they hope)
Continuing Google's interesting take on marketing Glass, the company's forthcoming wearable computer, a photo shoot appearing in Vogue's September 2013 issue shows the unit as part of a retro-futuristic landscape. Fashion Director Tonne Goodman and photographer Steven...
New Sixense Video Demonstrates Positional Head Tracking with STEM and the Oculus Rift
A short but exciting new video just released by Sixense demonstrates not only the much anticipated STEM wireless module system in action but also a glimpse at some new prototype hardware.
Sixense, the company behind the Razer Hydra positional tracking...



















