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Oculus Rift Kickstarter Infographic: Almost 2 Million in Funding With 7 Days Remaining
With just 7 days remaining in the Oculus Rift Kickstarter which is nearing $2 million in funding, the campaign easily passed my early $1 million estimate. I took all of the publicly available data from the Kickstarter and compiled...
The Cyberith Virtualiser – a New Virtual Reality Locomotion Device
A video has just been released demonstrating a new device offering gaming locomotion, i.e. translating the actions of walking into in-game actions. It's called the Cyberith Virtualiser.
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Not much is known about the device currently, but from the video...
FOVE Kickstarter Heads Toward $500,000 on Final Day
FOVE's Kickstarter campaign to bring the first VR headset with eye-tracking to market at a consumer price-point is coming to a close in less than 24 hours. Potential backers take note: Lighthouse 'room scale' tracking is coming.
FOVE, the eye-tracking VR...
These 21 VR Creations are Nominated for Tonight’s Vision VR/AR Summit Awards
Tonight's 21 finalists at the Vision AR/VR Awards are in, and the AR/VR cross-industry event in Hollywood, California will be honoring a diverse range of AR/VR content spanning 8 categories. The winners will be announced this evening ceremony starting at 8PM Pacific Time...
Valve Release Source Engine SDK with Oculus Rift Support
Valve has announced that the latest release of their Source Engine SDK has been released and that it now includes full support for the Oculus Rift Virtual Reality head mounted display.
Source: The Half Life 2 Engine
Valve have been at...
Neal Stephenson: “STEM… is going to give Clang a huge boost in playability and realism”
In a newly published video, Neal Stephenson, project leader on Clang, extols the benefits of the Sixense STEM system, and how it will enable Stephenson's goal of realistic sword fighting in videogames.
Clang is a project by Subutai Coroporation, which...
First Videos of Google Glass Interface Emerge from SXSW, Early Third-party Apps Previewed
The Google Glass interface has been detailed on video at the annual SXSW event for the first time. The company also showed off early native and third-party Google Glass apps including Gmail, Evernote, New York Times, and more.
SXSW Interactive...
VRLA #4 Heading to House of Moves on December 13th, Big Names in the VR Scene...
The VRLA Meetup is holding its forth event come Saturday December 13th. To be hosted at House of Moves, a well known motion capture firm based in Los Angeles, California, 26 exhibitors will be present at the event, including many...
Oculus Video Hands-On: Twitch, Vimeo, and Movies Come to Gear VR
Oculus Video received an update today for Gear VR, which delivers the much awaited integration of streaming content from Twitch, Vimeo, and purchasable movies.
In preparation for the consumer launch, Oculus is filling out the Gear VR platform with a...
NVIDIA’s New GTX 1060 Answers AMD’s RX 480, Starts at $249 and Launches July 19th
NVIDIA has today announced the GTX 1060 GPU, their answer to AMD's budget-oriented RX 480. The company says that when it comes to VR rendering the card is equal in performance to the former flagship GTX 980 but at...
Chess World Championships to Broadcast Live in Pay-per-view 360 Video
One of the world's oldest competitive games is to get the immersive video treatment as this November's World Championship is streamed live in 360 video.
Yes, you read that right. The 2016 Chess World Championships are to set to be...
Reminder: Virtuix Omni VR Treadmill Airs on Shark Tank Investment Reality Show Tonight at 9PM EST
A friendly reminder for those with cable TV: tonight the Virtuix Omni omnidirectional treadmill for VR gaming will be on Shark Tank, a venture capital reality show.
The Shark Tank Virtuix Omni episode airs tonight, December 6th, at 9PM EST...
Valve Has Tips, Tricks, and VR Standards to Share at GDC 2015
Valve isn't holding another Steam Dev Days this year, a developers conference organized by the company in 2014. Instead they seem to be focusing their developer outreach energy on March's rapidly approaching Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Alex...
Oculus Rift Teardown Reveals Good Modding Potential, High Repairability
Ever wondered what the inside of the Oculus Rift dev kit actually looks like or how it scores when it comes to reparability? If you have, be sure to check out iFixit's extensive Oculus Rift disassembly. The writers take...
‘Render the Metaverse’ Contest by OTOY, John Carmack Signs on as Judge
OTOY, the studio behind the made-for-VR rendering software OctaneVR, has announced a contest sponsored by Oculus that aims to get the community involved in generating immersive 360-degree panoramas using their software suite. Oculus CTO John Carmack is also signing on to...


















