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Innovate UK Awards £210k to VR and AR Pioneers
There are a number of initiatives out there trying to encourage development into the huge potential represented by virtual and augmented reality's current renaissance. None we've seen are quite as wide in remit though as Innovate UK's national UK...
‘The Ark’ 360 VR Documentary, the Story of the Planet’s Most Endangered Species
From the makers of the award-winning documentary Empire comes a 360 degree documentary that aims to put you face-to-face with the most endangered species on the planet: the northern white rhinoceros.
Called The Ark, documantarians Eline Jongsma and Kel O'Neill are bringing their collective...
News Bits: Oculus Now Accepting Registration for Connect Developer Conference
Early last week, Oculus VR announced its first official developer conference, Oculus Connect. Registration for the conference was expected to open on the 10th, but was delayed indefinitely. Today, Oculus has opened registration for the Connect VR developer conference.
Registration...
‘Stark Tower’ is a Stunning Avengers Recreation, Coming to HTC Vive and Rift
We've seen a few architectural companies exploring the VR space with recreations of realistic structures. Trek Industries now want to let you step into the fantastic fictional world of The Avengers with this stunning VR recreation of one Marvel's...
News Bits: ‘Aliens, Trolls and Dragons’, 12 Minutes of Oculus Rift Enabled Action Adventuring (Video)
Virtual Reality is still and emerging (perhaps re-emerging) technology and gaming platform. As such, new surprises and interesting uses of the technology are never far away right now. 'Aliens, Trolls and Dragons' is an Action Adventure game with native...
Montas Oculus Rift Game Goes to Indiegogo for Crowd-funding
Montas is an upcoming indie horror game with support for the Oculus Rift. We heard about Montas a few months back and now the creators, Organic Humans, have begun a crowd-funding campaign to help them raise money to get...
VorpX Version 0.64 Released—Brings Battlefield 4 and CoD: Ghosts Support to the Oculus Rift
As promised recently, a new update to the VR Injection driver vorpX, which brings support for Battlefield 4 and CoD: Ghosts is now available for download.
vorpX Version 0.64
All current owners of vorpX can obtain the new update automatically by...
New Valve ‘DOTA 2 Secret Shop’ and ‘Aperture Science’ HTC Vive Gameplay is the Best Yet
The HTC Vive, despite its levels of public exposure in recent months, still has an air of mystery surrounding it and in particular certain demo's used to impress those who've tried it. 2 of the most anticipated (and least...
This ‘Paranormal Activity’ VR HTC Vive Reaction Video is Hilarious
As we reported recently, Paramount Pictures are currently rolling out demo booths to 15 AMC theaters across the US to demonstrate a snippet of the forthcoming virtual reality horror experience based on the Paranormal Activity horror franchise. Frank He...
News Bits: Virtuix Announce Omni Shipping Delay, Teases E3 News
The fantastically successful Virtuix Omni Kickstarter, the omni-directional treadmill, was one of the earlier VR related crowd funding hits. They attracted over 3000 backers and finished with a cool $1.1M, their original goal was just $150k.
Original backers who pledged...
New Sightline Video Demonstrates Intriguing Combat Mechanics, IndieGogo Campaign Still Live
A new development video has been released by the Sightline team demonstrating a frankly mind-bending but fascinating twist on first person shooter mechanics.
How do you design a fight system for a game that has few constant's in it's gameworld?...
NVIDIA ‘DesignWorks VR’ to Harness Virtual Reality for Real World Design
NVIDIA today announces DesignWorks VR, a new set of tools that sit alongside their recently launched GameWorks VR SDK, focussed instead on the creation of physical objects in virtual space.
NVIDIA's Quadro line of cards have been around for quite...
Oculus Story Studio and HBO to Talk Immersive Storytelling at VRDC
At VRDC 2016, the VR conference counterpart to GDC, representatives from Oculus Story Studio and HBO will explore their approaches to immersive storytelling.
VRDC runs from March 14–15 brings, and brings a VR specific focus alongside the broader GDC 2016...
SMI to Unveil Eye-Tracking and Foveated Rendering for Gear VR at MWC
Having demonstrated their impressive eye-tracking and foveated rendering technology to us at CES last month on a modified Oculus Rift DK2, the company have now unveiled they've applied the same principals and technology to Samsung's mobile VR headset, the...
‘Battlezone’ Gets New Gameplay Video, Heading to PlayStation VR as Launch Title
Battlezone will be among the first PlayStation VR games you'll be able to play when you plug your shiny new PlayStation VR headset into the PS4 this October. A new gameplay video shows the launch sequence for the 'Cobra'...















