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‘Elite Dangerous: Horizons’ Expansion to Offer Planetary Landings, Crafting and Looting
Frontier Developments, creators of intergalactic trading and combat title Elite Dangerous have today announced a series of expansion packs which will bring planetary landings and will offer new crafting an looting systems.
Elite Dangerous was one of the first triple-A studio release...
Starbreeze Studios to Open VR Arcade Venue to Showcase StarVR Headset
Starbreeze Studios, a videogame publisher which recently entered the VR arena with their StarVR headset, announced that they'll be opening a VR arcade venue in Los Angeles, CA called Project StarCade. The goal of the venue is to "make premium...
Oculus Rift Kickstarter Adds Bulk-buy Dev-team Tiers with Premium Support
The Oculus Rift Kickstarter continues to raise funds; check the sidebar on the right and you'll find that it is currently sitting at $1.34 million, 536% of the funding goal. Given the excitement, and in an effort to get...
Watch a Disney Animation Legend Learn to Draw in VR
In a short film exploring the evolution of storytelling, veteran Disney animator Glen Keane, creator of some of the most iconic characters of all time, steps into virtual reality to learn how to draw in virtual reality, with Tilt Brush and...
Crystal Rift’s 2 Year Journey, Psytec Games Talk Valve, Vive and Being a VR Launch Title
We caught up with Nick Pittom and John Hibbins of Psytec Games at EGX 2015 to dig a little deeper into the story behind the virtual reality retro-styled dungeon crawler Crystal Rift, set to release alongside the first wave...
Valve Proclaims “VR IS HERE” to Millions of Steam Users, New Vive Promo Focuses on Group-Play
Valve is pushing the HTC Vive in full force today—no surprise considering it's the official launch day of the SteamVR-compatible headset. Adding to proclamation that "VR is here," which is smack dab on Steam's front page that nearly tens of...
AWE 2016 Brings the Best of AR & VR to Santa Clara, 45% Off for Road...
The Augmented World Expo, one of the longest running immersive technology events, is back for a 7th year and it's bigger than ever. With focus on augmented reality, virtual reality and wearable technologies, the expo is packing in 4000...
Starbreeze Bolsters VR & AR Team with $1.65M Acquisition of ePawn
Starbreeze continues to make strategic VR/AR partnerships as today it has announced a $1.65M acquisition of augmented reality and "toys to life" company ePawn, who bring them some intriguing technologies with potential applications for the immersive space.
Starbreeze seems to...
Preview: ‘Eagle Flight’ is a Kinetic Thrill Ride That Surprisingly Doesn’t Make Me Want to Vomit
Eagle Flight, the upcoming multiplayer game from Ubisoft Montreal, looks to be nearing finalization with the latest build we saw at the pre-GDC Oculus Gameday event. And while the game sounds like it ought to make you want to barf, we've finally got a...
Oculus Latency Tester Announced, Reserve Yours Today
Oculus VR Inc announced the Oculus Latency Tester in the company's latest update. The device, which Oculus has been working on in the background, will allow developers to rapidly iterate during development of their virtual reality games and software by making latency...
New Version of Google Glass with Mono Earbud Coming to Explorers Within Two Months, Custom Frames...
Yesterday Google teased with photos of a new version of Google Glass featuring a mono earbud, saying that Glass 'Explorers' would be getting the revamped model later this year. Additionally, the company is working on custom frames for Google...
Augmented Reality Sandbox is One of the Coolest Uses of AR I’ve Seen Thus Far [video]
Just a few weeks ago I wrote that augmented reality (AR) had yet to prove itself. It's a neat idea, and we've seen so many concepts that look great in theory but have yet to be realized, or the...
Google Glass News Bits: Online Manual Reveals New Features, Glass Goes Go Karting
Google Glass videos are starting to pop up as the AR glasses reach early adopters. One video shows a cool perspective on a go kart race. Google has published the Glass manual online which reveals some official Google Glass...
Valve Hiring for Hardware Position (possibly VR related), Oculus LLC Lists 6 Job Opportunities
Valve, the beloved makers of the Steam digital game distribution service and a number of famous games like Half-Life 2, Portal, TF2, and more, has never made any hardware products. New broke last week that they were looking to...
Interview With Forth Dimension Displays CEO: Now is “the best opportunity ever to get consumers wearing...
At GDC 2013, I sat down with Greg Truman, CEO of Forth Dimension Displays, for a chat about the future of VR. Truman believes that the time is right for virtual reality. He told me that right now is "the best opportunity...
















