Reload Studios, a VR development studio formed by former Call of Duty developers, has announced that they've received a $2 million investment from World Innovation Lab. World Innovation Lab is a tech investment firm based in Silicon Valley and Tokyo....

nDreams, a UK based videogame development studio, today announced a $2.75 million investment from Mercia Technologies for the development of VR content. The studio has several projects in the works including Gunner, which was recently launched as a demo on...

Microsoft have just dropped word of a special Windows 10 event focussing on devices built around the new OS, stating that "We have some exciting news to share", seemingly about their augmented reality device, HoloLens. It's been a little while since...

Ixian Gate is a beautiful, infectiously weird VR demo created by Jess Johnson, a New Zealand-born artist based in Melbourne. Johnson takes a measure of inspiration from Frank Herbert's iconic sci-fi tome Dune (1965) to produce an otherworldly experience that is an enigmatic trip through tessellating shapes and bodies...

Google today announced the first Daydream-ready smartphone(s), Pixel and Pixel XL. Already widely leaked across the Internet, the new Pixel line is replacing the company's Nexus handsets, now incorporating more graphical horsepower, sleeker styling, and a price tag to match—all rumored well...

This year's Proto Awards, the premiere awards events celebrating the VR industry, has had it's nomination submission date extended due to "tremendous" response. The 2015 Proto Awards are to be held at AVALON in Hollywood on September 22nd, to coincide...

During Oculus Connect's keynote speech yesterday, it was revealed that Touch, the company's optically tracked hand controller was, perhaps unsurprisingly, the result of hundreds of early prototypes. While the latest prototype is incredibly comfortable, almost to the point of disappearing into...

Cloudhead Games, developer of the forthcoming Oculus Rift title The Gallery: Six Elements, has been teasing a demo of the game with a series of entertaining videos. The 'Exploration School' demo will soon hit Kickstarter backers, where they'll be...

Since the very first reported arrival of the Oculus Rift developer kit on March 27th, units are trickling out to developers around the world. Two folks that I follow closely got their hands on a Rift to examine and...

WEARVR and Road to VR are joining forces this month to bring you VR goodness from the WEARVR app marketplace, a cross-platform repository of virtual reality experiences. This video gives a glimpse of the top 10 most popular experiences...

Sundance's New Frontier program, the yearly showcase supported by the Sundance Institute for works in new media, is celebrating its 10th Anniversary in 2016. Over 30 virtual reality installations will be present within New Frontier at the Sundance Film Festival. The New Frontier...

In this, the latest in the semi-regular feature, Kevin Williams explores the wider aspect of the re-emergence of virtual reality development. In this article, he explores a resilient segment of the VR industry, Visuals and Simulations. Kevin Williams has an extensive...

Epic's series of short films exploring  the rise and maturation of the virtual reality industry reaches part 3. In this installment, the directors look to explore what virtual reality means to game developers in delivering compelling narrative experiences that...

The Virtual Reality Company, lead by two-time Academy Award-winning director Robert Stromberg and entertainment industry executive Guy Primus, have announced $23M in venture funding to build original virtual reality content and position the firm as "premiere VR storyteller and...

I was quoted recently as saying "Oculus are like some crazy, out of control talent hoover!", in reference of course to their relentless drive to suck up the best and brightest in fields related (and in some cases, seemingly...