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Hands-on: AltspaceVR’s Launch Update Enhances Social Features and Adds All-important Selfie Cam
Accompanying today's launch of AltspaceVR, the company behind the application, also called AltspaceVR, has released an updated build that further expands upon social features and also adds a selfie function because, you know... selfies. Additionally, recently added environments help...
NVIDIA to Show New VR-ready Laptop at VR Launchpad
VR Startup showcase VR Launchpad is now less than a day away and, in addition to a lively collection of hand-picked virtual reality pioneers and entrepreneurs in attendance, Nvidia will be showing off its latest, cutting-edge VR-ready laptop at the...
Minecraft Creator ‘Notch’ to Oculus on Facebook Buyout: “…this is where we part ways”
Mojang Founder Markus 'Notch' Persson isn't happy about Oculus being bought out by Facebook. Apparently any hope for Minecraft for the Oculus Rift has just been lost.
We were in talks about maybe bringing a version of Minecraft to Oculus. I...
For Those Can’t Wait, Here’s a 40 Minute Overview of the Oculus Rift Dev Kit
Tested.com has a great 40 minute test session of the Oculus Rift developer kit on video. They unbox the unit and test the various virtual reality control schemes baked into Team Fortress 2.
We have one of the first Oculus...
vTime Creators Give us a Guided Tour of Gear VR’s Newest Social App
vTime, the newest social VR app in the Gear VR store, is different. It's seemingly the first social VR app to use the familiar 'friending' mechanic borrowed from traditional social networks, which essentially creates a digital handshake that allows...
Watch Tonight’s Premier Boxing Champions Match Live in Gear VR at 8PM ET
VR broadcasting company NextVR has partnered with FOX Sports to bring tonight's Premier Boxing Champions live in virtual reality to the Gear VR headset. You can watch it for free starting at 8PM ET tonight (Saturday, January 23rd).
NextVR has been...
News Bits: Note 4 and Gear VR Compatibility Update Rolling out to Verizon and Sprint
Samsung has reached out to let us know that Note 4 users on Verizon and Sprint can expect an update soon which will enable compatibility with Gear VR.
To the excitement of many, Samsung's Gear VR mobile headset went on...
News Bits: First Report of Oculus Rift DK2 Arrival Comes From China
The production version of the Oculus Rift DK2 is officially in developer hands. The first report of an Oculus Rift DK2 delivery comes from China.
Neogaf forum user sankao posted photos of the Oculus Rift DK2 package at 3:25 AM on...
News Bits: First Orange County VR Meetup Happens Today
In the backyard of the Oculus Headquarters in Irvine, California; Orange County Virtual Reality (OCVR) is launching its first official meet up on Thursday May 1st. The event will be at PeopleSpace, a nonprofit tech-hub, for a gathering of...
12 Oculus Rift DK2 Reactions from GDC 2014 (video)
The GDC tradition continues! Here are 12 reactions and impressions from VR newbies and veterans about their Oculus Rift DK2 experience.
Note: If you are at work or with children, there is some unsavory language at the very end of...
REWIND Spins BBC ‘Strictly’ into 360 Degree Video
REWIND, the UK based VR digital production company, were commissioned by the BBC to record one of the UK's biggest shows in immersive, VR friendly video, the first of its kind for a mainstream BBC show.
Whilst the demographics of this...
Google Glass New York Fashion Week Gallery
In the world of technology reporting, it's rare to have a good excuse to stare at beautiful women. Let's indulge while we have the opportunity -- as I noted earlier, Google Glass walked the runway in September during New...
Correction: Apple CEO Tim Cook Did Not Visit Valve
A quick correction to a story I posted the other day about Valve working on wearable computer R&D. The tail end of that story included a snippet about reports of Apple CEO Tim Cook visiting the esteemed game developer....
6 Free GDC 2015 Presentations VR Developers Should Watch
Virtual reality was without a doubt this year's hot topic at GDC 2015 in San Francisco, with talks presented by major hardware producers and indie game devs alike covering a wide array of VR-centric challenges and opportunities. Now GDC has...
Oculus Reveals Second Made-for-VR Film – ‘Henry’, the Hedgehog Who Just Wants a Hug
Oculus has revealed their second VR film project from Story Studio, the company's internal CG film studio. The VR film is called Henry and is based on a lovable but folly-prone cartoon hedgehog.
As a hedgehog, Henry is anything but huggable, even if that's the...















