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Silicon Micro Display Resumes ST1080 HMD Production After Hurricane Closed Factory
Last week Silicon Micro Display made an announcement on their blog that the company's South Korean factory lost power due to a hurricane and was rendered in-operable. Now the company has announced that utilities have been restored to the...
‘AltspaceVR Social Week’ (Sept. 14-21) Promises a Week of New Feature Reveals
AltspaceVR is preparing to reveal a host of new features to their social VR space, which will take place during their first 'Social Week' a week-long series of events starting on September 14th. A session called "Building Holograms" may tickle...
NewRetroArcade v4.0 Out Now, Brings Oculus 0.7 Runtime, Re-mappable Controls
Version 4.0 of the ’80s inspired NewRetroArcade is out, now offering an even wider selection of ’80s and ’90s emulated titles. The developers, DigitalCyberCherries, have added some major features in this release including remappable controller buttons and support for Oculus'...
New ADR1FT Gameplay is Beautiful and Exhausting
Developer Three One Zero is bringing 'Astronaut in peril' adventure title ADR1FT to Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Sony PlayStation VR next year. Here's some new gameplay courtesy of GamesHQMedia that raises the question: Are you mentally strong enough to...
Hands On: ‘The Assembly’ Offers New ‘Comfort Mode’, a Multi-Pronged Attack on Sim-Sickness
nDreams, a UK based games studio producing upcoming VR title The Assembly, are declaring war on the discomfort commonly associated with first-person VR games. We sat down with Senior Designer Jackie Tetley and Communications Manager George Kelion at Gamescom 2015...
VR Launchpad Deadline Extended to Wednesday – Apply Now for Your Chance to Pitch in the...
VR Launchpad, presented by SVVR and Road to VR, is the startup showcase for virtual reality companies. Applications for startups and entrepreneurs have been extended to October 7th. Apply today for an invitation to pitch before a crowd of investors...
Apple Has a Team “Exploring the AR Space” Analyst Speculates after ex-HoloLens Engineer Hire
Rumours surrounding Apple's entry into the immersive technology sector have been circulating for years. But as both AR and VR retail products begin to ship this year, Apple's latest hire has lead an analyst at Piper Jaffray to suggest that...
‘Henry’ Realtime VR Trailer Hits Oculus Share, A Glimpse at the Evolution of Storytelling
Oculus Story Studio, the VR headset company's in-house production team, has released an immersive trailer of their animated VR short featuring a lovable little hedgehog, Henry.
Henry is Story Studio's second film, but really shows the company's Pixar DNA which they acquired from several of...
‘Marble Mountain’ Fuses Retro Arcade Gameplay with VR Immersion
Lightning Rock is a small development company based in Australia who are working on a retro inspired action puzzler called Marble Mountain who's Steam Greenlight campaign is currently doing rather well.
If you take Atari arcade classic Marble Madness and mash...
FOX Sports and NextVR Sign Five Year VR Broadcasting Deal
NextVR has been forging ahead with their plans to make immersive, live VR broadcasting a reality. Today, the company has announced a multi-year deal with FOX Sports to bring "virtual reality coverage of the nation’s top sporting events" to...
Jimmy Kimmel Sends Up Virtual Reality Facebook in New Skit
Virtual reality is probably doing something right if people are poking fun at it and in a new skit from the Jimmy Kimmel Live talk show, Facebook's relationship with Oculus and that social network's possible VR future is mercilessly...
Sony PlayStation E3 2016 Event – Live Stream @ 6pm PST
Sony takes centre stage in LA as the pre-E3 press conferences come to a close. We're hoping for a barrage of new PlayStation VR games, and more information on the now confirmed upgraded PS4 'NEO' console.
Sony's Pre-E3 show kicks...
Oculus Founder, Epic CTO, and More Appear in New Episodic VR Documentary by Epic Games
Having been involved with Oculus from early on, Epic Games, the company behind the popular Unreal Engine, continues to expand its scope and interest in the burgeoning VR industry. Today the company has revealed the first episode in what...
Watch the Story of ADR1FT as Told by its Creator in Live Q&A
Adam Orth, one of the founders of studio Three One Zero, will present the story of how 'astronaut in peril' virtual reality title ADR1FT game, came to be. The presentation, which will include a 'screening' of the title and a...
IM360 to Live-Stream ‘Immersed Europe’ in 360 VR
IM360, the company behind the recent MTV VMA red carpet live stream, are heading to VR expo Immersed Europe to capture "key points" of the show in immersive 360 degree video, designed for VR viewing.
Immersed Europe, presented by the...


















