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Oculus Connect: Facebook’s ‘New Techniques for Streaming 360 Video’ Liveblog @1pm PDT

This afternoon, Facebook is hosting a talk during Oculus Connect 2 to talk 360 degree video. Executive Editor Ben Lang is on the ground reporting live to cover the talk, entitled 'New Techniques for Streaming 360 Video' with Facebook software engineer David Pio. More content...
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Elite: Dangerous ‘Close Quarters Combat’ Beta Released, VR Gameplay Footage Emerges

Elite: Dangerous has been a benchmark virtual reality application for a while now, but for those who love space combat and find the remaining gameplay mechanics of E:D a little laborious, a new, free expansion pack may well provide...

VRTGO and nDreams Partner to Offer Mentoring in VR Dev Competition

VRTGO, a leading UK virtual and augmented reality conference, has partnered with nDreams, the developer behind new VR title The Assembly on a new competition designed to promote and support creativity in the UK. VRTGO 2015 is coming November 12th and...

VR Launchpad Tickets Now on Sale – See Pitches from Top VR Startups, Vetted by Industry...

VR Launchpad is the startup showcase for virtual reality companies. Tickets for the event are now on sale. Secure your seat for access to a select group of VR startups vetted by VR community and media leaders, SVVR and Road...

OSVR Supporters Grow to 300 with 70 New Developers Added

The organisers of the Open Source Virtual Reality movement (OSVR) have today announced that their supporter list has grown to 300, with the recent addition of 70 new companies and groups interested in developing for Open Source VR. Razer announced OSVR,...

vTime to Get Shareable Video and Google Cardboard Support Soon

vTime, a social VR platform for Gear VR, currently features rich and surprisingly well-optimized environments, but in a bid to capitalize on the boom of users soon to come to VR, vTime will soon be filling out their services to include shared...

AltspaceVR’s Eric Romo on the Early Challenges of Social VR

Eric Romo is the founder and CEO of AltspaceVR, a company aiming to make virtual reality social. He shares his story of how he got interested in the potential of social VR long before the 2012 Oculus Kickstarter.  LISTEN TO...
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Oculus Rift Interview with Unity’s Emil Johansen (video)

Back at GDC 2013 I had a chance to speak with Unity's Emil Johansen about the Oculus Rift. Johansen is a developer and AI specialist for Unity, one of two major game development engines to support the Oculus Rift. He's...

FOVE Kickstarter Campaign Raises Over $175,000 in its First 24 Hours

We can't believe our collective foveae (yes, that's plural), because in only 24 hours FOVE's Kickstarter campaign has blown past its halfway mark and beyond. If they haven't sorted out stretch goals, maybe now is a good time. At the time of this...

VRTGO Organisers to Whet UK VR Appetites with Free Demo Day, Sept 10th

One of the UK's leading virtual reality conferences, VRTGO, is on its way to Gateshead, UK on November 12th. But if you can't wait until then to sate your VR hunger, the organisers are holding a VR demo day on...

Keynote with John Carmack Livestream @ 1PM PT

John Carmack, Oculus' Chief Technical Officer, takes to the big Dolby Theater stage here at Connect for his "signature talk." Catch the livestream right here starting at 1PM PT (find your timezone here). John Carmack will give his signature talk...

Join Road to VR for Daily Oculus Connect Recaps in AltspaceVR

Oculus' 2nd developer conference 'Connect' is almost here, starting on the 22nd September running for three days. For this year's event, Road to VR are taking to the social virtual reality social platform AltspaceVR to bring you the chance to enjoy...

VR Pioneer Nonny de la Peña Discusses Empathy in VR

Chris Milk's TED talk last year popularized the idea that virtual reality has the potential to be the ultimate 'empathy machine.' Emblematic Group's Nonny de la Peña has been one of the original pioneers of exploring empathy in VR...

Watch The Game Awards Livestream Right Here Starting at 9PM ET for Oculus “Special Announcement”

https://youtu.be/x4WXkKQiEw8 Earlier this week it was announced that Oculus founder Palmer Luckey would take to the stage at The Game Awards 2015 to make a "special announcement." If you'd like to tune in to the show live, you can catch...

AltspaceVR Launches New SDK to Promote Social VR Application Development

AltspaceVR have had a hell of a week. As part of their ongoing 'Social Week' the company have made some big announcements, Gear VR support and cross platform capabilities with the addition of HTC Vive support. Now, the company...
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