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Inside the David Cronenberg VR Experience with the Developers Who Met Him

Body/Mind/Change is a trans-media experience that was built to accompany a recent celebration of film director David Cronenberg and his work. As part of the project Blair Renaud, developer of Technolust, got to meet the man behind Scanners and The...

Varjo Announces AR Pass-through Capability for Its ‘Bionic Display’ Headset

Varjo, the Finland-based headset manufacturer, today announced the company's upcoming high resolution VR headset will have AR pass-through capabilities powered by Socionext image signal processors. Varjo’s headset is basically taking what some consider a shortcut to retina resolution with its 'bionic...

Crashes & Poor Performance Plague Early Reception of ‘Civilization VII’ for Quest 3

It's been over a week since Sid Meier's Civilization VII - VR (2025) launched on Quest 3, and although developer PlaySide Studios has issued a performance update following its April 9th release, players are still struggling with poor performance and...

‘TheWaveVR’ Raises $2.5 Million Seed Investment for Social VR Music Platform

TheWaveVR is a social VR music platform which allows DJs to mix tracks live in VR in front of a virtual audience which can connect to experience the performance from around the world. The company announced today that it's raised...

This Free ‘Halo: Combat Evolved’ PC Mod Brings VR Support to the OG of Shooters

Halo Combat Evolved (2001) released on the Xbox over two decades ago, but thanks to this mod, you can now play the original PC version in VR, which critically includes motion controller support. The mod, called 'HaloCEVR', was created by modder 'LivingFray',...

Valve VR Dev is “Dying to share all the exciting things” in Development

In his talk at the DigiPen Institute of Technology, Valve VR developer predictably didn't share any specifics on the company's yet to be revealed VR game, but he did offer a glimpse into his approach to VR game design as...

HoloLens Co-inventor & AR/VR Pioneer Avi Bar-Zeev Has Left Apple

Avi Bar-Zeev, HoloLens co-inventor and longtime AR/VR stalwart, has left Apple, Variety reports. Bar-Zeev helped found and invent the core technologies behind HoloLens at Microsoft, assembling the company's very first AR prototypes, demos and UX concepts. According to his LinkenIn bio, Bar-Zeev...
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Guinness Record Set With 25 Continuous Hours in Virtual Reality

Guinness World Records, an organisation journalling the extraordinary (and often insane) stunts people will pull for notoriety, and now the book has its first virtual reality entry. Watch as Derek Westerman swaps reality for Tilt Brush inside the HTC...

‘Facebook Spaces’ Gets HTC Vive Support, Now the Company’s First Cross-platform VR App

Oculus parent company Facebook today announced it's bringing Spaces, the company's own social VR app, to HTC Vive. Like YouTube, which Google recently brought to the Vive, Facebook works only when it’s available to as many people as possible. And the...

‘Star Wars: Beyond Victory’ Review – Podracing Comes to Quest, But Loses Speed in Mixed Reality

Star Wars: Beyond Victory - A Mixed Reality Playset feels like a pretty clear directive to make a high quality MR game that showcases Quest 3's passthrough capabilities. In that respect, it's a partial success, as the MR/VR hybrid...

Stress Level Zero to Bring ‘Boneworks’ Universe Game to Quest Next Year

Announced at Oculus Connect 6 this week was a new title from Stress Level Zero, the studio behind Hover Junkers (2016) and Duck Season (2017). The game, which is said to arrive on Oculus Quest sometime next year, is slated...

VR Publisher VRAL Acquires 30% Stake in Studio Behind VR Shooter ‘EXOSHOCK’

Miami-based VR publisher VRAL Games announced it's acquired a 30% stake in PolarityOne, a Seattle-based indie studio developing the upcoming co-op VR shooter EXOSHOCK. The studios say the investment aligns with VRAL Games’ strategy to expand its presence in immersive gaming, leaving...
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360 Short Film ‘Step to the Line’ Published as Part of Oculus’ VR for Good Initiative

Mark Zuckerberg recently posted the 360 film Step to the Line on his Facebook page, which highlights the challenges of living with the criminal justice system in the US, on both sides of the prison wall. The short documentary...

Report: Next-gen NVIDIA GPUs Will Boost VR Bandwidth With New Connector

A report from Tom's Hardware states that NVIDIA's next-generation GeForce GPUs, tentatively being referred to as the GTX 11-series, will include a new connector with enough bandwidth to support future VR headsets much higher resolutions and greater refresh rates. According to a...

Apple Releases Long-awaited Panoramic Display Feature on Vision Pro in 2.2 Beta

Apple has released initial access to the long-promised panoramic display feature for Vision Pro's Mac Virtual Display, which now brings three virtual screen sizes via its visionOS 2.2 beta release. Having initially launched with Vision Pro back in February, Mac...
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