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‘Surge’ is a Real-time VR Music Video You Don’t Want to Miss
Surge is an impressive real-time VR music video built in Unreal Engine 4 that's definitely worth your time.
Music videos have been a canvas of some very inventive artists. With VR, viewers will be able to step into the middle of...
The Keyword is ‘Action’: RYOT’s VR App Champions More than Empathy
RYOT (pronounced “riot”), an American news media company founded in 2012, recently launched iOS and Android apps for its VR content, who are empowering readers to get themselves involved with the issues about which they learn about via immersive media.
RYOT...
Lenovo Mirage VR180 Camera Now Available for Pre-order, Launches May 4th
Lenovo Mirage Camera, the company's 4K 180-degree stereoscopic VR camera, is now available in pre-order for $300, and is slated to launch May 4th.
You can now pre-order Lenovo Mirage Camera on Amazon, although retailer release dates may vary. Lenovo...
Nintendo Patents Eye-Tracking Tech Bringing 3D to 2D Displays
Nintendo has always danced to a tune all its own. Refusing to accept the status quo in the often relentless inevitability of the gaming world has lead to both incredible successes (introducing natural motion with the Wii) to abject...
Oculus Touts New VR Rendering Feature, Valve Calls It an “Ideal Safety Net”
At GDC last week Oculus announced they were bringing a VR rendering function called Asynchronous Timewarp to Windows with version 1.3 of the Oculus PC SDK. The feature (abbreviated 'ATW') smoothes over otherwise uncomfortable stuttering which can happen when...
‘BoxVR’ Studio FitXR Raises $7.5 Million to Expand Operations & VR Fitness Products
FitXR, the studio behind VR fitness app BoxVR, today announced that it has raised $7.5 million to expand its operations and VR fitness offerings.
Following its first raise of $1.25 million at the end of 2018, FitXR has just added another...
Hands-on: ‘Electronauts’ Lets Anyone Create Awesome-sounding Music in VR
Survios, the studio behind Raw Data (2017), is getting into the music business with their upcoming music creation tool/experience Electronauts. I got a chance to go hands-on with an early version of Electronauts at this year's CES, and I left feeling hope for my budding...
Investors Poured a Record $2 Billion into VR/AR in 2017, But Early Stage Funding Slowed
In 2017, venture funding of VR/AR companies reached at least $1.9B, ending slightly above 2016. The total number of companies raising venture capital during 2017 outpaced 2016, but the average deal size declined sharply by 35%, according to Greenlight...
‘Bigscreen’ Free Screenings of ‘Stargate Origins’ Start Today, Check Showtimes Here
Bigscreen, the social VR app that lets you mirror your desktop to a massive movie screen, has partnered with MGM to bring the first two episodes of Stargate Origins for free to the platform for some limited-time showings. The Stargate Origins showing...
Hands-on: Pimax Crystal Touts Impressive Clarity, But Suffers From a (potentially fixable) Flaw
At CES 2023 Pimax was showing off its latest high-resolution headset, the Pimax Crystal, which uses new lenses and new displays for what the company says is its clearest looking image yet. And while it's definitely an improvement in...
New ‘Beat Saber’ Song ‘Angel Voices’ Now Unlocked by Default
A Beat Saber update last week was mostly full of fixes and under the hood changes, but it also added a secret song that could be unlocked by solving a riddle offered by the developers. A newer update has unlocked the...
Rube Goldberg-style Puzzler ‘Gadgeteer’ Gets Free Beta Demo on Steam
Physics-based puzzler Gadgeteer has launched a free beta demo on Steam alongside a contest to see who can build the coolest chain reaction. As a VR puzzler, Gadgeteer stands out for allowing you to build your own Rube Goldberg-style reaction machines,...
‘Firefox Reality’, Mozilla’s VR Web Browser, Launches on Major Standalone Headsets
Mozilla today launched its made-for-VR web browser, Firefox Reality. The company says the browser is "designed from the ground up" for standalone VR headsets, and today it becomes available for the Oculus Go, Lenovo Mirage Solo, and Vive Focus...
Futuretown is Bringing Motion Platform Arcade Thrills to VR
Taipei based virtual reality company Futuretown is planning to build a out of home destination where you can experience custom built VR game experiences built for and enhanced by 3 different motion platforms.
The rampant rise of video games in...
‘CalcFlow’ Studio Partners with HTC to Bring VR STEM Tools to Libraries Across California & Nevada
Nanome, the studio behind CalcFlow, the 3D visualization tool for math concepts, has partnered with HTC to bring their STEM-focused VR tools to libraries across California and Nevada.
Nanome is bringing a number of their VR tools to libraries as...



















