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Nikon Turns Attention Toward 360 Video with Expert Panel

Nikon’s foray into 360° video continued at the 'Nikon Innovation Forum: The 360° Video Revolution' event in NYC last week. There the company's recently released KeyMission 360 action camera was the centerpiece among non-360° action cameras of the same...

IKEA is Gifting 14,000 VR Headsets to Its Employees This Holiday Season

The Swedish flat-pack furniture giant has made some impressive strides into virtual and augmented reality in the past few years, and to celebrate its success, the company is gifting VR headsets to its employees this year for the holidays. According...

Russia Bans Facebook & Instagram, Quest Sees Ripple Effects

Facebook and Instagram have been blocked in the Russian Federation, with both social media platforms now completely inaccessible to users in that country. Meta's VR services haven't been mentioned by name in the bans, although they're also likely to...
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‘Crunch Element’ Inches Past Crowdfunding Goal with Less Than a Week to Spare

Crunch Element is an upcoming VR game that challenges you to breech heavily-guarded compounds with physics-based explosive charges, guns, and your wits. Update (January 30th, 2020): Crunch Element has done it with only five days left to go. At the...

Sharp Unveils Prototype VR Controller, Combining Haptic Gloves & Standard Buttons

Sharp announced it's releasing a prototype VR haptic controller in Japan, which aims to reproduce the sense of touch in VR while serving a familiar button layout. Japan-based Sharp says its VR haptic controllers can let users sense texture thanks to...
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‘Into Black’ Showcases More ‘Deep Rock Galactic’ Vibes in New Trailer, Coming to Quest in October

Into Black, an upcoming co-op action adventure for Quest, showcased more of its Deep Rock Galactic-inspired gameplay in a new trailer, which also announced the opening of pre-orders. Developed by The Binary Mill, the VR studio behind Resist, RUSH, Mini Motor...

Samsung Announces Gear 360 Camera with Facebook Partnership for Sharing

Samsung at their Unpacked event today revealed the Gear 360 camera, a new consumer-focused device for shooting 360 video which can also be viewed in VR. On stage at their Unpacked event in Barcelona, Samsung took the wraps off of...

Inexpensive GTX 1050 Ti Gets Official Thumbs-Up for Oculus Minimum Spec

Following the launch of the more powerful GTX 1060, 1070, and 1080, NVIDIA revealed the latest in their low-end GeForce GPUs, the GTX 1050 and 1050 Ti in October 2016. While not the first in line for a premium VR...

Social XR Collaboration Platform ‘Spatial’ Now on Oculus Store for Quest

Spatial, the social collaboration platform for XR devices, is now available for public download on Oculus Quest, which includes cross-platform support for HoloLens, Magic Leap One, Nreal, Web browsers, and iOS & Android mobile devices. As a work-focused social app, Spatial puts heavy...

‘Job Simulator’ Gets ‘Infinite Job Overtime’ Update & Permanent Price of $20

Job Simulator (2016), Owlchemy Labs' madcap workplace sim from the future, is pushing a free content update called 'Infinite Overtime mode' that lets you play endless, randomized tasks. Owlchemy is also permanently dropping the price of Job Simulator to $20. Now...

You Can Now Sideload Oculus Quest Apps with Your Phone – No PC Required

Oculus App Lab, Facebook's unmoderated app outlet, has largely stolen the thunder from the unofficial Quest app store SideQuest over the past few months. This is largely due to the ease of use that App Lab offers over SideQuest,...

VIVE – the Very Immersive Virtual Experience that Fuses Motion Capture with the Oculus Rift

Naturalistic input for users wishing to take that extra step towards full body immersion for their virtual reality experience is still some way off. You can see the pieces forming and coming together, and things are evolving quickly, but...

Stanford Unveils ‘Light Field Stereoscope’ a VR Headset to Reduce Fatigue and Nausea

Researchers at Stanford University have unveiled a prototype VR Headset which they claim reduce the effects of VR sickness through the use of an innovative 'stacked' display which generates naturalistic light fields. VR display technology continues to evolve rapidly, with...
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VR Hero Shooter ‘Larcenauts’ Gets New Map, Mode & Character Today in ‘Zarius Heist’ Update

Larcenauts (2021), the VR hero shooter from Impulse Gear, is getting its big 'Zaruis Heist' update starting today, which brings a good slice of new content to the game on Quest and PC VR headsets. Update (September 30th, 2021): Impulse Gear released 'The...

EA: Playing ‘Star Wars: Squadrons’ in VR Will Be “more like being a real pilot”

Star Wars: Squadrons is coming to PC, consoles, and VR headsets on October 2nd. And while we got our first look at gameplay of the upcoming dogfighter in a special premier last night, it's still not entirely clear what's at stake...
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