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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...

Prolific VFX Artist Kevin Mack Brings Surrealist Sculpture to Life in ‘Blortasia’

Kevin Mack is a digital fine artist and prolific visual effects designer known for his work across films such as Fight Club (1999), A Beautiful Mind (2001), The Fifth Element (1997), and What Dreams May Come (1998) for which he won an...
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YouTube Spaces Studio Explores the Basics of Mixed Reality Video Capture

Prolific YouTuber Tom Scott recently visited the Mixed Reality Lab at the YouTube Space studio in New York in order to showcase mixed reality capture. The lab is using a technique involving a green screen and a tracked camera...
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Mech Simulator ‘Vox Machinae’ Available Now After Surprise Launch at Oculus Connect

Vox Machinae, a long running indie VR project, is available right now on the Oculus Rift, SteamVR, and PC. The game received a surprise launch into Early Access today at Oculus Connect 5, bringing a new beginning to a...
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Virtual Reality Dominates at Amusement Ride Expo IAAPA 2015

Kevin Williams reports from IAAPA 2015, an Amusement Park expo featuring upcoming rides and attractions coming to theme parks. He takes a closer look at the ever growing presence of VR at the show and its importance to the out of...

Magic Leap Headset Hits FCC Ahead of Confirmed Summer Launch

Magic Leap is soon to launch its first AR headset, the Magic Leap One. We don't know exactly when or how much, but following the company's confirmation that the headset is due to launch this Summer, the product has...

Oculus Rift Simulator Demonstrates 1080p, 2k, and 4k Oculus Rift with Low-persistence

Developer Michael Blix has created an Oculus Rift Simulator web app which gives an idea of what an Oculus Rift could look like equipped with a 1080p, 2k, and 4k screen. The demo also features simulated 'low-persistence' which helps...

New $2,000 Core i9 CPU Isn’t ‘VR Ready’ on Its Own, But Intel Says Integrated Graphics...

While Microsoft's 'Mixed Reality' VR headsets are due to launch with some impressively low minimum hardware requirements that will be met by integrated graphics, the big players presently in the market have a much higher 'VR Ready' bar which...

Hands-on: HaptX’s VR Glove is the Closest I’ve Come to Touching the Virtual World

HaptX, a company building a VR glove offering impressively detailed haptic feedback as well as force feedback, is steadily improving. My hands-on with their latest device—which is smaller, lighter, and more comfortable than prior iterations—offered me moments of magic...

‘Tokyo Chronos’ Studio Wants You to Vote on Which VR Game It Makes Next

MyDearest, the Japan-based studio behind the Tokyo Chronos VR series, announced it's holding a community vote to determine which game it's going to develop next. The studio has offered up three choices, all of which notably stray from its usual brand...

YouTube Now Offering Heatmaps for 360 Video Analytics

Spherical YouTube videos with over 1,000 views now include ‘360° Heatmaps’ within the Analytics section of the Creator Studio. The new feature provides a visual representation of low to high attention areas of the video, helping to inform content...

Pixvana Raises $6 Million for Cloud-based VR Video Processing and Delivery

Pixvana, a Seattle VR startup working to create a cloud-based processing and delivery platform for VR video, today announced a $6 million fundraise. In a round led by Madrona Venture group with participation from Vulcan Capital and angel investors, Pixvana...

Update: This Homebrewed Mini 3D-Tracked Sensor Module Only Cost $3 in Parts

Dr. Masahiko Inami, a professor at the University of Tokyo's Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, recently tweeted a picture of an incredibly small, homebrewed 3D-tracked sensor module that has us reeling at the implications for ever-smaller tracked...
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‘Star Trek: Bridge Crew’ TNG Expansion Lands on Rift, Vive & Windows VR

Star Trek: Bridge Crew (2017) just got its first big content expansion for the PC VR versions of the game, now including the late '80s, early '90s-era U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701D—the very same captained by Jean-Luc Picard in the iconic TV series Star...

Hands-on: ‘Vacation Simulator’ is a More Expansive Sequel That Dives Deeper

Owlchemy Labs, the studio behind the hit VR parody game Job Simulator (2016) and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (2017), debuted their upcoming game here at GDC 2018, an aptly named sequel to Job Simulator that delves into the...
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