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Microsoft Illumiroom Immersive Gaming System — New Video and Research Paper

Back in January, Microsoft Research revealed an interesting project called Illumiroom. The system, which uses a Kinect and commodity projector, scans the environment around your TV and uses the info collected to intelligently project extra info around the TV...

Getting Social – Oculus to Offer Persistent Avatars Across Multiplayer Games

Up until now, multiplayer games on Oculus Home have relied on their own individual avatar selectors, meaning you couldn't have the exact same avatar in two different apps. In an effort to socialize the entire platform, Oculus is introducing...

Oculus CTO: Quest is ‘In the Neighborhood of Xbox 360 / PS3 Processing Power’

Speaking on stage at Oculus Connect this morning, Oculus CTO John Carmack gave his signature unscripted talk, somehow going into depth despite covering a wide range of topics from Go to Quest to Rift, and plenty more. Part of...

Social VR Sports Viewing Platform livelike Raises $9.6 Million

Social VR sports viewing startup livelike has announced a Series B investment of $9.6 million. Livelike is building a social sports viewing platform for VR and AR devices. The company's product focuses on connecting remote users into 'virtual suite' where...

Samsung Galaxy XR Offers Comparable Vision Pro Specs & Features at Half the Price

Samsung is finally launching its long-anticipated Android XR headset, officially dubbed Galaxy XR. The headset clearly aims to deliver a Vision Pro experience (plus some of its own unique abilities) all at a much more affordable price. Vision Pro is...

Samsung Gear VR Unboxing, Handy Carry Case Included (video)

Today is the day that essentially the first consumer VR headset launched in the last decade becomes available. That headset is Samsung's Gear VR, created in collaboration with Oculus. Join us for an unboxing of this impressive device.See Also:...

John Carmack to Detail ‘The Dawn of Mobile VR’ at GDC 2015

John Carmack, legendary developer and CTO of Oculus, will be taking to the stage at GDC 2015 to get technical in a presentation titled 'The Dawn of Mobile VR'. Carmack, who is known for presentations of detail and length,...

‘Google Earth VR’ Lets You Experience the Total Solar Eclipse Right Now

Whether or not you're in the narrow band of 'solar eclipse totality' that's making its way across the continental United States on Monday, August 21st, Google Earth VR has seen a recent update that will let you experience the rare...

The 15 Best VR Horror Games on Quest, PSVR 2 and PC VR to Play This...

Halloween is just around the corner, so there's no better time to test your mettle with some of the best VR horror games for Quest, PSVR 2, and PC VR. Lock the doors, latch the windows, and let your family...

Oculus Offers Comprehensive List of VR GPUs Meeting Recommended and Minimum Specs

With so many choices for graphics cards out there, it's hard to know exactly what you should buy to outfit your next VR-ready PC. To make things a little easier, Oculus recently published a list of GPUs that meets its...

HTC: Vive Pro is Targeted at Prosumers and Will Be “more expensive” Than Consumer Vive

VR/AR expert Antony Vitillo (aka 'Skarred Ghost') got an opportunity to speak with HTC Vive China President Alvin Wang Graylin recently, and while Graylin predictably couldn't answer the question on everyone's mind—"how much is Vive Pro going to cost?"—we...

5 Great Quest Games for New VR Players & Novice Gamers

Oculus Quest 2 is an inexpensive and easy to use headset that offers a wide range of experiences for all kinds of people. Granted, the library of content leans heavily toward games, many of which are targeted at experienced...
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Watch: ‘Robo Recall’ is Playable on HTC Vive Using ‘Revive’ Mod, Here’s How

Oculus Rift exclusive title Robo Recall - which launched just yesterday - can already be played on the HTC Vive, using the infamous Revive mod. And, as you can see in this video, the game seems to work remarkably well. Oculus' approach...

Vision Pro Isn’t Here Yet, But You Can Already Start Capturing Spatial Video on Your iPhone

Apple Vision Pro isn't slated to launch until early next year, but if you've got an iPhone 15 Pro you can already start capturing memories as spatial videos. Update (December 11th, 2023): Apple today publicly released iOS 17.2, the first...

Sixense STEM Next Generation Motion Controller Goes to Kickstarter This Month

Sixense has officially announced that they'll be bringing their next-gen 'STEM' motion controller to Kickstarter this month, along with a few additional details. Sixense, creators of the technology behind the Razer Hydra motion controller, announced the wireless 'STEM' motion controller...
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