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‘Zoom’ App Comes to Quest, Letting You Join Work Meetings as Your Avatar
Meta announced it's now added an official Zoom app to the Horizon Store, letting you host and join online meetings as your Quest avatar.
This isn't the first time Quest users could jump into a Zoom call in VR. In...
Oculus CEO: No Oculus Rift 2 / Consumer Version in 2013, Talks VR on Your Smartphone
Speaking with Edge, Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe confirms that we won't see the Oculus Rift 2 / consumer version in 2013. Though not necessarily a surprise, this is the first official confirmation of that fact that I've seen; there...
Here’s a Look at Tokyo Game Show’s Virtual Venue for Quest & PC VR
Like pretty much all big shows in 2020, the Tokyo Game Show (TGS) gaming expo was basically cancelled last year, instead offering up online coverage to bridge the gap. Although the show will be missing a physical component again...
Silicon Valley VR Expo 2015 Dates and Venue Announced
The Silicon Valley Virtual Reality meetup (SVVR), one of the first of its kind back in May 2013, has announced the date and venue for its 2015 Conference and Expo and is aiming to triple attendees.
May of 2013. Oculus was...
The Best Holiday Windows VR Deal Yet, Today Only: Windows VR Headsets Starting at $200
Microsoft is cutting prices even lower than their Black Friday and Cyber Monday deal with their one day-only sale that reduces the price of two of their least expensive headsets, Acer and Lenovo, to just $200.
Besides coming from the big...
Facebook Reality Labs Says Varifocal Optics Are “almost ready for primetime,” Details HDR Research
Facebook Reality Labs, the company's R&D department, previously revealed its 'Half Dome' prototype headsets which demonstrated functional varifocal optics small enough for a consumer VR headset. At a conference earlier this year, the Lab's Director of Display Systems Research...
‘Allumette’ is a VR Film Which Evokes Character Presence in a Beautiful Virtual World
Penrose Studios have unveiled their second VR film Alumette at the Sundance Festival and Road to VR's Chris Madsen went hands-on with a virtual reality experience which he found evoked real empathy with the inhabitants of its beautiful, virtual world.
While...
AMD Launches Open Source Ray Traced VR Audio Tech ‘TrueAudio Next’
AMD has announced TrueAudio Next a "scalable" physics-based audio rendering engine for generating environmentally accurate, GPU accelerated audio for virtual reality.
AMD has announced a set of key technologies to bolster its open source technology arsenal represented by GPUOpen, this...
Gamecom 2013: Cyberith Virtualiser Interview and Demonstration [Video]
One of the pleasant surprises we found whilst poking around the vast halls was finding a booth with the latest Cyberith Virtualiser prototype being demoed by Cyberith's founder and inventor Tuncay Cakmak. He kindly agreed not only to demonstrate...
Disney Leads $65 Million Investment in Jaunt’s VR Camera & Content Business
Jaunt, the company who has blazed an early trail in the capture and distribution of cinematic 360 videos, has announced yet another injection of funds, this a $65M round lead by entertainment giant Disney.
The VR industry and all it's...
Google Goes on VR Hiring Spree Amid Daydream Launch
Google started its virtual reality initiatives early but slowly, announcing the now widely known Cardboard program way back in 2014. As the company nears the launch of Daydream, the next stage in their VR plans, they're adding significantly to their...
‘Blade Runner: Revelations’ for Daydream to Launch with 6DoF Tracking Support
A new adventure set in the Blade Runner universe from developer Seismic Games is coming soon to the Daydream mobile VR platform. The game is optimised for WorldSense, a new six degrees of freedom (6DoF) positional tracking system developed...
Existing Phones Unlikely to Qualify as ‘Daydream Ready’, Says Google, VR Fans Should Wait to Upgrade
Google's ambitious Daydream VR platform for Android hinges on a combination of hardware and software to enable a high quality VR experience. To ensure the desired level of performance, Google will certify phones of a certain minimum specification as...
Nintendo is Reviving its Infamously Failed Virtual Boy with a Switch-compatible Accessory
Feel free to double-check the calendar... yes, it is in fact September 12th and not April 1st. Nintendo, always managing to surprise in one way or another, is reviving its infamously failed 3D gaming console, the Virtual Boy.
First released in...
Lenovo Black Friday Sale to Bring $100 Discount to Both Mirage Solo VR Headset & VR180...
Lenovo Mirage Solo is getting its first big price cut since it launched for $400 earlier this summer.
Revealed in Lenovo's Black Friday sale catalog, both the Mirage Solo headset and Mirage 180 Camera are getting slashed by $100 a...







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