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Pimax Unveils New Knuckles-style Controller, Supports SteamVR 2.0 Tracking
Pimax, the company behind the wide field of view "8K" VR headset, today unveiled a new controller design intended to ship alongside their upcoming VR hardware. Much like Valve's still unreleased 'Knuckles' controllers, the new Pimax controller is designed...
‘Paper Valley’ Review – Settling the Busy Mind by Throwing Paper Airplanes
Paper Valley is as pretty unique experience. Although it's decidedly a more zen-like game without any real pressure to succeed, there's something to it that's just engaging enough to keep you moving forward, hopefully getting you into the quiet, focused flowstate.
Paper...
VRLA 2018 Returns to Los Angeles May 4th & 5th – Save 15%
VRLA 2018 returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center May 4-5, featuring hundreds of immersive tech demos, educational session, presentations and groundbreaking product launches from the most innovative technology companies shaping our world today.
From immersive full-room installations, motion simulators...
Nanotechnology Researchers Are One Step Closer to the Perfect ‘Meta-lens’ for AR/VR Headsets
AR and VR headsets of the future could have clearer, lighter, and wafer thin lenses, thanks to a new manufacturing process that uses nanotechnology to not only shrink the thickness of the lens, but also correct for the sort...
Vive Pro Bundle With 2.0 Base Stations & Controllers Now Available at $1400
HTC today started selling the long-awaited Vive Pro headset and SteamVR 2.0 base station hardware bundle, making it the first instance of the 2.0 tracking hardware coming to market. The new hardware bundle, which includes the Vive Pro headset, two...
Samsung Funds Episodic VR Videos, Filmmakers Use Company’s $10K ‘Round 360’ Camera
Samsung today launched 'Pilot Season', a new initiative aimed at putting original episodic VR video content into the Samsung VR Video service. The initiative, which aims to foster the VR filmmaker community and generate exclusive content, has given financial...
Insta360 Extension to Make Editing 360 Video in Adobe Premiere Faster, Higher Quality
Today 360 camera marker Insta360 announced a new extension for Adobe Premiere Pro CC which will bring complete 360 post-production workflow into the video editing program. For filmmakers shooting with the Insta360 Pro camera, the company promises faster editing and...
What to Expect in AR and VR at Facebook’s F8 Developer Conference
While Oculus holds their own annual developer conference (coming later this year), parent company Facebook has in years past had plenty of exciting news to share at their own F8 developer conference. With F8 just around the corner on...
‘Archangel: Hellfire’ Update to Bring Off-rails Multiplayer June 28th, Beta Starts May 25th
Skydance Interactive, the studio behind arcade mech shooter Archangel (2017), officially announced today that their next update, Archangel: Hellfire, will bring an off-rails multiplayer mode to the base game, which at launch was exclusively an on-rails, single player experience.
Archangel: Hellfire will...
‘Campfire Creepers’ Delivers Classic ’80s Horror in VR, Now Available on Oculus Rift & Gear VR
Campfire Creepers is a live-action, 360 anthology series inspired by iconic 1980s horror shows Tales from the Crypt (1989), Creepshow (1982), and the creations of Wes Craven. The first two episodes are now available for both Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR.
The...
Pimax ‘8K’ Sees Further Delays Due to Lens Design, Pre-production Headset Pushed to May Release
Pimax, the China-based VR headset manufacturer known for their recent record-breaking "8K" VR headset Kickstarter campaign, today announced that backers should expect more delays due to an ongoing lens design issue.
According to the company's blog, the latest prototype has...
42 Hours in ‘Skyrim VR’ – The Latest World Record Attempt for Longest VR Marathon
Andreas Hauber, a German VR enthusiast, claims to have just beat the Guinness World Record for longest VR marathon, a bar that was previously set by Australian Jack McNee last year at a grand total of 36 hours, two...
‘Ready Player One’ Behind-the-scenes Shows How Spielberg Used VR in Production
As an official partner of Ready Player One, HTC has been using the film to highlight its VR wares. In addition to releasing several VR experiences inspired by the movie, the company has released a behind-the-scenes short showing how immersive...
Google Brings WebVR to Chrome, All Major PC VR Headsets Supported
Google recently pushed out Chrome 66, the latest update to the company's web browser. Unbeknownst to the VR community, Google also quietly included WebVR integration for OpenVR-compatible headsets including Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Windows "Mixed Reality" VR headsets.
Although...
‘Psychonauts In the Rhombus of Ruin’ for PC Review – a Veritable Saturday-morning Cartoon in VR
Psychonauts In the Rhombus of Ruin takes place between the events of Psychonauts (2005) and the upcoming Psychonauts 2 due out later this year. Exclusively available in VR, In the Rhombus of Ruin strays from the 3D platformer genre of its flatscreen...




















