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Valve Introduces Auto Resolution Optimization to Squeeze the Most Detail From Your VR Headset
Valve today released an update to SteamVR Beta that introduces a new system that automatically adjusts the VR game's resolution in accordance with your GPU's rendering ability. Presented by Valve Graphics Programmer Alex Vlachos in an official announcement, the auto-resolution...
Oculus Store Credit Starts Arriving to Those Affected by Major Software Error
If you've used your Oculus Rift since the beginning of February, you likely already have a small surprise waiting for you in your account.
After a debilitating software error that occurred last week, which ostensibly rendered every Rift on Earth...
5th Annual SVVR VR Mixer Returns to GDC 2018
SVVR invites you to the fifth-annual VR Mixer on Wednesday, March 21st at Temple in San Francisco, just two blocks from GDC/Moscone Center.
Join the vibrant VR community in at a futuristic 20,000 sq. ft venue. Enjoy two floors of...
Oculus Research to Talk “Reactive Displays” for Next-gen AR/VR Visuals at DisplayWeek Keynote
Oculus Research's director of computational imaging, Douglas Lanman, is scheduled to give a keynote presentation at SID DisplayWeek in May which will explore the concept of "reactive displays" and their role in unlocking "next-generation" visuals in AR and VR...
Microsoft Shows New Research in Haptics With ‘CLAW’ VR Controller Prototype
As VR display resolutions become more packed with pixels and new controller types such as Valve's Knuckles dangle tantalizingly in front of us, one thing that often goes overlooked is haptic feedback. There are plenty of companies out there...
HTC Vive Pro to Arrive With Redesigned Link Box Featuring DisplayPort and Power Button
HTC Vive Pro, the company's higher resolution VR headset targeted at prosumers, isn't on sale yet, although developers have been receiving Vive Pro as early as mid-February. While there still isn't a comprehensive look at all of the gubbins...
VRgineers to Integrate Leap Motion Hand-tracking Into Its Wide FOV VRHero Headset
Enterprise VR headset manufacturer VRgineers and Leap Motion, the company behind its eponymous optical hand tracker, announced they're working together to embed Leap Motion's tech into professional-grade VR headsets.
VRgineers is best known for their enterprise-focused wide field of view...
Pimax “8K” Pre-production Units Planned for April, Initial Backer Shipments on Track for Q2
Offering an update to backers of the successful Pimax "8K" Kickstarter, which aims to deliver a high resolution VR headset with an ultrawide field of view, Pimax says 'M1' pre-production units should be complete by April, with initial backer...
Decentralizing Identity in VR with Holonet & Self-Sovereign Identity
Holonet is an open source project that implements the Decentralized Identity Specifications for open web VR platforms like WebXR. A self-sovereign identity system could enable the seamless portability of your avatar identity across multiple sites without having to use...
‘The American Dream’ Parodies US Gun Culture, Launching This Week at a Key Moment in Gun...
The American Dream is set to launch on March 14th, and the moment, most unfortunately, couldn't be more timely. The game's gun-fueled gameplay takes US gun culture to the extreme, examining a world where babies are born packing heat...
‘Wedding VR’ Offers an Uncanny Peek into the Wild World of Anime Marriage Simulators
Wedding VR, a marriage simulator created by Japan-based game studio Voltage Inc., came to the Oculus Store and Steam recently. In it, you become a bride-to-be, replete with wedding dress, bouquet and impossibly tiny hands only fit for a character...
Google to Reveal “World’s Highest Resolution OLED-on-glass display” for VR Headsets in May
Google announced at last year's Society for Information Display (SID) Display Week that the company was actively working on a VR-optimized OLED panel capable of packing in pixels at a density heretofore never seen outside of microdisplays - all...
Nickelodeon Brings Kid-friendly Multiplayer VR Experience ‘SlimeZone’ to IMAX VR Centers Worldwide
Nickelodeon and IMAX Corporation have partnered to bring SlimeZone, a new multiplayer social VR experience, to IMAX VR centers globally. Allowing up to six players to step inside a cartoon-filled virtual world, SlimeZone features games, the ability to 'slime' friends, and...
Go One-on-One with David Attenborough in ‘Hold the World’ VR Museum Experience This Spring
Hold the World, an upcoming VR experience from Sky, will let you go face-to-face with Sir David Attenborough, the English broadcaster and world’s foremost naturalist as he explains the finer details of some of the creatures in the world we call...
Oculus Artist’s ‘Quill’ Shorts Show the Incredible Potential of Illustrating & Animating in VR
Quill, Oculus' VR painting and drawing tool, recently saw a major update which added animation tools to the software, allowing users to create animated sequences directly in VR. A resident artist at Oculus has taken to the tool to...




















