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AR Glasses Startup Nreal Secures $40M in Series B Financing

Nreal, the China-based company behind the Nreal Light AR glasses, today announced its secured another $40 million in funding. As reported by TechCrunch, the latest financing round was led by Chinese video sharing platform Kuaishou, with participation by iQiyi, GP Capital,...
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Dev Shares Crash Course on VR Game Optimization for Oculus Quest & Mobile Hardware

VR games need to achieve high, stable performance to look good and play comfortably. Optimization is no easy task, especially with the limited resources of mobile hardware like the Snapdragon 835 processor in the Oculus Quest. But there's a handful...
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‘I Expect You To Die’ Studio Releases Educational VR Chemistry Game ‘HoloLab Champions’

Schell Games, the studio behind popular spy-themed VR puzzle I Expect You To Die (2016), today launched a VR chemistry lab practice game that aims to get students excited about chemistry by gamifying an otherwise time intensive (and possibly...

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...

4 Ways to Use VR to Connect With Loved Ones on Valentine’s Day

Being far away from the people you love the most is the pits, and it's often times the little things you miss that really wear on your special friendships. This year is different though, as social VR apps are beginning...

‘FOVE’, The World’s First Eye-Tracking VR Headset Comes to Kickstarter Today

FOVE is a Japanese technology company who are endeavoring to tackle an issue that will likely become a focus for the VR industry sooner than you think, eye-tracking in virtual reality. The company's new headset employs gaze-detection for input, and today they...

How to Record Mixed Reality Video on Oculus Quest

Did you know you can create your own mixed reality video on Oculus Quest and show off all your VR exploits to your adoring public? Oculus has published its own Mixed Reality Capture tool (MRC) to let you do just...

‘FRENZIES’ F2P Shooter Cancelled on PSVR 2, Promises “other PSVR 2 announcements” Coming

nDreams, the studio behind free-to-play arena shooter FRENZIES, announced that the game is heading out of early access later this year, although it won't be coming to PSVR 2 as previously planned. The studio released a statement, saying it has "other...

Why Apple Can’t Ignore VR Forever

Apple Vision Pro is coming next year, not only making for the Fruit Company's much awaited first XR headset, but also spurring a resurgence in public interest (and likely investment) in the XR space. At $3,500, Vision Pro is...

SyncThink Closes $3.5 Million Series A Funding to Further Develop VR-based Concussion Detection

SyncThink, a Berkeley-based eye-tracking and brain firm, announced the closing of a $3.5 million Series A-1 funding round led by Quadrant Management. The company expects to use the funds to continue development on their EYE-SYNC technology, a VR-based eye-tracking technology to help...

Samsung is Giving Away Far More Gear VR Units Than We Expected

After reading into the offer terms of Samsung's Gear VR giveaway for S7 pre-orders, which appeared to limit the number of free units to 300,000 in the US, Samsung has reached out to clarify that they're actually giving away...

Apple Releases The Weeknd’s Immersive Music Video Exclusively for Vision Pro

Apple has released a new immersive music video from The Weeknd featuring his latest single 'Open Hearts', which is available exclusively on Vision Pro for a limited time. Captured in Apple's Immersive Video format, Open Hearts serves up 180-degree immersive...

Meta Drops Forced Facebook Logins with Rollout of New Meta VR Accounts Today

Starting today, Meta is finally pulling back from one of its most controversial moves affecting its VR users, which required all new Quest owners to sign up with a valid Facebook account in addition to forcing legacy Oculus account...

The Oculus Rift at E3 2013: The Real Next Generation of Gaming Hardware?

Amidst the raucous pantomime of the big-ticket Next Generation console releases from Sony and Microsoft, a quieter glimpse of the future of gaming was being enjoyed. We take a look at the reaction to what many have dubbed this...
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‘No Man’s Sky’ Brings Massive Multi-crew Starships in Latest Update

No Man's Sky (2016) is well beyond its redemption arc now, having just shipped 'Voyagers' across VR and flatscreen platforms, making for one of its biggest updates yet. Starting today, you'll be able to step aboard even bigger starships that...
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