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Horror Survival ‘Into the Radius VR’ Headed to Early Access Next Month

Into the Radius VR is a single-player VR shooter headed to Steam Early Access next month. Created by Estonia-based indie studio CM Games, the horror survival game promises a dark mix of horror, open-world exploration, realistic weapon handling, and...

XR Insiders Reflect on Apple Vision Pro Development and Industry Impact

The Voices of VR Podcast never misses an opportunity to document the ongoing history of the XR space. With Vision Pro now in the hands of many, host Kent Bye recently interviewed two XR insiders that have been part...

Dexta Shows Off Latest Exoskeleton Gloves That Let You Touch VR

Dexta Robotics are looking to create the next generation VR input device, one that not only lets you interact with virtual objects but also lets you sense the size and solidity of them, letting you touch virtual reality. This is...

Rokid Glasses Raise Over $1M in First Week, Proving Strong Demand for Display-clad Smart Glasses

Rokid, the China and US-based AR startup, launched a Kickstarter campaign last week for Rokid Glasses, frontrunning the competition with a pair of smart glasses housing green monochrome displays. Now, the crowdfunding campaign has surpasses $1 million, doubling the...

Sony’s PSVR Video Quick Start Guide Makes Way for Arrival of New Model (CUH-ZVR2)

Now that Sony's hardware refresh of PlayStation VR is nearly here with Christmas around the bend, the company has published an updated version of it 3-part guide on how to set up PSVR including instructions for both models, CUH-ZVR1 and...
Oculus Rift GDC 2013 video: Hawken, TF2, DriVR, Epic Citadel

Oculus at GDC 2013 — Hands-on with Hawken, TF2, DriVR, and Epic Citadel [video]

The Oculus Rift is at GDC 2013 this week. Earlier today I met with the Oculus team and got to test out he developer kit with the brand new Hawken, TF2, and DriVR and more. I also sat down...

Admix Secures $7M Funding to Bring “non-intrusive” Ads to VR & AR Games

Admix, the in-game advertisement platform, today announced it's raised $7 million in its series A financing round. The news was first reported by TechCrunch. Update (June 18th, 2020): It was previously stated that the source of the Series A funding...
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‘Hitman 3 VR: Reloaded’ Revealed, “rebuilt from the ground up” Exclusively for Quest 3

IO Interactive and UK-based studio XR Games announced they're bringing a new version of stealth-action game Hitman 3 exclusively to Meta Quest 3 this summer. Hitman 3 came along with VR support for the original PSVR at launch in 2021, later bringing...

Former Oculus Engineering VP Teases ‘Reverse Lighthouse’ Tracking System That Can Fit in a Smartphone

Jack McCauley worked as VP of Engineering at Oculus, joining the company in the early days back in 2012. No longer with the company but continuing on with various engineering projects, McCauley is teasing some Lighthouse-like tracking technology that he...
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HTC’s Vision of the Metaverse is Heavy on Buzzwords, Light on Substance

HTC released a video showing off its vision of the metaverse, a reflection of what the company thinks virtual spaces will look like in the near future. And... it's not a great look. Some ideas are inevitable. Slim and light...

Microsoft to Talk ‘Hololens’ at Build 2015, Keynote Livestream @8:30AM PT / 11:30AM ET

Microsoft biggest event of the year 'Build 2015' kicks off today and with it brings promise of more information for their intriguing augmented reality headset, Hololens. Running from April 29-May 1st, Microsoft's Build event has grown to become Microsoft's most important...

WordPress Blogging Platform Gets Support for Embedded VR Media

Virtual reality 360 degree photos and videos are now supported by WordPress.com. Powering over 26% of the web, WordPress is the world’s most popular online publishing platform. A recent update on WordPress.com’s official blog confirmed that virtual reality media is...

Viveport President Rikard Steiber Departs HTC

Rikard Steiber, Viveport President and Senior VP of Virtual Reality, is departing HTC at the end of the year. Having joined the company in February 2016, Steiber oversaw the launch of Viveport in over 60 markets, HTC's digital distribution platform...

Holovis Uses Giant Robot Arms for Intense VR Motion Simulated Experiences

First demonstrated to theme park executives at the Asian Attractions Expo in Singapore last month, Holovis’ R3ex (Rideable Realtime Robot Experiences) project combines virtual reality with four/six-axis robot arm amusement rides. The technology claims to offer the rider genuine...

Exclusive: Lytro Reveals Immerge 2.0 Light-field Camera with Improved Quality, Faster Captures

Lytro's Immerge light-field camera is meant for professional high-end VR productions. It may be a beast of a rig, but it's capable of capturing some of the best looking volumetric video that I've had my eyes on yet. The...
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