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‘Sword Art Online’ to get Netflix Live Action Treatment From ‘Altered Carbon’ Creator

As Netflix's onslaught of original programming continues, one of the next targets in its sights is the popular VR-themed anime Sword Art Online. Altered Carbon creator Laeta Kalogridis has confirmed her involvement as executive producer on the project. Speaking recently with Collider, Laeta...

Hasbro Jumps Into AR With Iron Man Hero Vision Toy

We've heard it numerous times before from augmented reality startups: "it'll turn you into a real life Iron Man!" Now Hasbro is taking the sentiment to heart with their upcoming AR toy which gives you an Iron Man mask, VR-style headset, AR markers, and a...

Magic Leap to Partner with NBA to Bring Basketball to AR, Shaq’s Massive Head Fits in...

Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz took the stage at the Code Media conference last night to talk a little bit more about the company's upcoming AR headset, Magic Leap One. While we now know the headset will probably cost the...

Magic Leap Will be Priced ‘Like a Premium Computer’, Availability Details in Spring

In an interview today, Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz danced around questions regarding pricing of the forthcoming Magic Leap One AR headset, saying its pricing should be thought of like a "premium computer," and that the company is likely...
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Spellcasting Adventure ‘The Wizards’ to Leave Early Access March 8th

Carbon Studio, the studio behind Alice VR (2017), today announced their Early Access spellcasting action-adventure The Wizards is slated to launch in-full on March 8th. The Wizards supports HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows "Mixed Reality" VR headsets. Carbon Studio says that the full...

‘Fantastic Contraption’ 2.0 Update Brings New Content and Features, Lower Price

Fantastic Contraption (2016), the building puzzler from indie studio Northway Games, is getting its first big update since launch, which includes double the levels and a few new tantalizing features that didn't make the cut back in April 2016 when...

Get 50% Off ‘Rez Infinite’ and ‘Thumper’ on Steam This Week

If you own either Rez Infinite (2016) or Thumper (2016), it might just be music to your ears this Valentine's Day. From now until February 20th, you can get either (or both) VR games for 50% off on Steam. Here's how: If...

The Future of Virtual Lightfields with Otoy CEO Jules Urbach

Otoy is a rendering company that pushing the limits of digital light fields and physically-based rendering. Now that Otoy's Octane Renderer has shipped in Unity, they're pivoting from focusing on licensing their rendering engine to selling cloud computing resources...

Correction: Apple, Valve, and LG Didn’t End Up Investing in OLED Microdisplay Maker eMagin

According to documents filed last month with SEC, participation of a new stock issuance of some $10 million by OLED microdisplay maker eMagin was offered to Apple, Valve, and LG, among others, though those companies didn't end up participating in the...
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Sony Reveals 14 Minutes of New ‘Moss’ PSVR Gameplay Ahead of February Launch

With PSVR adventure game Moss set to launch this month, Sony is ramping up the hype for Quill, the game's adorable little mouse buddy, with 14 minutes of new gameplay. First revealed at E3 2017 back in June, Moss is a third-person puzzle-adventure...

‘EVE: Valkyrie’ and ‘Wands’ Free Weekend Coming This Month

Even with a wide selection of gameplay videos and written reviews, it's hard to know if you should buy a VR game without ever having tried it yourself. Oculus' solution: extended all-access free weekends on select titles. To that effect, Oculus is...

Magic Leap Takes on Funding from Media Company Axel Springer

German media company Axel Springer today announced that it has taken part in a new round of financing of Magic Leap. The company hasn't disclosed the amount of the investment, or mentioned whether other companies have also taken part in the new...

Balancing Player Control & Authorial Control with “Virtual Virtual Reality”

Virtual Virtual Reality by studio Tender Claws is a Daydream-exclusive interactive story that won the best VR experience at the 2017 Google Play Awards VR, and it's one of my personal favorite interactive narratives within VR. Virtual Virtual Reality (aka VVR)...

AR & AI Storytelling Innovations in ‘TendAR’ from Studio Tender Claws

Tender Claws, the creators of the award-winning interactive VR narrative Virtual Virtual Reality, premiered a new, site-specific, interactive AR narrative experience at the Sundance New Frontier called TendAR. It was a social augmented reality experience that paired two people...

Grabbing Virtual Objects with the HaptX Glove (Formerly AxonVR)

The HaptX Glove that was shown at Sundance was one of the most convincing haptics experiences that I've had in VR. While it was still primitive, I was able to grab a virtual object in VR, and for the...
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