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‘Cinemas’ Social Home Theater Space for Oculus Rift Launches from Creators of ‘Convrge’
Convrge, the virtual reality social platform known for hosting one of the largest gatherings in social VR history—a shared viewing of the Oculus' pre-E3 event—is now taking the online space in a new direction, one that is decidedly much more intimate...
LG Patent Shows Unique Split Design for VR Headset
LG revealed its prototype VR headset using Valve's Lighthouse positional tracking earlier this year, and while it isn't certain what will become of the headset—or if it'll be named "UltraGear" as a recent trademark filing suggests—it's clear LG is thinking long and...
Once a Pioneer of VR in Theme Parks, Disney Aims for AR This Time Around
“Don’t even think about it” is Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger’s message to theme park development team regarding virtual reality, according to a report from the LA Times. Instead, Iger sees augmented reality headsets to be the more likely...
Watch: ‘High Fidelity’ Live Demo at SVVR 2016, Beta Client Access Available Now
High Fidelity describes itself as an "open source, shared Virtual Reality" application which gives people a virtual platform to build whatever universe they want and share it with others. The app just opened its door to beta testers, and...
Varjo XR-4 Will Get a SteamVR Tracking Variant and Sell Direct to Prosumers
Varjo just announced its latest headset, the XR-4, and while the company is primarily continuing to target high-end enterprise use-cases, this is the first headset in their 'XR' series that they will sell directly to consumers and without a...
Minecraft Creator ‘Notch’ to Oculus on Facebook Buyout: “…this is where we part ways”
Mojang Founder Markus 'Notch' Persson isn't happy about Oculus being bought out by Facebook. Apparently any hope for Minecraft for the Oculus Rift has just been lost.
We were in talks about maybe bringing a version of Minecraft to Oculus. I...
New ‘Hellsweeper VR’ Trailer Shows off Co-op Carnage, Cross-play Confirmed
Publisher Vertigo Games and Mixed Realms, developer behind Sairento VR (2018), revealed a new trailer for their upcoming combat VR game Hellsweeper VR that shows off more of the game's co-op action, which thankfully is confirmed to include cross-play on Quest, SteamVR,...
Why Re-Create ‘Dance Dance Revolution’ for the Oculus Rift? This Developer Explains
Ever wondered if Dance Dance Revolution would work in VR? Ever wondered why anyone would even try? Well, developer Corey Drake did it and we wanted to know why and how, so we asked him.
Dance Dance Revolution from Konami was,...
Ubisoft Launches ‘Far Cry VR’ Eight-player VR Arcade Experience, Trailer Here
Far Cry VR: Dive Into Insanity is a new VR arcade experience supporting up to eight players. The game is now available across Zero Latency VR arcade locations, which span 50 locations worldwide.
Update (June 10th, 2021): Ubisoft and Zero Latency today...
‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Post-credits Scene Clearly Sets the Stage for More ‘Half-Life’ in VR
Half-Life: Alyx launched on Monday to critical acclaim. The worst part about the game? After waiting so long, it's over all too soon. But, Valve has left a very significant tease that the game won't be the last Half-Life VR...
Go Touch VR Raises $1 Million for Haptic VR Tech, Shows off DK1 Design
Go Touch VR, which is developing a simple haptic device that's surprisingly effective, has raised €837,000 (approx. $1 million) in venture capital for ongoing development. The company has offered a look at the latest version of the VRTouch DK1 dev...
E3 2018 Pre-show Roundup – ‘Beat Saber’ on PSVR, Xbox Mum on VR, New Game Announcements...
While E3 2018 didn't technically start until Tuesday this week, much of the big news comes during the pre-show period from Saturday to Monday. Here's a roundup of our coverage of E3 2018 before the official start of the...
Acclaimed Oculus Shooter ‘Dead and Buried’ to Come Bundled With Touch
Oculus has announced that the first-party VR game Dead and Buried will come bundled for free with Oculus Touch (for all purchases, not just pre-orders), bringing the Touch bundled content count to three games.
Dead and Buried joins the Touch...
I Watched an NBA Game With Next VR and I Can’t Go Back to Normal TV
The NBA and Turner Sports partnered with NextVR's video streaming service to deliver the first NBA VR video livestream ever last night, and it was one of the coolest things I've ever seen in VR.
Last night marks the opening...
Oculus: ‘More than 8 VR Titles Have Made $1M+ in the Oculus store alone’
For VR to succeed in the consumer space, an ecosystem of developers making content that users want to buy is an absolute must. Oculus for its part has attempted to kickstart that ecosystem by investing hefty sums in content...



















