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‘Bigscreen’ Now Supports Windows VR, PSVR and Mobile Headsets Coming in 2018

Bigscreen, the social VR app which lets users connect in a virtual environment while retaining the ability to use (and share) their own PC desktop content, now supports Microsoft's 'Windows Mixed Reality' VR headsets. In 2018, the app will...

VR Has Officially Ascended to ‘Crappy Last-Minute Gift’ Thanks to This AXE Bodywash Bundle

How about an unbreakable comb? A nylon travel tote? A loofah soaked in pheromones? No. This holiday season's pervasive AXE bodywash bundles come with a VR headset, and while the headset in question isn't the worst thing be thrown in for 'free'...

‘AUTO’: A Realistic Look at the Human Impact of Near-future Technology

AUTO is a 360-video and morality tale available on Jaunt that takes a near-future look at the human impact of automation and emerging technology. It's not a grotesque satire in the vein of Black Mirror, but it's done in a...
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Snapchat Launches Lens Studio for Making AR ‘Lenses’

Lens Studio is a new Mac and Windows desktop app from Snap Inc. for creating, publishing, and sharing augmented reality objects and experiences in Snapchat, as overlays known as ‘Lenses’. The free software has several templates for getting started,...

‘Facebook Spaces’ Gets HTC Vive Support, Now the Company’s First Cross-platform VR App

Oculus parent company Facebook today announced it's bringing Spaces, the company's own social VR app, to HTC Vive. Like YouTube, which Google recently brought to the Vive, Facebook works only when it’s available to as many people as possible. And the...

‘Pavlov VR’ Update Includes Official Oculus Compatibility, Battle Royale Mode Slated for 2018

Pavlov VR, the Early Access VR shooter from indie developer davevillz, has a new badge under the 'VR Support' category on its Steam page which now indicates official support for Oculus Rift. Including a few minor bug fixes, the team added ...

‘Heart of the Emberstone: Coliseum’ Demo Offers a Free Taste of the Game’s Telekinetic Powers

Cloudhead Games, the studio known for pioneering several locomotion schemes during the creation of their well-received VR adventure series The Gallery, have just released a fresh demo for their latest game, The Gallery: Heart of the Emberstone (2017). The demo is a sandbox version of the...

Magic Leap Reveals Music App Collaboration with Sigur Rós, New Images

Magic Leap today revealed a collaborative AR project with Icelandic band Sigur Rós, a musical experience which fills the player's surroundings with ethereal visuals and an interactive soundscape. Secretive startup Magic Leap still hasn't officially revealed the AR headset that they're...

Houston Fire Department on VR’s Potential to Enhance Firefighter Training

Patrick Hagan is a technical specialist for the Houston Fire Department who had an opportunity to try out a VR demo by HTX Labs featuring an active shooter critical response training scenario. This demo inspired him to start collaborating...

Lytro is Positioning Its Light Field Tech as VR’s Master Capture Format

Lytro, a leading light-field company, is positioning its light-field capture and playback technology as the ideal format for immersive content. The company is building a toolset for capturing, rendering, and intermingling both synthetic and live-action light-field experiences which can...

‘Raw Data’ Studio Survios Announces ‘Electronauts’ for Jamming Out in VR

Electronauts is a music creation tool built within an “interactive sonic environment” where users can make, remix, and perform music, regardless of skill level. This is the third VR project from California-based developer Survios, creators of VR action games...

‘Nazi VR’ Documentary Shows How VR is Helping to Convict Nazi War Criminals

More than 6,000 German soldiers worked at the Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz. Now on the cusp of 2018, the ones that are still alive are in their 90s and 100s, so there's very few left to actually pursue....

Vive Focus Hands-on Video Emerges from China

Vive Focus, the first consumer-available standalone headset with six-degrees-of-freedom (6DoF) positional tracking, has officially launched in China. While HTC isn't shipping Vive Focus outside the country, fresh reports of the headset's tracking capability seem to be promising. Richard Lai, Engadget China's Senior...

‘YouTube VR’ Finally Comes to PC, Bringing the Platform’s 360 Videos to Vive, Rift, and Windows...

It's been a long while coming, but Google has finally launched a YouTube VR app on PC. The app is now available on Steam, officially for the Vive (but also functional with Rift and Windows VR headsets). Google expects YouTube...

NFL Debuts Season 2 of ‘NFL Immersed’ Immersive Football Documentary

Google and the NFL today announced season two of Immersed, the multi-episode docuseries following NFL players on and off the field. The first three episodes are available today on Daydream through YouTube VR and the NFL’s YouTube channel. According to...
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