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‘Pokémon GO’ Makers Announce Harry Potter AR Game, Releasing 2018

Niantic, the minds behind Ingress and the smash hit Pokémon GO, have partnered with Warner Bros and WB Games to bring a new location-based Harry Potter-themed AR game to mobile phones. Called Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the game will let you battle fantastic beasts in...

Walmart Black Friday Sale Brings VR Ready Desktop to $500, Deep Discounts on VR Devices

Walmart just published their Black Friday deals, and while the actual selection of VR devices isn't Earth-shattering, you might just be able to stitch together your new VR system with the help of one or two of the company's big...

‘Serious Sam 3 VR: BFE’ Launches on Steam Today

Croteam, the minds behind the Serious Sam franchise, has released its fourth Serious Sam-themed VR game: Serious Sam 3 VR: BFE (2017) for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Now available on Steam, Serious Sam 3 VR: BFE is a fast-paced shooter serving as a prequel...

VR Coaster and Sensics to Create All-in-one VR Headset for Theme Parks

VR Coaster and Sensics today unveiled RideVR, a new all-in-one VR headset built especially for use on high-flying theme park rides. VR headsets have been in use on rides like roller coasters and drop towers basically since the initial Samsung Gear VR for...

‘Bigscreen’ Lets You Stream Console Games in VR – Nintendo Switch, Xbox One & PS4

It's not every day you get to play The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) on a movie theater-sized screen, but the developers at the social screen mirroring VR app Bigscreen have written a handy guide on how to play...

HTC Announces Multi-million Dollar Vive Art Initiative, Bringing VR to Museums Worldwide

HTC announced a new multi-million dollar VR initiative aiming to support content, creators and institutions that embrace VR not only as an artistic medium itself, but as a way to better immerse users in all forms of art. The company aptly calls the program...

Report: Apple Could Release an AR Headset as Early as 2020

With the release of iOS 11, hundreds of millions of Apple devices gained the ability to perform basic augmented reality functions, albeit viewed through the screens of iPhones and iPads. While capable of providing some pretty useful and interesting apps, the next logical...
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Oculus Research Devises High-accuracy Low-cost Stylus for Writing & Drawing in VR

Using a single camera and a 3D-printed dodecahedron decorated with binary square markers, the so-called 'DodecaPen' achieves submillimeter-accurate 6DoF tracking of a passive stylus. Lead by National Taiwan University PhD student Po-Chen Wu during his internship at Oculus Research,...

TPCast for Vive is Now Available for Pre-order in North America at $300

TPCast, the eponymous company producing a wireless VR transmitter, is now offering its HTC Vive-specific device for pre-order in US and Canada. The TPCAST Wireless Adapter for Vive has been available in China since December 2016, with pre-orders only opening up in...

Best Buy’s Black Friday Sale to Offer Sizable Discounts on VR Devices, Oculus Rift Priced at...

Major retailers are now publishing their much awaited Black Friday deals, and by far one of the largest sales to cover VR stuff thus far comes from Best Buy. Sizable discounts come to Oculus Rift, VR-ready computers, Gear VR,...

Rockstar Delays ‘LA Noire: The VR Case Files’ to December

Take-two Interactive, parent company of Rockstar Games, revealed in their earnings call that L.A Noire: The VR Case Files is actually set to release in December and not on November 14th as previously mentioned. The VR game, which targets HTC Vive, delivers seven of...

Daqri is Now Shipping Its AR Smart Glasses to Professionals

DAQRI, the Los Angeles-based AR headset company, is now shipping its Daqri Smart Glasses to professionals. Much like Microsoft's HoloLens, Daqri's Smart Glasses are targeting professionals in industries like manufacturing, field services, maintenance and repair, inspections, construction, etc. Selling for $5000 (the same as HoloLens Commercial...

Sony’s London Studio Doubles Down With VR as Its Top Priority

Sony's London Studio is behind PlayStation VR Worlds (2016), a collection of VR vignettes for PSVR—including the lauded 'London Heist'—which was included in some of the headset's launch bundles. With the success of VR Worlds, Sony's London Studio is doubling down;...

Kite & Lighting Uses iPhone X in Experiment to Create ‘Cheap & Fast’ VR Facial Mocap

Packing a 7-megapixel front-facing depth camera, Apple's iPhone X can do some pretty impressive things with its facial recognition capabilities. While unlocking your phone and embodying an AR poop emoji are fun features though, the developers at Kite & Lightning just...
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MythBuster’s Jamie Hyneman Launches IndieGogo to Build VR Shoes that Act Like Mini Treadmills

Jamie Hyneman of MythBuster's fame may be retired from the show, but he's still tinkering in the lab, this time with a new project in mind that aims to address one of the most pernicious problems to date, VR...
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