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‘Goalie VR’ is a Cheap & Cheerful VR Party Game That Brings a Hailstorm of Hockey...
Hailstone Games, a Toronto-based VR studio, just launched their new goalie simulator, Goalie VR, a game that lets a single player defend a hockey goal in VR while up to five players using mobile devices try to score.
It's a shame there...
‘TheatreVR’ Wants You to Play the Role of Hamlet on a Virtual Stage with Real Actors
Acting takes time, courage and a lifelong dedication that very few possess, and even less can do well. But as VR styles itself as an 'experience machine', it was inevitable that a program like Theatre VR would come along, a...
New Magic Leap Video Tells Us Nothing About What the Company Is Working On
Born out of the founder's lifetime love affair with sci-fi, surrealism, and a fortuitous road trip across the US, the story of Magic Leap's founding reads like a beat generation novel about discovering magic in ordinary experiences. The company couches it...
‘ARKTIKA.1’ Gets Launch Trailer Ahead of Next Week’s Release
ARKTIKA.1, the sci-fi shooter from Metro developers 4A Games, is launching on Oculus Rift October 10th. Pre-orders are currently live on the Oculus Store, selling for a 10% discount off of the game's $30 price tag.
Update (10/5/17): Developer 4A Games has released a new Arktika.1 launch...
‘Raw Data’ Launches out of Early Access Today with 25% Discount, Comes to PSVR October 10th
Survios’ stunning VR action game Raw Data (2017) is officially out of its long, but healthy stint on Steam Early Access for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. The high-flying shooter, slicer, and high-tech beat 'em up will also be available on...
Discovery and Google Announce VR Travel Series ‘Discovery TRVLR’, First of 38 Episodes to Arrive in...
Discovery and Google today announced the launch of a new 38-episode VR video series called Discovery TRVLR, a product of both Discovery and Google’s internal VR teams. The first 6 episodes is slated to launch on Friday, November 3.
Discovery TRVLR comes exclusively...
Udacity Launches a ‘Learn ARKit’ Course Created in Collaboration with Unity
With ARKit already baked into the mobile operating system of "hundreds of millions of iPhones and iPads," the massive potential install base means there's plenty of reasons for developers to start making new augmented reality apps for Apple's App...
Hands-on: Google’s New Daydream View Headset With Pixel 2 & Pixel 2 XL
Google today announced the next iteration of their Daydream View headset for virtual reality on Android. We highlighted the changes and improvements in our announcement article, but how does it handle in practice?
After watching Google unveiled a range of...
New Google Daydream Revs Up Phone Performance for VR, & Brings Improved Comfort, Field of View
Today at an event in San Francisco, Google revealed the second version of their Daydream View VR headset which makes comfort improvements across the board, including new, custom lenses with a wider field of view. Interestingly, this passive device...
Google is Adding ‘AR Stickers’ to Pixel 2 Camera App
Exclusive to Pixel smartphones is an experience called 'AR Stickers'. Built into the camera app, this enables creative use of augmented reality objects and animated characters giving users new ways of capturing unique video moments to express themselves.
Demonstrated using...
‘League of Legends’ and ‘Lego’ AR Experiences Coming to Android
At today’s Google hardware event in San Francisco, the company previewed various augmented reality apps built using the ARCore SDK, including a League of Legends AR map and a Lego AR model builder. ARCore is Google’s equivalent to Apple’s...
Google’s New Pixel Phones Are “factory calibrated and optimized for AR”, Now With 60 FPS Tracking
Google's event today saw the unveiling of its newest smartphones, Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. According to the company, the Pixel 2 camera has been "factory calibrated and optimized for AR."
Google says its specially calibrated Pixel 2 camera enables robust...
Watch Google’s Pixel 2 Event Livestream Here, Starting at 9AM PT / 12PM ET
According to Google "There's something new to love on October 4th," as the company is slated to unveil its newest smartphone today, Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. Watch here for suspected updates surrounding the company's AR/VR aspirations.
Google does VR...
‘Pigeon Panic’ Proves That AR is Only Going to Make the World a Stranger Place
As first to market with a robust augmented reality function baked right into its mobile operating system, the various projects we've seen using Apple's smartphone-based AR platform have tended to range from the useful, to the artful, to the...
‘From Other Suns’ FTL-inspired Co-op Shooter to Launch November 14th on Rift
Gunfire Games' upcoming FTL-inspired shooter From Other Suns now has an official street date after celebrating a successful open beta last weekend. The co-op shooter is expected to launch November 14th.
From Other Suns is launching exclusively on Rift (Touch required), coming with a price tag of $40....

















