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Oculus is Capping off Its Summer Rift Sale with Deals on Top Games

The 'Summer of Rift' is coming to a close, with Oculus announcing today that September 4th is the last day to nab the $400 Summer Rift sale price. The cap off the eight week headset sale, Oculus is running...

Lenovo Mirage AR Headset Veers Into ‘Expensive Gimmick’ Territory With ‘Star Wars: Jedi Challenges’ as Sole...

Lenovo Mirage AR headset is now available for pre-order at BestBuy.com and Lenovo.com for $200, which includes a Lightsaber controller, base station, and the star of the show: a collection of games called Star Wars: Jedi Challenges. But will it be enough to attract...

The First Windows VR Headsets a Launching in October, And They’re Finally Getting Names

Microsoft announced a bunch of new info related to the Windows VR headsets earlier this week, including a mention that they'd launch this "holiday." Well it seems the holidays are getting started a little early this year, as the...
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HypeVR Uses ARKit as a Portal Into Volumetric Video Content

HypeVR is developing volumetric video tech which we called "a glimpse at the future of VR video," when we got to see it back in January. Now the company has adapted their system for Apple's ARKit, showing how phone-based...
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‘Voltron VR Chronicles’ is Coming to All Major VR Platforms in September

Based on the Voltron: Legendary Defender series from Netflix, DreamWorks is launching a single-player game coming to PSVR, HTC Vive, and Oculus Rift on September 26th. Called Voltron VR Chronices, the game promises to deliver an immersive Voltron narrative alongside the chance to...

Otoy Wants to Make Light-field Rendering Affordable with a Supercomputing Cluster You Get Paid to Be...

Otoy has announced the Render Token, a blockchain-based currency that underpins a distributed GPU rendering network. The company hopes to allow idle GPUs on consumer PCs to be tapped for rendering work, earning money for the owner in exchange...
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Developer Shows Microsoft’s VR Controllers in Action

Earlier this week we shared our first hands-on with Microsoft's VR controllers, but at the time the company didn't allow us to document the session with photos or videos. Now, a developer with the controllers has produced a handy...

5 Google ARCore Experiments That Inject Magic into Everyday Life

Google released a preview version of ARCore for Android yesterday, the company's answer to Apple's ARKit. Since ARKit was released a few months ago, we've seen a bevy of really cool experiments and potential apps to come from developers from...

Hands-on: Infectiously Weird Movie Creator App ‘Mindshow’ is Now Free on Steam

Mindshow, the app that lets you create animated movies with the use of a VR headset, is now available for general release on Steam following its invite-only alpha. Letting you essentially jump into an avatar, record physical movements, simulate facial...

Sensics Releases High Resolution VR Headset Built Specially for Arcades and Theme Parks

Sensic, a long-time player in virtual reality and co-founder of OSVR, finally released their VR headset destined to make its way to public venues such as theme parks and arcades. Teasing the project late last year, the enterprise-facing headset is touted to...
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VR Health & Exercise Institute Finds Many VR Games Are Better Exercise Than a Treadmill

According to Aaron Stanton, director of the newly-founded Virtual Reality Institute of Health and Exercise, many of the popular VR games and applications are actually more effective at burning calories than a traditional treadmill exercise routine. The organisation recently...

‘Bioflight VR’ for Medical Training, Patient Behavior Modification, & Diagnosis

The design team behind Bioflight VR has worked on television shows such as CSI and ER, and they've been able to translate their VFX visualization skills into a virtual reality medical education venture. Their original plans were to use...
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Google Releases ARCore for Android, The Company’s Answer to Apple ARKit

In an answer to Apple's recently released ARKit, a developer tool used for making augmented reality apps and games that run on newer iPad and iPhones, Google today released a preview of a new Android-compatible software development kit (SDK) called ARCore. Google prides...

Hands-on: ‘Marble Land’ Promises Hours of Complex Physics-based Puzzles, Launching on All Major Platforms

Marble Land is a physics-based puzzle game from Devious Technologies, a Bucharest, Romania based studio. We got a chance at this year's Gamescom to pop into the unique little puzzler, which is slated to launch in the next few...

PlayStation VR All-in Bundle $50 Cheaper Thanks to ‘Free’ Tracking Camera

Amidst all the VR headset price cuts, PlayStation VR is finally seeing a discount, albeit not nearly as dramatic as Oculus Rift's or HTC Vive's. In the US and Canada, the headset will soon come bundled with a PlayStation Camera—an integral part of...
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