Magic Leap, the mysterious AR startup with a multiple-billion dollar valuation, still doesn't have a headset to show the world, but in a recent paper published by Magic Leap researchers entitled Toward Geometric Deep SLAM, we get a peek...

New York City’s Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development, Alicia Glen, recently announced the selection of NYU Tandon School of Engineering to “develop and operate” the “first government-funded” VR/AR hub for education, training, research, investment and business creation...

Motorola today unveiled their latest phone, the Moto Z2 Force Edition, and alongside it will come a 360-degree camera that the company says snaps onto any phone in the Moto Z lineup. Launching with the Moto Z2 Force on August...

Bigscreen is a social VR app which lets VR users bring their PC desktops into virtual reality, as if sitting at their computer next to friends or co-workers. Users inside of Bigscreen can see each other's desktops which means you...

Facebook today announced new updates coming to their 360 streaming service including live 4k streaming support to VR headsets, image stabilization and a number of features that puts VR-ready 360 video more in line with the company's standard streaming video service. Facebook...

Thanks to ReVive, a hack that lets SteamVR-compatible headsets play Oculus Rift exclusives, anyone with an HTC Vive can enjoy a number of unofficially supported games from the Oculus Store. Here we take a look at 5 of the games...

Racket: Nx is an impressively polished and physical VR arcade sport which plays like a mashup of futuristic racquetball and pinball. Currently in Early Access (and rated 99% positive), the game is due to get a major 'Early Access...

Ready Player One, the upcoming film directed by Steven Spielberg based on the VR-centric novel by Ernest Cline, just saw its first teaser trailer, released at this year's San Diego Comic-Con. As written by Cline, Ready Player One follows Wade Watts on his...

What's that building in the distance? Where's the nearest Starbucks? How do I get to there from here? These are questions you'd likely find answers to in your smartphone's map application—but with Apple's ARKit, one developer showed it could...

Omnigames, among one of the first companies to join HTC's Vive X accelerator, has launched their "multiplayer combat VR game," Age of Heroes, on Steam. Age of Heroes aims to bring a MMO-like experience to VR, which means choosing classes, casting abilities,...

Game studio HappyGiant and Tippett Studio, the production firm founded by stop-motion guru Phil Tippett, has launched HoloGrid: Monster Battle (2017) on Microsoft’s HoloLens platform. First appearing on Samsung Gear VR, the tactical strategy game combines elements of chess,...

Platform exclusivity is a divisive issue in VR; on one hand, big financial backing helps create awesome games like Lone Echo —on the other hand, if you chose the 'wrong' headset, you're boxed out of what might otherwise become...

The team behind Daydream, Google's mobile VR platform, is currently conducting experiments with the aim of broadening virtual reality's usecase to include more interactive learning. With an experimental VR espresso maker at the ready, the team says "people learned faster and better in...

Casino VR Poker (2016), online multiplayer casino hosting live Texas hold’em, is offering real prizes in their 'High Rollers' poker tournament taking place on 20th August including multiple Oculus Rift + Touch bundles, hundred of dollars worth of gift cards, and Casino...

Sometimes sci-fi games need only put you head-first into a shiny new world, let you inhabit a universe seemingly ripped from TV and film, and call it a job well done. Then there's games that use science fiction as a...