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‘Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality’ Review

You're dying for season 3 of Rick and Morty (2013) to come out, and the release of episode 1 on April Fool's Day isn't helping. You've got a fever that only the drunken ramblings of the genius Rick Sanchez and...

Oculus Chief Scientist: How and When Augmented Reality Will Transform Our Lives

Michael Abrash, Chief Scientist at Oculus, as-ever delivered an inspiring presentation at today’s F8 conference, this time on the topic of Augmented Reality. AR has received top billing at this year’s event, with Facebook introducing a camera-based platform to...

Facebook is Researching Brain-Computer Interfaces, “Just the Kind of Interface AR Needs”

Regina Dugan, VP of Engineering at Facebook's Building 8 skunkworks and former head of DARPA, took the stage today at F8, the company's annual developer conference, to highlight some of the research into brain-computer interfaces going on at the...

Facebook Launches React VR to Let Devs Extend the Web into Virtual Reality

Facebook has officially launched React VR, an open-source JavaScript library that lets developers create cross-platform WebVR experiences. Oculus and Facebook announced React VR in October last year, an open-source JavaScript library (based on the popular React library) that's designed to...

Facebook’s New 360 Capture SDK Can Record HQ Videos and Photos in VR Apps

Facebook F8, the company's annual developer conference, is currently in full swing on its second and final day. Today's big VR announce from the social platform giant? Facebook is releasing the 360 Capture SDK tool that developers can integrate into VR...

Facebook Unveils Two New Volumetric Video ‘Surround360’ Cameras, Coming Later this Year

Facebook today announced two new additions to the Surround360 hardware initiative that are poised to make 360 video more immersive. Unveiled at the company's yearly developer conference, F8, the so-called x24 and x6 cameras are said to capture 360 video with...

HTC Expands Vive Financing Program – Get a Headset and VR PC Interest Free

Announced today via the official Vive blog, HTC now has three VR bundles available with 6, 12, and 24-month financing plans in an effort to help customers afford the high upfront cost of the system and the required hardware. Bundles...

Vive Users Can Join Rift Friends in ‘Facebook Spaces’ With Revive Hack

It appears that Revive is already compatible with the Facebook's new social VR app, Facebook Spaces. Revive is a popular free hack that allows Oculus content to be played on HTC Vive system. Launched today at Facebook’s F8 opening conference,...

Facebook Launches New Camera Tools as a Foundation for Advanced Augmented Reality

F8, Facebook's yearly developer conference, is here again for a two-day info blast from the world's biggest social platform. Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage today during the keynote address to announce a new initiative that will...

Facebook Launches Social VR App ‘Facebook Spaces’ in Beta for Rift

On stage at Facebook's F8 conference this morning, CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that the company will today launch their first social VR application. Back in October, Facebook Social VR Product Manager Mike Booth said that the company intended to launch their...

‘Alien’, ‘Blade Runner’ Director Ridley Scott Launches VR Film Division

Ridley Scott Associates (RSA), the film production company of famed director Ridley Scott, is launching RSA VR, a new division dedicated to the production of high-end immersive films using VR, AR, and mixed reality. Scott and co. is known...

Hands-on: Latest StarVR Upgrades Highlight Ultra-wide FoV & Nearly Invisible Pixels

StarVR is a VR headset in development by Starbreeze Studios which aims to excel in two places: field of view and resolution; presently offering a whopping 210 degree field of view and 5120x1440 resolution. The latest version of the...

Studio Behind ‘Star Wars Battlefront VR Mission’ Working on “Something awesome in Battlefront II”

Criterion Games, the EA studio that developed the PSVR-exclusive Star Wars Battlefront Rogue One: VR Mission, could be working on new VR experiences for the upcoming Battlefront II. EA today announced Star Wars Battlefront II, a followup to 2015's Star...

VR’s Trippiest Social-Music Platform ‘TheWaveVR’ Launches on Steam, Adds $4M in Seed Funds

Social VR platform TheWaveVR is now in open beta and delivering weekly DJ sets in its wild and weird environment filled with psychedelic interactive art. Distributing free of charge on Steam Early Access for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, the platform lets you watch, host,...

Global Virtual Reality Industry to Reach $7.2 Billion in Revenues in 2017

In a new Virtual Reality Industry Report, Greenlight Insights forecasts modest VR industry growth in the short term, growing into a major global content marketplace by 2021. In its new Virtual Reality Industry Report: Spring 2017, Greenlight Insights forecasts total...
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