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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...
Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017
VR First, the global initiative to seed academic institutions with VR/AR hardware and software, today announced that it's nearly doubling the number of its VR labs in universities and science parks across the globe by the end of 2017. With currently 26...
Latest HTC Vives Are Shipping with Tweaked Base Stations, Redesigned Packaging
Although HTC has hardly even hinted at a Vive 2, the company is continuing to make subtle improvements to their first headset that's been selling in stores since April 2016. In addition to a 15% reduction in weight, the latest...
‘Planet Whack’ is a Multi-user VR Demo Showcasing PhaseSpace Motion Tracking
A short video (heading this article) of two people wildly hitting a giant ball with foam swords (captured by Super Ventures) is an amusing showcase of PhaseSpace’s motion tracking technology. Planet Whack is a whac-a-mole-inspired game, where two players participate in...
‘Rick and Morty’ VR Game is Releasing on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive April 20th
Rick and Morty are finally making their way to VR in Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality. Coming to HTC Vive and Oculus Rift headsets on Steam and Oculus Home, you can take part in the dimension-hopping adventure starting Thursday, April 20th...
‘HoloLems’ Makes Your Room into a ‘Lemmings’ Level with HoloLens
Canadian technology company Globacore have created an AR homage to video game classic Lemmings (1991), now for Microsoft HoloLens. HoloLems, which is free on the Microsoft Store, uses HoloLens’ spatial mapping technology to generate an obstacle course from the player’s...


















