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News Bits: YEI Announces PrioVR Shipping Delay, New Video of Alpha Demos

July was going to be 'the month of VR', with the expected arrival of several major virtual reality accesories from previously successful Kickstarter campaigns, along with the Oculus Rift DK2. PrioVR, the motion capture suit for VR, is the...

Lytro Website Goes to Life Support Mode as Company Winds Down After Google Acquisition

Lytro, the company that pivoted to enterprise-focused applications of its light-field technology after leaving its commercial camera business, is shutting down after a reported $40M acquisition by Google. Now the company is apparently winding down its business by reducing...
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Spell-caster ‘The Wizards: Trials of Meliora’ Comes to Oculus Go & Gear VR, Launch Trailer Here

Carbon Studio, the Poland-based studio behind PC VR games The Wizards (2018) and Alice VR (2017), just brought a new single-player game to Oculus Go, Gear VR, and Xiaomi Mi VR. Dubbed The Wizards: Trials of Meloria (2018), the game...

‘Spectre’ Oculus Rift Horror Game Hits Kickstarter, Cymatic Bruce Gets an Early Hands-on (video)

VR Jam finalist Specter Seekers has now hit Kickstarter under the new guise 'Spectre' and promises survival horror online multiplayer with a virtual reality twist. VR Jam, All Grown Up Last year's VR Jam organised by Indiecade and sponsored by Oculus...

‘Blade & Sorcery’ Update 9 Makes Combat Even More Brutal

As if shanking someone in the face wasn't brutal enough, Early Access battle simulator Blade & Sorcery just got a little more gory with the new U9 update which landed on Friday. Developers WarpFrog say that the U9 content is "essentially...

First ‘StarVR’ 210 Degree FOV Headsets Have Shipped to IMAX

Starbreeze, Acer and the StarVR team are celebrating a milestone this week as the very first headsets, sporting a unique 210 degree field of view, have rolled off the production line and are winging their way to IMAX, who'll...

Rev VR Podcast – Episode 52: More GDC 2014 Coverage with Ben Lang and Cymatic Bruce

In this episode, we continue our coverage of the big news coming from GDC 2014.  Ben Lang and Cymatic Bruce report on the Oculus Rift Development Kit 2, Sony's Project Morpheus, and much more. The big news today was Oculus...

Facebook Accounts Using Fake Names, Among Other Violations, Risk Losing Access to Oculus Content

With Facebook recently moving to require the use of a Facebook account with Oculus headsets we wanted to understand how violations of the company's Facebook Community Standards would intersect with its headsets. The company says that violations—including accounts that...

Inside ‘Avengers: Damage Control’, The VOID’s Newest Immersive Experience

The VOID's latest immersive experience, Avengers: Damage Control is available now. We got a look inside and found a great example of what a VR attraction should be. Guest Article by Noah Nelson Noah, a veteran public media reporter and producer, is...

Samsung Gear VR Now Officially Available in the US, Launches Internationally ‘Early 2015’

After over months of rumours and an official unveiling at IFA 2014 just 3 months ago, Samsung's Note 4 based VR Headset Gear VR is now finally available to buy. Gear VR Has Arrived Samsung has officially announced that as of today,...

HTC Sweetens Viveport Subscription Deal with 75 More VR Games

HTC launched its interesting Viveport Subscription service back in April; for $7/month, the program lets users choose five VR games from a pool of available apps, and grants them unlimited access. The company is sweetening the deal with 75...

Valve Release Source Engine SDK with Oculus Rift Support

Valve has announced that the latest release of their Source Engine SDK has been released and that it now includes full support for the Oculus Rift Virtual Reality head mounted display. Source: The Half Life 2 Engine Valve have been at...

Watch 9 Minutes of ‘Behemoth’ Gameplay, Including New Look at Combat, Enemies, Locomotion & More

Skydance Games, the studio behind The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners franchise, is getting the hype train fueled for its next big single-player VR game, Skydance's BEHEMOTH, which promises to bring a bevy of immersive melee combat and epic adventuring to all major...
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Oculus is Making Home into a Customizable Social Living Room, Coming to Rift in December

Oculus Home is getting a full overhaul in the new Rift Core 2.0 update coming this December, which promises to add a level of user customization that will let you create a unique, persistent space that you can invite...

Making Calls in VR with HTC Vive’s Bluetooth Functions

Voice calling and messaging comes to the HTC Vive VR system with HTC's Voice Services. We show you how to set it up and tell you if it's any good or not. HTC's announcement at the Mobile World Congress early...
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