Immersive content agency Purple Pill has announced a VR interface design competition and is offering $10,000 in cash prizes to those who create the best virtual reality interfaces. From gaze-based interaction modalities to laser pointer menus to skeuomorphic knobs and...

Frank He goes hands on with PiMAX's ludicrously high-spec 8k, 200 degree FOV prototype at CES and find the company has some innovative solutions to some of the substantial challenges driving a headset like this poses. While there were many...

Own Gear VR or Daydream View? Then you've got access to free courtside seats to this Tuesday's forthcoming Timberwolves vs. Spurs NBA game live... in VR of course. This Tuesday, January 17th, NextVR is offering a free pass to watch...

At CES 2017 Panasonic showed off a new VR headset prototype with a 220 degree FOV derived from four displays and a rather unique set of lenses. I was able to try the headset myself, and while it seemed...

After a successful jump to virtual reality last year on Oculus Rift, developer Codemasters is bringing the VR experience to the PS4 version of DiRT Rally. It will be available as a standalone retail game or via DLC for...

Lots of companies have made this claim actually, but Eonite specifically says they have the "world’s most accurate, lowest latency, lowest power consuming software to democratize inside-out positional tracking for VR and AR." Inside-out positional tracking—the ability to precisely determine...

Moving around comfortably and immersively in VR remains a hurdle for VR game developers. VR studio Huge Robot has created the Freedom Locomotion System which brings together a number of VR movement systems into a comprehensive and functional package which allows for...

Looking to lower the barrier of entry for VR, CyberPower Inc., a custom PC manufacturer, recently announced a new Oculus Ready gaming system that could just convince you to take the plunge into virtual reality. Dubbed the 'Gamer Ultra VR Desktop', the...

After having teased the tech toward the end of last year, we've finally gone hands-on with HypeVR's volumetric video captures which lets you move around inside of VR videos. Inherent Limitations of 360 Video Today's most immersive VR video productions are...

Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games and creator of Unreal Engine, has a unique position in the virtual reality industry. As an active supporter of VR and head of one of gaming's most important VR-compatible game engines, when Sweeney speaks, we tend...

Valve plans to manufacture and sell new SteamVR Tracking 2.0 base stations in 2018. The new base stations will bring a number of improvements over the current tracking beacons, including the ability to support more than two base stations...

An HTC Vive phone has been spotted in a promotional video ahead of a scheduled press conference for the company on January 12th. But what should we expect from a Vive branded phone? In another in a series of revealing...

Oculus VR and BBC Earth, the British Broadcasting Corporation's own natural history producer, have announced a new partnership. The first order of business: three VR experiences based on the lives of three different animals, Black Bears, the Caracal Cat, and an...

At CES 2017, Lumus is demonstrating its latest waveguide optics which achieve a 55 degree field of view from optics less than 2mm thick, potentially enabling a truly glasses-sized augmented reality headset. Israel-based Lumus has been working on transparent optics...

The days of setting up ludicrously long Hot Wheels tracks and launching the tiny diecast metal cars straight into the side of a hastily constructed LEGO fort are all but over—not when you can practically revisit the glory days...