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NBA Deepens Multiyear Partnership with Meta, Bringing More Ways to Watch Live Games on Quest

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Meta announced they're extending a multiyear partnership which is set to bring a few new ways for basketball fans to enjoy NBA League Pass games on Quest. First signed in 2020, the deal essentially...

IMAX Shutters VR Experience Centre in New York, No New VR Investment in 2019

Last year, IMAX opened a number of VR Experience Centres in major cities across the world with the hopes of bringing movie-going crowds high-quality VR games and brand engagement experiences such as ILMxLab's Star Wars: Trials on Tatoine. Now,...

Facebook Artist Makes a Case for VR Manga in Homage to Iconic ‘Dragon Ball’ Scene

As a current artist-in-residence on the Facebook Social VR team, Goro Fujita has been making some pretty impressive "quillistrations" as a part of his daily creative regime using Quill, Oculus' first-party VR paint and drawing tool that he helped develop. In a...

TRIPP Raises $4 Million to Develop ‘Mood Altering’ VR Experiences

Los Angeles-based VR software development company TRIPP has announced a $4 million Series A round investment lead by venture capital firm Mayfield. TRIPP describe themselves as “mood architects”, aiming to create VR software that improves mindfulness. Many types of VR...

Update: ‘The Unspoken’ VR League Final is Back on & Coming to Oculus Connect 5

The Virtual Reality League is an ESL Gaming organization partnered with Oculus that oversees eSports tournaments for online VR multiplayer games including Echo Arena, The Unspoken, and Sprint Vector. While ESL cancelled the competition a few days ago, something that was...

Varjo Aero Review – A VR Simmer’s Dream

Varjo today announced Aero; while it's the company's most affordable headset yet, its $2,000 price point still limits its to businesses and wealthy enthusiasts. But with stunning clarity its sure going to be a dream headset for VR simmers...
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First ‘Perception Neuron’ Unboxing Video Appears, Shows Promising Accuracy

Perception Neuron, a VR motion input suit by Beijing-based Noitom Technology, took to Kickstarter on August 8th and came to a very successful conclusion, reeling in nearly $572,000, more than twice the campaign’s $250,000 goal. Now, the first an...
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Microsoft Research Demonstrates VR Controller Prototypes With Unique Haptic Technology

Microsoft Research has devised two novel methods for more realistic haptic feedback on virtual reality controllers. They call it NormalTouch and TextureTouch. Haptic feedback in general-purpose controllers has been limited to vibration feedback since the introduction of the Rumble Pak...

Leap Motion’s ‘Interaction Engine’ Unlocks More Natural Human Input for VR

Leap Motion has announced it's to early access to the beta of its Interaction Engine, a set of systems designed to help developers implement compelling, realistic and hopefully frustration-free input with just their hands. If you've ever spent time with a...

Magic Leap Could Call its First AR Headset ‘Magic Leap One’

Magic Leap, the secretive augmented reality startup, might be calling its first device 'Magic Leap One', as suggested by a recent trademark filing. The name was filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office on November 6, 2017 alongside something...

Pimax to Launch Ruggedized “8K” VR Headsets for Business This Year

Today Pimax announced it's introducing a new business-focused ruggedized line of its "8K" series virtual reality headsets, set to release sometime this year. According to an MRTV video interview with Pimax's head of US operations Kevin Henderson, Pimax says it will produce...

Massive ‘Skydance’s BEHEMOTH’ Update Brings New Boss Trial Mode, Arena Mode Out of Beta

Skydance's BEHEMOTH (2024) just got a major update called 'The Rites of Wrath,' which brings two new game modes to the VR adventure game—'The Arena' and 'The Behemoth Trials'. Arena Mode Leaves Beta Arena Mode was initially available in beta when the...

Pico to Unveil New XR Product on August 20th in Special Event

Pico Interactive today announced it's getting ready to reveal "a new product" this month, promising to boost your "MR/VR experience to the next level." The device is slated to get its big reveal on August 20th. An image obtained by...
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‘Cold Iron’ is a Puzzle-based Shooter Coming to PSVR, Vive & Rift January 30th

Virtual reality is a great medium for shooters. The problem is, because it's so natural to virtually transform motion controllers into pistols, the genre is pretty crowded with low-effort wave shooters at the moment. Enter Cold Iron, a western-themed shooter from indie studio...

SVVR Conference & Expo 2015 is Coming May 18th-19th, Early Bird Tickets Available Now

One of the first of its kind, the SVVR Conference & Expo was borne from one of the longest running virtual reality meet up groups. Now entering its second year, 2015's show promises to be bigger and better, moving to...
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