NextVR, the leader in live VR sports broadcasting, today released their full schedule for their live NBA coverage, including 25 games featuring 30 teams throughout the 2016-2017 season. Make sure to have your phone battery charged, your Gear VR lenses...

By now, there have been many attempts at storytelling in VR that have been inspired by various traditional forms of entertainment, such as film or animation, but with Project Hikari the Square Enix Advanced Technology Division is pioneering the concept of...

Virtual reality is a fitting medium for adventure games. When the atmosphere is right and the scene is set, you start to think about the world in a way that taps deep into your reptilian brain, the same one...

HTC opened their third officially branded 'Vive VR Cafe' last week, this time in Shenzhen, China, the country's Silicon Valley of hardware. In an interview with Haptical, HTC China's President of Vive Alvin Wang Graylin confirms the company will be rolling...

The number of big-name manufacturers getting into VR is going to increase substantially with the entry of Microsoft VR hardware partners, revealed on stage today at Microsoft's hardware-focused event. Terry Myerson, Microsoft executive VP of Windows and Devices took the stage...

Obduction, the highly rated first-person adventure game from Cyan, the makers of Riven (1997) and Myst (1993), has been available on traditional monitors for quite some time now, but what virtual reality enthusiasts have been salivating over is the pre-release VR...

Xiaomi today unveiled a low-cost VR headset alongside their Mi Note 2 smartphone at the company's Mi Product Launch Event in Beijing. Much like Samsung Gear VR, Mi VR features a built-in dedicated motion sensor for low latency head-tracking and...

Just what Google has brewing in their skunkworks, we can't say for sure, but with their most recent acquisition of Eyefluence, a company that builds eye-tracking technology for VR headsets, it seems Google is getting ever deeper into what's largely...

Getting into a live show with your favorite celebrity isn't that tough if you live in the entertainment epicenters of L.A. or New York, but this week AltspaceVR, the social VR platform, is bringing the entertainers to you. Like all AltspaceVR performances...

Earlier this month we saw a slew of new Oculus Touch game announcements. Many of these new VR titles, which benefit from funding or publishing (or both) by Oculus, will launch exclusively for the Rift and Touch. And while...

With industries outside of entertainment expected to account for the majority of virtual reality industry revenues, the question of utility seems ever-pressing. How can virtual reality transcend novelty into utility and become truly useful? It’s a question that STRIVR Labs...

Google started its virtual reality initiatives early but slowly, announcing the now widely known Cardboard program way back in 2014. As the company nears the launch of Daydream, the next stage in their VR plans, they're adding significantly to their...

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...

There isn't a studio that can claim to be 'The Pixar of VR' just yet, but many heavy hitters in traditional media and tech are taking notice of the growth potential of animated films in VR, and specifically in Baobab Studios,...

After years of previews and teasers, Ubisoft make their long anticipated VR debut on Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR.  Eagle Flight has all the hallmarks of being a toe in the water for Ubisoft, but the VR world may...