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Watch Us Test Oculus Touch Front Facing Tracking to its Limits

Oculus Touch is out tomorrow and we finally get to test just how well the optical 'Constellation' tracking system handles itself, all the way from rug scale to beyond roomscale. The term "roomscale" has really only been in popular use...
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MARE is a Beautiful VR Adventure from Ex ‘The Last Guardian’ Artist

MARE is a new adventure title from a former member of Team Ico, the studio responsible for the PlayStation classic Ico and the (very, very) long awaited The Last Guardian. Here's the game's teaser trailer. Anyone who has experienced the...
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First Look at ‘Star Wars Battlefront X-Wing VR Mission’ Gameplay on PSVR

The Rogue One themed Star Wars Battlefront X-Wing VR Mission, is tantalizingly close for PlayStation VR owners, launching next week on December 6th, and now we've seen the first glimpse of gameplay from a developer livestream revealing the latest Star...

VR-capable Frostbite Engine Suggests More AAA VR to Come from EA

It's been confirmed that the soon to launch Star Wars Battlefront X-Wing VR Mission on PlayStation VR is powered by DICE's coveted Frostbite Engine, a strong hint that more AAA VR development is on the way from the company. Star...

2016’s Record Breaking VR Venture Funding Has Been Driven by Mega Deals

After years of record-breaking venture funding in the virtual reality industry, we wondered if 2016 would continue on its torrid pace. The numbers are starting to roll in, as reported in the new Fall edition of the 2016 Virtual...
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All 53 Oculus Touch Launch Titles Confirmed

Oculus has today confirmed all 53 launch titles that will be available on December 6th for the launch of the Touch controllers. Among the 53 Oculus Touch titles, 22 have been seen previously on SteamVR, leaving 31 brand new Oculus...
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TIME-LIFE and HTC Launch 75th Anniversary ‘Remembering Pearl Harbor’ Experience for Vive

Launching today for $10 on HTC's VR app store, Viveport, Remembering Pearl Harbor commemorates the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the 1941 tragedy that led the US to join World War II. A collaboration between TIME's LifeVR,...

ODG Raises $58 Million Series A Investment for AR Glasses, New Products to Debut in January

San Francisco based Osterhout Design Group (aka ODG) announced today that they've raised a significant $58 million Series A investment to accelerate production and R&D of its smart glasses products. ODG's current flagship device is the enterprise-focused R-7 Smartglasses System which sell...

‘Ark: Survival Evolved’ VR Spinoff ‘Ark Park’ Aims for Educational Dino Experience

In a rather curious move, Chinese game developer Snail Games has announced that they’ve licensed the IP for the popular PC game Ark: Survival Evolved and are using it to create Ark Park, a dinosaur theme park VR experience. Ark: Survival Evolved is a...

Futuremark Explains Why VR Benchmarking is About More Than Just Numbers

Futuremark have now released the full version of their long awaited, dedicated virtual reality benchmark, VRMark. And, after months of research and development, the company has found itself having to redefine its own views on how the difficult subject...

Creators Behind ‘Monument Valley’, ‘Wallace and Gromit’, and More Share VR Insights Ahead of Develop:VR Conference...

The first ever Develop:VR conference debuts in London tomorrow, December 1st. We preview the event by speaking with five speakers presenting at the show. Produced by the same company responsible for the popular Develop:Brighton conference, Develop:VR is drawing top VR creatives...

Next-gen Lighthouse Base Station Could Bring “rapid cost reductions”

Valve is continuing to improve upon the design of the 'Lighthouse' Base Stations, the laser-beacons that form a crucial part of the SteamVR Tracking system. Future iterations are expected to become dramatically simplified, reducing size, noise, and perhaps most...

Display Conglomerate JDI Developing Ultra High Resolution Panels for VR Headsets

JDI, a display conglomerate consisting of the display businesses of Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi, announced this week the development of ultra high resolution panels that are made specifically for virtual reality headsets. In a press release issued this week, JDI...

Oculus Store Thanksgiving Sale Now On, Up to 50% Off Rift Games

Oculus dropped prices on several VR titles on their store for Thanksgiving with those prices likely to persist through the weekend until Cyber Monday. Here's what's on offer. In addition to offering $100 in Oculus Store credit for every new...

Moto Z and Moto Z Force: Now Daydream-Ready

The Moto Z and Moto Z Force smartphones are the first devices after the Pixel and Pixel XL  to be recognised by Google as ‘Daydream-ready’. Daydream VR is Google’s new mobile VR platform built into the latest version of...
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