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My Unopened Oculus Rift and Why the Vive Stole My Heart

I have a confession to make: my Rift CV1 arrived two weeks ago and I only just opened it. You see... I was busy the night it arrived, and then the next day the Vive arrived, and it has...
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Nvidia’s VRWorks Audio Brings Physically Based 3D GPU Accelerated Sound

At Nvidia's special Editors Day event in Austin, Texas, the company unveiled an enhancement to it's VRWorks APIs which now includes what it says is the first "Physically Based Acoustic Simulator Engine", accelerated by Nvidia GPUs. Nvidia and AMD's focus on...

Preview NVIDIA’s Impressive ‘Ansel’ 360 3D Screenshots in Rift, Vive, and Cardboard

NVIDIA has announced an advanced screenshot tool called Ansel which allows users much greater control over in-game photo capturing, including the ability to shoot 3D 360 degree imagery which is viewable in VR headsets. You can preview Ansel's output...
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Hands-on: ‘VR Funhouse’ Brings NVIDIA’s Most Advanced Physics Into VR

NVIDIA recently announced VR Funhouse, a new virtual reality experience which showcases the company's GPU-based physics systems. Running on a machine with three of Nvidia's new GeForce GTX 1080 GPUs (with wholly one of them devoted to physics processing) and the...

‘VR Funhouse’ is NVIDIA’s Virtual Reality Physics Sandbox

NVIDIA today announced a number of software tools and updates to go along with the company's newest GPU, the long-awaited GeForce GTX 1080 and the budget GTX 1070. Among them was a VR sandbox that shows off all the cool...

NVIDIA Announces “Ansel” a New Tool that Captures In-Game 360 3D Photos

NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang today announced a new tool at the company's 'Special Event' that will allow users to natively capture 360 images in-game, and then view them in VR headsets. The news accompanied the long-awaited announcement of the company's newest...

NVIDIA Special Event Livestream at 6pm PT

NVIDIA has announced a 'Special Event' which will be livestreamed starting at 6pm PT today (May 6th). NVIDIA Special Event Livestream Livestream will appear above once the stream goes live. Nvidia remains tight-lipped about what we'll see at their Special Event hosted...

Reggie Watts to Perform Live Comedy Act in AltspaceVR

Acclaimed comedian and musician Reggie Watts is bringing his surrealist lyrical style and infectious comedy act to virtual reality later this month. Fans can attend the show from within AltspaceVR's social VR platform, or spectate via the YouTube livestream. Watts will be...

Dust Off Your Silly Hats: The Kentucky Derby Will Be Livestreamed in VR

It's that time of year again—when people pretend to care about horse racing by putting on ridiculous hats and getting drunk during the daytime. Yes, it's the Kentucky Derby, and this time you can watch it live in your...

Preview: ‘Ghibli VR’ Offers a Virtual Tour of Some of the World’s Most Beloved Anime

Fans of the prolific anime production house Studio Ghibli, known for iconic films like Princess Mononoke (1997) and Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), are probably already well aware of developer Nick Pittom and his Ghibli-inspired demos. Following a recent update, you can now...

Meet ‘V’, the Universal Dashboard That Pipes the Power of the Web Into Any VR Experience

In the real world, most of us have a smartphone in our pocket which means we're just a few taps away from a wealth of apps and services that enable us to do all manner of things, from communicating...

NextVR and TIME Inc. Partner to Bring 360 Content From Major Magazine Brands

NextVR, the immersive video platform, today announced a partnership with publishing giant Time Inc. to develop live-streaming and on-demand 360 video for the company's many brands, including Time, People, Entertainment Weekly and Sports Illustrated. Named LIFE VR, 360 content will be hosted on the NextVR...
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Guinness Record Set With 25 Continuous Hours in Virtual Reality

Guinness World Records, an organisation journalling the extraordinary (and often insane) stunts people will pull for notoriety, and now the book has its first virtual reality entry. Watch as Derek Westerman swaps reality for Tilt Brush inside the HTC...

SteamVR Now Lets You Skin Your Controllers and Base Stations

OK, so perhaps not the most revolutionary of updates, but certainly a fun feature addition to the latest SteamVR build is the ability to customise the look of your SteamVR controllers and, should the mood strike you, your base...

Live Nation & NextVR to Broadcast Hundreds of Live Performances in VR

Live broadcast VR firm NextVR is today announcing a major collaboration with Live Nation, the premiere event promotion company that's responsible for more than 25,000 events worldwide, including concerts and performances by some of the world's leading artists. NextVR specializes in...
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