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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...

12% of Americans Plan to Buy VR Within 6 Months, New Research Suggests

A new online study of 12 western countries by Newzoo suggests that 11% of people are looking to buy into virtual reality within the next 6 months, that Spain is the most aware of VR and that Canada is...
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Dead and Buried’s Journey from Gear VR to Oculus Touch Flagship Game

Ben Lang caught up with Oculus Studios Designer Ryan Rutherford at Oculus Game Days to find out how the impressive western multi-player shooter Dead & Buried, ended up as as a flagship motion control title for the Rift after...

Oculus Launching in-store Rift Demos at 48 Best Buys This Week

Today Oculus has announced plans to offer in-store demos at 48 Best Buy locations across the U.S. starting on May 7th. Selling VR headsets is a particularly tough challenge because the only way to understand the experience of virtual reality is...

‘NewRetroArcade: Neon’ Bringing Multiplayer and “Huge Amount of New Content” to HTC Vive

Developer Digital Cybercherries has today announced plans to develop a new version of their acclaimed virtual arcade. NewRetroArcade: Neon will be built for SteamVR and will include multiplayer, motion-controls, and room-scale capability for the HTC Vive. Launched all the way back in 2014, NewRetroArcade is a...
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Review: ‘ABE VR’ Puts You at the Mercy of a Robot’s Bloodthirsty Search for Love

Hammerhead VR is soon to launch their début VR film experience ABE VR, a horror experience based on the striking short film ABE (2013) from Writer / Director Rob McLellan. I find out what it's like to be the object of affection for a...

Inside the Burgeoning World of Chinese VR Headsets and HMDs

Over the last three years, the rise of VR in public discourse has been impossible to ignore. During this time, most mainstream discussions have centered on the same few efforts in the US : Oculus, Valve/HTC, Sony, Samsung, and Google....

SDC 2016 Highlights: Gear 360 Pricing, Milk VR Powers Up and Hints of a New VR...

Samsung's developer conference, dedicated to all things part of the mobile giant's hardware and software ecosystem took place last week. Here are some of the VR highlights from the conference. Samsung's commitment to virtual reality is growing stronger. After initially...

Sony Takes PlayStation VR on Tour to a US Town Near You

Sony is taking it's soon-to-arrive virtual reality headset, PlayStation VR, on tour across the USA for a brand offensive called "The Road to Greatness". Sony's PlayStation brand promotion tour which kicked off last year was seemingly a success, so much so...
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Watch: ‘High Fidelity’ Live Demo at SVVR 2016, Beta Client Access Available Now

High Fidelity describes itself as an "open source, shared Virtual Reality" application which gives people a virtual platform to build whatever universe they want and share it with others. The app just opened its door to beta testers, and...

AltspaceVR’s New Slack Integration Makes Team Meetings in Virtual Reality a Snap

This week AltspaceVR launched a Slack integration which makes it easy to quickly pull team members into a virtual reality meeting space for some real-time communication. At SVVR 2016 this week, AltspaceVR CEO Eric Romo talked about the company's new VR...
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Review: ‘Fated’ is a Viking Age Adventure That Plays a Number on Your Heartstrings

I try not to let my emotions get the better of me, but in Fated: The Silent Oath, a first-person action-adventure game recently released for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, there's really nothing I could do to ward off the strange feeling...
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Review: ‘The Climb’ is the Best-Looking VR Game I’ve Ever Played, But My Neck is Killing...

The Climb is a first-person rock climbing game from Crytek that offers charmingly realistic scenery alongside an interesting set of game mechanics that you may or may not fully appreciate. And as one person's experience may vastly differ from another's—a necessary preface...
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