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NVIDIA GTC 2016 Conference Makes Virtual Reality a Top Topic This April
With major consumer VR headsets on the precipice of shipping, NVIDIA's has put virtual reality among the top focuses of their annual GTC conference coming next month.
Hosted in San Jose, CA, from April 4-7, GTC 2016 is all about...
Samsung Brings Gear VR Powered ‘4D Theater’ to Spanish Galaxy S7 Launch
Samsung is celebrating the launch of their latest Galaxy S7 line of smartphones in Spain with a special Madrid event featuring 'Gear VR Theater', a shared '4D' 360 video experience comprising multiple headsets and multiple synced motion platforms.
Samsung's latest...
Tactical Haptics Reactive Brush Lets You Feel Your Art on HTC Vive
This is Tactical Haptics' latest tech demo in action, a VR painting application designed to show off the capabilities of their skin stretching Reactive Grip force feedback technology integrated with the HTC Vive's SteamVR motion controllers.
We've followed Tactical Haptics'...
Samsung Uses Snapchat’s AR as a VR Advertisement
The ever popular Snapchat image sharing app has a small augmented reality feature called Lenses which detects user's faces and inserts real-time effects on top. Samsung has seen fit to use the AR feature as an advertisement for their...
‘vTime’ Becomes First Social VR App on Google Cardboard
Starship Group, the makers of the social app vTime, today announced early access release of their Google Cardboard app, which allows anyone—provided you own one of the supported Android phone models—to enter the space and chat with Gear VR users.
We went hands-on with vTime...
BigScreen is Making Virtual LAN Parties Real, Beta Signups Now Open
BigScreen is a new VR application which brings you and your computer into a shared virtual space with your friends. The company is today leaving stealth to announce the closing of a seed round and that former Convrge creator Hayden...
‘Elite Dangerous’ Support Coming to Oculus Rift at Launch
Frontier Developments, makers of Elite Dangerous, today announced that the open-Universe space sim will be supporting Oculus Rift on day one of its March 28th launch. The good news: if you already own the game, you'll be getting Oculus support for...
Oculus Sample Framework Provides Valuable Guidance in VR Design
Oculus has recently released an intuitive learning tool for developers and designers looking to get into the medium. While it can be useful in wrapping your head around the do's and don'ts of VR design, Oculus maintains that the info...
3rd Annual VR Mixer GDC Afterparty Tickets on Sale Now, Hosted by SFVR and SVVR
It's that time of year once again. The Bay Area's leading VR communities, SFVR and SVVR, are co-hosting the third-annual VR Mixer, the GDC after-party for the VR industry. Tickets are available now.
VR Mixer kicks off on Monday March...
8 Minutes of the HTC Vive’s Front-facing Camera in Action
Take a wander into SteamVR's neon-infused window on the real world whilst in VR, utilising the HTC Vive Pre's front-facing camera in this video which takes a thorough look at the feature.
The newest iteration of the HTC Vive development...
Oculus Showing First Look at ‘Minecraft’ on Gear VR at GDC Next Week
Announced initially back in September, Oculus is bringing the ever-popular Minecraft to both the Rift and Gear VR. Next week at GDC 2016 we'll get our first glimpse of the game's mobile version.
During an invite-only event at GDC 2016, Oculus...
‘Raw Data’ Gets New Trailer, Early-access Coming Soon to Vive
Raw Data is heading to the HTC Vive, launching soon as an Early-access title. A new trailer shows the game's sci-fi action combat.
Created by developer Survios, one of the most senior VR-dedicated studios, Raw Data promises an interactive action experience...
‘XLR’ is an Evolution of Tower Defence With Room-scale VR on HTC Vive
Developers Metaware Limited are working to utilise virtual reality and HTC Vive's room-scale talents to evolve the familiar genre of Tower Defence with some unique gameplay innovations that only really work in VR. It's called XLR.
Tower defence, the mainstay of...
Preview: ‘CasinoVR’ Brings Live Poker to Gear VR, Open Beta Now Available
CasinoVR, a free online casino, has today announced the general availability of its Gear VR app. Now cross-compatible with Oculus Rift dev kits, the social casino is making its inaugural launch into mobile VR with the help of SideloadVR, an app...
Exclusive: Former Oculus VP of Engineering Demonstrates Long Range VR Tracking System
Tracking is the foundation of great virtual reality. Knowing the position and orientation of the user's head is essential to being able to move the virtual world convincingly around them as they move through it. Oculus and Valve/HTC have the leading tracking systems (dubbed...



















