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PlayStation VR is “Not to be Used by Children Under 12”

As part of a recent software update, the PlayStation 4's new Healthy and Safety disclaimers now include a message regarding Sony's forthcoming PS4 based VR system PlayStation VR (PSVR). Specifically that it's not to be used by anyone under...

A Company Serving 100 Million Gamers Wants to Help Bring Your VR Game to China

As the country with the single largest population in the world (1.4 billion people), China's gaming market is quite massive, but it's also a massively different marketplace than what we see in the West. Shunwang is the leading platform...
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VR Animated Series ‘Sequenced’ Creates Truly Reactive Storytelling in VR

Sequenced is an upcoming animated series by Apelab for VR headsets that's pioneering a new method of delivering episodic content, one that tailors itself to the individual viewer in the slightest way imaginable. And all that Sequenced wants from you, the passive...

Leaked HoloLens ‘Actiongram’ Videos Show What Interacting with Windows in AR Looks Like

New instructional videos, supposedly leaked from a HoloLens development program, give us a glimpse at what every day interaction with Windows running in Augmented Reality looks like. Microsoft first unveiled their augmented reality headset HoloLens at a special Windows 10 event last...

United Nations Partner with Vrse on Gaza VR Documentary

VR production company Vrse.works has once again partnered with the United Nations on 'My Mothers Wing', a 360 film designed to portray the resilience of he human spirit in the face of Israeli / Palestinian violence in Gaza. Whilst the...
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Six Flags to Use Gear VRs on New VR Roller Coaster Experiences

The US theme park Six Flags has announced it's to partner with Samsung to bring VR roller coasters to a selection of its theme parks in 2016 using Gear VR headsets. It seems 2016 is the year theme parks cottoned...
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Explore Game of Thrones’ Castle Black in a New Fan-Made VR Experience

The Night's Watch has a sacred duty: to protect Westeros from whatever it is that lives beyond the Wall. But you don't need to take the sacred oath (or swear to celibacy) to traipse around Castle Black or experience the...
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‘Evolution Pinball VR’ is the ’80s Style Pinball Showdown You Always Wanted as a Kid

Pinball machines are a dying breed, but Evolution Pinball VR: The Summoning aims to put you back in touch with the arcade classic with the help of virtual reality. Now in its first Steam Greenlight campaign, The Summoning promises to deliver physics...

Oculus Founder: Rift Will Support Mac “If they ever release a [high performance] computer”

While Oculus had once supported the Rift on both Mac OSX and Linux with early builds of their SDK, it was back in early 2015 that they indefinitely "paused" support for those platforms. Now Oculus founder Palmer Luckey says...

Hands-on: Meta 2 Could Do for Augmented Reality What Rift DK1 Did for Virtual Reality

The Meta 2 development kit, made available for pre-order by the company today, isn't perfect. But then again neither was the Rift DK1, and it didn't need to be. It only needed to be good enough that just a...

‘Meta 2’ AR Glasses Available to Pre-order, 1440p with 90 Degree FOV for $949

Meta have today opened up pre-orders for their 'Meta 2' augmented reality development kit glasses today and have revealed the specifications for the units as well as the price. Meta broke out of stealth mode last month when they appeared at...

15,000 HTC Vives Pre-Ordered in 10 Minutes, Now Backordered to May

The pre-order countdown for HTC Vive is over, but if you're still on the fence on whether to get that shiny new VR headset, you're still not too late to pick one up for May shipment. What's more, according to a tweet...
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‘Ninja Trainer’ on Vive is Like Kinect ‘Fruit Ninja’, Except it Actually Works (really well)

While Fruit Ninja was neat in concept, the performance limitations of the Kinect made it amount to little more than glorified flailing; the latency and lack of precision made you feel more like a parody than a ninja proper. Thankfully,...

HP, Alienware, and MSI Among ‘Vive Ready PC’ Partners, Starting at $1,299

Mirroring the 'Oculus Ready PC' program, HTC is now working with PC hardware partners to offer 'Vive Optimized PCs'. The initial set of systems come from HP, Alienware, and MSI. 'Vive Optimized PCs' are "fully Vive-compatible right out of the...

The HTC Vive is Available for Pre-order Now

The HTC Vive VR headset is now available for pre-order from HTC's website. We tell you where you what it is, where you can buy it and how much you can expect to pay. The HTC Vive is now up for...
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