Acer has announced its plans to release a VR device in the first half of this year. While Acer is staying mum on the details, we could be seeing prototypes at next week's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. Acer...

This week Leap Motion released 'Orion' a brand new made-for-VR hand tracking engine which works with their existing devices. Time and again we've seen promo videos from the company showing great tracking performance but then found it to be less...

NextVR has been forging ahead with their plans to make immersive, live VR broadcasting a reality. Today, the company has announced a multi-year deal with FOX Sports to bring "virtual reality coverage of the nation’s top sporting events" to...

Les Borsai from Dysonics, specialists in spatial audio, ponders whether spatial, 3D audio's time has finally come with the advent of consumer ready virtual reality and what more needs to be done to keep it evolving. Guest Writer Les Borsai Les Borsai...

Leap Motion formed prior to the VR craze, but it turns out that their goal of allowing you to use your own hands as a way to interact with computers jived quite nicely with virtual reality. In recent years...

MindMaze today announced closing a $100 million seed investment led by Hinduja Group which company says values them in excess of $1 billion. MindMaze is creating what they call a "neural virtual reality platform," an extension of products the company has created for...

Foveated Rendering is one of the most discussed topics in Virtual Reality, promising to power the headsets of the future. Here, Tom Sengelaub of SensoMotoric Instruments gives his insight into the tech behind SMI’s latest project. Guest Writer Tom Sengelaub Tom Sengelaub is SMI’s...

It's only really a matter of time until humanity befalls some Malthusian calamity, bringing with it roving bands of cannibals, face-eating pathogens, etc. etc. Don't panic! Because in Neptune Flux, a friendly dystopian corporation is recruiting submarine technicians for their deep sea...

What do you get when you cross immersive video with a TV newscast? Belgian news channel VRT Nieuws today released a 360 video that could be the answer. VRT (Flemish Radio and Television Organization) just completed construction on their new studio, and what...

The human desire to create is strong, but our desire to destroy perhaps even stronger. Frank He takes Alien Trap's new, motion control, made-for-VR title Modbox out for a spin and finds he's all about the destruction. Physics sandbox with toys,...

Frank He lets his curiosity get the better of him as he tears apart his consumer Samsung Gear VR headset for your information and in the interests of science and for those perhaps interested in considering modifying their units. The 3rd...

A the 2016 Toy Fair conference in NYC this weekend, Mattel showed the first glimpse of the new and improved View-Master DLX. Seemingly signaling a positive response to the company's View-Master VR viewer, Mattel is prepping a second version of...

Thee One Zero's made-for-VR 'astronaut in peril' game ADR1FT is one of the most anticipated releases for VR headsets, and now it looks to be launching, on March 28th - in close proximity to the consumer Oculus Rift ship...

Many following the resurgence of VR starting with Oculus' 2012 Kickstarter have bet their careers that VR and AR will be a disruptive technology, but sometimes it takes buy-in from one of the world's largest and most influential investment...

Being far away from the people you love the most is the pits, and it's often times the little things you miss that really wear on your special friendships. This year is different though, as social VR apps are beginning...