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‘Star Citizen’ Alpha 2.0 Launches as Funding Passes $100M
Star Citizen, a hugely ambitious space epic, one of the first crowdfunding success stories to also pledge virtual reality support, has just launched its Alpha 2.0 release. Not only that, their total funding pot has now reached an astonishing...
Crytek and Oculus on How VR Made “The Climb” Possible
Crytek just announced its new virtual reality rock climbing game The Climb, coming exclusively to the Oculus Rift platform next year. We sat down with Crytek and Oculus to discuss the new title.
At a special event in California this...
Hands On: Crytek Unveils Oculus Rift Exclusive Title ‘The Climb’
Crytek is widely known for best-selling titles like Crysis and the Far Cry series, but today they’re announcing an exciting new VR-exclusive game called The Climb. When coupled with previously-announced VR games Robinson: The Journey and Dinosaur Island, it...
Oculus Founder Says Rift “Works fine” for Room-scale VR
Over the weekend, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey "Threw Oculus Sensors in opposing corners of this room for the hell of it," replicating a 'room-scale' VR setup like the HTC Vive. The result? "Works fine," he says.
The notion of 'room-scale'...
Pixvana Raises $6 Million for Cloud-based VR Video Processing and Delivery
Pixvana, a Seattle VR startup working to create a cloud-based processing and delivery platform for VR video, today announced a $6 million fundraise.
In a round led by Madrona Venture group with participation from Vulcan Capital and angel investors, Pixvana...
Developer nDreams Raises $3 Million More for VR Development and Publishing
UK based developer nDreams today announced the closure of a new $3 million (£2 million) investment, the second this year for the studio.
Bringing the studio's total fundraising in 2015 to $5.75 million, nDreams has raised an additional $3 million....
‘Sightline’ Dev Wants Your Feedback on Experimental ‘Holosphere’ Locomotion
Tomáš 'Frooxius' Mariančík, the developer behind the outstanding Sightline: The Chair and World of Comenius projects has devised a new locomotion system for VR, and he needs your help to make it better.
The prolific and irritatingly talented VR developer Tomáš Mariančík, the...
New Apps and Games on Gear VR – December Week #2
Got a Samsung Gear VR? Hungry for new games and experiences? We're rounding up the week's Oculus Store releases for fans of the mobile VR platform. This week: explore 360 photos with Flick VR, tease your mind with puzzler...
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg to Testify in Oculus Vs ZeniMax Lawsuit
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been ordered to give a deposition in the long-running dispute between virtual reality company Oculus and games publisher Zenimax media after the latter claimed its intellectual property was used to improve the former's Oculus...
Modbox is a Multiplayer Physics Wonderland for HTC Vive
Developers Alientrap have revealed details and a new trailer for their riotously fun looking physics playground title, Modbox, coming to SteamVR and HTC Vive next year.
There's something unusually compelling about games which utilise realistic physics upon which to build...
Oculus Audio SDK is Out of Beta, Includes Over 500 Free Sound Effects
Oculus' Audio SDK is now officially out of beta, giving developers a range of audio spatialization plugins for Unity, Unreal Engine, and audio middleware along with a free library of over 500 high-quality sound effects designed by Oculus specifically for use...
‘Convrge’ Announces Gear VR Beta with Cross-Platform YouTube Viewing
Convrge, the social VR platform known for hosting some of the first large-scale social meetups in virtual reality, has announced signups for a Gear VR beta, which will allow Samsung Gear VR users to mingle and also watch YouTube...
Presence Capital’s $10 Million AR/VR Fund Counts HTC’s Phil Chen Among Founders
Presence Capital today announced they've raised a $10 million fund to invest in VR/AR companies through the new VC firm. Among other heads of the fund is HTC's Phil Chen, the purported "founder" of the HTC Vive project at HTC.
Presence...
EVE: Valkyrie Gameplay – 10 Player Footage From the Latest Pre-Alpha
We now know that EVE:Valkyrie will be packed-in with every retail Oculus Rift once that VR headset launches in Q1 2016. So what can you expect from the game? We've got some new gameplay of the latest pre-alpha in...
EVE: Valkyrie Will Ship With Every Oculus Rift at Launch
CCP Games have announced that their made-for-VR online, multi-player space shooter EVE: Valkyrie, will ship free with every consumer Oculus Rift VR headset at launch, some time in Q1 2016.
Today, CCP Games have announced that their first made-for-VR title...




















