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vTime Creators Give us a Guided Tour of Gear VR’s Newest Social App

vTime, the newest social VR app in the Gear VR store, is different. It's seemingly the first social VR app to use the familiar 'friending' mechanic borrowed from traditional social networks, which essentially creates a digital handshake that allows...

Tekken 7 VR Support Hints Dropped by Developer

Bandai Namco Designer Michael Murray has dropped some fairly major hints that their forthcoming Tekken 7 will not feature a full, fighting 'VR mode' for the game proper when it ships next year supporting Sony's PlayStation VR headset. If when...

HTC Partnership Aims to Bring Vive to “hundreds of millions” of Internet Café Users

HTC formally debuted the Vive VR headset to Chinese developers at a packed event last Friday in Beijing, China. The event featured speakers from HTC, Valve, and notable developers working with the Vive. One of the announcements to come...

Epic Games Founder Teases “Something Much Bigger” Than VR Tech Demos

Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney dropped a major tease about what we're likely to see from the company's ongoing VR efforts. Speaking with host Kent Bye on Voices of VR Podcast – Episode #266, Tim Sweeney unabashedly teases that Epic Games is...
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Sixense Releases 5 STEM Demos and SDK Compatible with Razer Hydra

On the path to eventually releasing the STEM VR motion controller, Sixense has released the Sixense Core API and SixenseVR SDK with support for the still-kicking Razer Hydra. Included in the release is 5 STEM demos which are playable with...

Today is the Last Day to Order Gear VR in Time for Christmas

Don't put it off another minute, because today is the last day to order a Samsung Gear VR to get it in time for Christmas. Best Buy and Amazon are still in stock, and promise to deliver by the 24th—just in...

Oculus Rift Shipping to Select Developers This Week with SDK 1.0

Oculus has announced via their official blog that "early builds of final Rift hardware" are shipping this week to developers alongside the Oculus SDK 1.0. According to Oculus, developers will start getting their hands on near-final Oculus Rift headsets this week....
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Survios Breaks Stealth With Debut of Action-packed Title Headed to Rift and Vive

Survios, one of the earliest companies to spin up in this new era of VR, is today debuting gameplay from a new VR title that's coming to the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Inside, players battle robots in an...
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First Look: ‘vTime’ is a “Sociable Network” for Mobile VR, Available Today on Gear VR

Starship, a Liverpool-based digital entertainment studio, has today released vTime on the Gear VR store, the mobile platform's latest social VR app. I got a chance to check out vTime's alpha and sat down with Paul Hollywood, the studios product development director, to find...
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‘Pinball Labs’ to Bring Accurate Pinball Simulator to VR, Kickstarter Now Live

That pinball-playing street gang you joined for protection as a kid ('The Pinball Wizards', duh) have laughed at you your whole life. Why? You never owned your very own pinball machine! Ok. The premise is bad, but the pinball...

HTC CEO Claims “Very, Very Big” Vive Breakthrough to be Shown at CES

HTC's CEO Cher Wang has gone on record stating that one of the reasons for the recently announced delay to the release of the Steam VR powered HTC Vive VR headset was to incorporate the latest "very, very big...

New Games and Apps on Gear VR – December Week #3

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: test your archery mettle with Archer E Bowman, repair cities in Cityscape...
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WEARVR Weekly Top Ten VR Downloads – December #3

Looking for something fun to play in VR? We’ve got the top 10 downloads from the last week on the WEARVR app marketplace, a cross-platform repository of virtual reality experiences. When the city streets are filled with bad guys there is only...

AVADirect and Road to VR Launch Exemplar, The Benchmark PC for High-end VR

Road to VR and AVADirect are pleased to announce the launch of Exemplar, a high-end VR gaming PC designed for those who want to push the limits of immersion. Available starting today, Exemplar is made for VR enthusiasts who...

NASA is Creating a Virtual Reality Mission to Mars, ‘The Mars 2030 Experience’

NASA has partnered with FUSION, a multi-platform media company owned by Disney-ABC Television Group and Univision, to produce a virtual reality experience that aims to simulate life as one of the first astronauts to arrive on Mars. As part of ongoing efforts to build...
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