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Figment’s Take on the VR iPhone Case May be the Slickest Yet
For 'causal' virtual reality to take off—the kind that you and I can create and share as easily as we do with photos today—it needs to be accessible. Google Cardboard has made important strides in introducing people to...
‘Blackout’ Explores Immersive Narrative in NYC’s Subway, Kickstarter Now Live
Blackout is a narrative virtual reality experience from creative studio Specular which merges a real-time game environment with depth-captured subjects, set in New York City's subway. Having completed principal photography, the studio's Kickstarter campaign aims to finish production for deployment...
4 Thoughts on Carmack’s ‘VrScript’ from Tony Parisi, Creator of VRML
Oculus CTO John Carmack has been working on a VR scripting environment called—simply enough—VrScript. After getting a glimpse of the environment at Oculus Connect, Tony Parisi had some thoughts to share.
Guest article by Sophia Dominguez
Sophia is the founder of AllThingsVR, a curated newsletter...
‘Cinemas’ Social Home Theater Space for Oculus Rift Launches from Creators of ‘Convrge’
Convrge, the virtual reality social platform known for hosting one of the largest gatherings in social VR history—a shared viewing of the Oculus' pre-E3 event—is now taking the online space in a new direction, one that is decidedly much more intimate...
‘The VOID’ Latest Impressions from a Theme Park Industry Veteran
The latest in a semi-regular series of features where Kevin Williams covers the wider aspects of the re-emergence of virtual reality development in consumer and commercial entertainment. In this special feature Kevin gets a chance to try one of the most...
AltspaceVR Brings Official Dungeons & Dragons to Social VR
Social virtual reality platform AltspaceVR have today announced they're partnering with Wizards of the Coast, publisher of Dungeons and Dragons, to bring the brand into virtual reality, retaining the social aspects that makes the table-top incarnations so popular.
Role playing...
Instant VR for Your Next Party with ‘WeLens’
One of the most expensive and time-consuming parts of demoing at a VR event is outfitting enough demo stations. Too few and you'll have a long line of unhappy people, but at $700+ for a GearVR/Galaxy S6 combo, it's...
WEARVR Weekly Top Ten VR Downloads – November #2
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.
The latest horror experience from CB Games, just in time for Halloween....
NextVR Raises $30.5M to Accelerate Broadcast VR Development
NextVR, the company known for live-broadcasting immersive video such as last month's Gear VR-accessible Democratic debate, announced recently a $30.5 million Series A funding round with investments by some big names in traditional media.
VR is changing the consumption of...
How to Record Samsung Gear VR Videos with HQ Audio and Commentary
So, you've got the right Samsung phone and you're sitting patiently for your new Gear VR—currently available for pre-order from Best Buy—which is bound to come any day now, right? There's loads of fun virtual reality apps to download...
Hands-on: LucidCam Captures Surprising VR Imagery From a Sleek and Pocketable Package
In a world all too full of crowdfunding campaigns built on an idea and some rendered mockups, I was impressed to see LucidCam CEO Han Jin pull a polished and functional VR camera out of his pocket—even more so when...
Sólfar Secures $2.1M to Recreate Everest in VR and Get You to Climb it
Icelandic developer Sólfar Studios have announced that their quest to bring one of the world's greatest natural wonders, Mount Everest, to virtual reality just got a significant boost. They've announced received over $2M in seed funding to bring their mountaineering...
First Look: Inside Oculus ‘Arcade’ Beta – New Tech Brings Back Games of a Bygone Era
Oculus has today released their much awaited Arcade app, which lets you play a number of original classic arcade titles from Sega, Midway, and Bandai Namco. While you won't need virtual quarters to try out the games for a limited time,...
Oculus Arcade Beta Now Available With 21 Coin-op Classics on Gear VR
With the reveal of today's pre-order for the first consumer Gear VR, Oculus has launched the beta version of Arcade, the company's first-party title currently featuring 21 classic arcade games from Sega, Midway, and Bandai Namco. Oculus Arcade beta is...
WEARVR Weekly Top Ten VR Downloads – November #1
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.
CastleCoaster is a clone of the legendary RiftCoaster roller coaster. CastleCoaster is...




















