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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...
First Look at ‘Flickr VR’, High Quality User-Generated 360 Photos on Gear VR
Flickr has today released their Gear VR app that lets you browse through some its best user-generated 360 photos—all at an impressively high quality and delivered at a speed that's quicker than you can say 'Revontulikaari' (that's 'Northern Lights Arc' in...
Road to VR Named ‘Official Partner’ of VRDC 2016
Today we're proud to announce that Road to VR has been selected as the official partner of VRDC 2016, the VR-centric event complementing the forthcoming GDC 2016.
As the destination of some of the most important reveals in the history...
Oculus Story Studio and HBO to Talk Immersive Storytelling at VRDC
At VRDC 2016, the VR conference counterpart to GDC, representatives from Oculus Story Studio and HBO will explore their approaches to immersive storytelling.
VRDC runs from March 14–15 brings, and brings a VR specific focus alongside the broader GDC 2016...
Oculus Wants to “work with other hardware vendors,” Founder Reaffirms
Responding to criticisms about the potential for Oculus Rift game exclusivity, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey reaffirms that the company is interested in working with other hardware vendors through the Oculus platform.
While the Oculus Rift may be the first desktop...
Sundance Announces Over 30 VR Experiences Coming to 2016 Festival
Sundance's New Frontier program, the yearly showcase supported by the Sundance Institute for works in new media, is celebrating its 10th Anniversary in 2016. Over 30 virtual reality installations will be present within New Frontier at the Sundance Film Festival.
The New Frontier...
Inside ‘Ixian Gate’ – An Otherworldly, Surrealist Dream Come to Life
Ixian Gate is a beautiful, infectiously weird VR demo created by Jess Johnson, a New Zealand-born artist based in Melbourne. Johnson takes a measure of inspiration from Frank Herbert's iconic sci-fi tome Dune (1965) to produce an otherworldly experience that is an enigmatic trip through tessellating shapes and bodies...
Valve Adds Support for Latest Oculus Rift SDK in SteamVR Update
Amidst ongoing development of Valve's SteamVR platform, a recent update has brought support for the latest version of the Oculus Rift SDK and Runtime.
Apparently in an effort to ensure continued support for the Oculus Rift through SteamVR, a November...
First Look at ‘Distance’, a Survival Racing Coming to PlayStation VR
A PlayStation VR version of Distance, a new futuristic multiplayer survival racer developed by Seattle-based indie studio Refract, made its debut at this weekend's PlayStation Experience 2015 in San Francisco.
Distance is riddled with obstacles, but don't count on doing laps around a loop...
Roundup: 8 New PlayStation VR Trailers Revealed at PlayStation Experience
Sony continue to leave no doubts as to their commitment to the virtual reality space they're about to enter in 2016, with another slew of titles developed for their PlayStation VR platform. Here they are the latest trailers for them,...
‘Rez Infinite’ Coming to PlayStation VR, First Look at Gameplay – Breaking
Virtual reality isn't getting second class treatment at this year's Playstation Experience in San Francisco, as a number of beloved titles are now getting VR iterations. Just announced was Rez Infinite, the PlayStation remake in the popular rhythm-based Rez series.
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