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Nokia’s ‘OZO’ VR Camera Pre-orders for $60,000, Shipping in Q1 2016

Announced at a Nokia media event last night in Los Angeles, the company has finally put a price to OZO, it's professional grade 360-degree camera rig revealed back in July. Nokia is asking an upfront deposit of $5,000 for...
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Oculus Founder to Make ‘Special Announcement’ at The Game Awards on December 3rd

Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey is set to take the stage of The Game Awards this Thursday, December 3rd to make a 'special announcement'. The Game Awards 2015 marks the second year for the ceremony, produced by game journalist and host Geoff...

‘The Martian’ VR Sneak Peek Hits Gear VR, 15-20 Minute Experience Debuts in 2016

Executive produced by Ridley Scott and directed by Robert Stromberg, a sneak-peek of The Martian VR Experience has landed on Samsung's Gear VR headset. The full experience is set to debut in 2016 on desktop-class VR headsets, clocking in at...

One of the World’s Largest Adult Entertainment Studios Launches VR Initiative

Kink, a San Francisco based adult entertainment studio and network of adult websites, has today taken their first step into virtual reality, offering adult films for playback on Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, and Google Cardboard. Kink claims to be...
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Virtuix Omni Walks the Wasteland in Fallout 4, Powered by VorpX

The Virtuix Omni is well on its way to being the first consumer-facing VR treadmill to hit the market, with the first shipments set to go out in next month. In the mean time, Virtuix is keeping the hype...

John Carmack Casts Critical Eye Over Gear VR Title ‘Bazaar’

John Carmack takes up his role as VR educator once again as he takes a technical deep dive into new Gear VR title Bazaar and analyses, ruminates on and illuminates where the developer could make changes to improve their...
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Sixense Reveals 3 New STEM VR Controller Demo Videos

Sixense's wireless motion controller system STEM and its protracted development process seems finally to be nearing an end. To that end, the company have released 3 new videos of demo games early adopters will receive along with their hardware. STEM's...

Elite:Dangerous Gets Big Black Friday Discount

One of the finest virtual reality experiences around has just got a whole lot cheaper as Frontier Developments joins the holiday sale madness and slashes the price of it's space epic Elite:Dangerous by 67% to just £9.99 ($15). The seasonal...
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The Keyword is ‘Action’: RYOT’s VR App Champions More than Empathy

RYOT (pronounced “riot”), an American news media company founded in 2012, recently launched iOS and Android apps for its VR content, who are empowering readers to get themselves involved with the issues about which they learn about via immersive media. RYOT...

7 Great Gear VR Experiences to Introduce Your Family to Virtual Reality Over Thanksgiving

If you've gotten a hold of a Gear VR recently, then you've probably already downloaded near everything in the store on your visual buffet through the first consumer-ready virtual reality headset. If you're celebrating Thanksgiving with a family get-together, the right...

Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 113): Thanksgiving and VR with Boaz Ashkenazy

Most of my regular listeners know that I have recently taken a job in the architectural visualization world. I have moved to Seattle to work for a company called Studio 216, and am very thankful for the opportunities provided...

Preview: ‘Meso VR’ Transports You to 900AD to Visit Mayan Temples

Meso VR, an educational project created by Dallas based studio Eightfold VR, introduces you to the world of the Maya by taking you back to 900AD to see one of the ruins brought to life. Meso VR first presents you with a quick history lesson...

Minimalist iPhone Case Figment VR Passes Kickstarter Goal in 7 days

Figment VR, a virtual reality smartphone adapter created by Quantum Bakery LLC, has passed its $75,000 Kickstarter funding goal in just 7 days. With more and more virtual reality-based content coming into the mainstream like Facebook's support for 360 video in its...

The First 6 Gear VR Apps & Games New Owners Should Try

Consumer VR is finally here with this week's release of the Samsung Gear VR. If you've never owned a Gear VR (there's two previous 'innovator editions' out since last year) but you've managed to get your hands on a pre-ordered...
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First Look: PresenZ Shows Navigable Pre-rendered Room-scale VR Scenes

PresenZ is a system developed by VFX studio Nozon which combines some of the essential benefits of pre-rendered imagery with those of real-time interactivity. For the first time the company is demonstrating a room-scale version of a Presenz-enabled scene. Crash Course:...
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