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Building A Better Mousetrap: A “Landmark” Dream Of The Ultimate Content Platform
Noah Nelson is back with another instalment of Immersion Point and this week digs into Landmark Entertainment's recent unveiling of their new 'Pavilion of Me' project, an immersive content platform designed to be the first step on the road...
Google’s Secretive ‘X’ Lab is Hiring a Virtual Reality Graphics Engineer for “Special Projects”
Google has been hiring full time virtual reality positions for some time, but for what appears to be the first time, the secretive Google is looking for full time VR talent in the form of a Computer Graphics...
Mark Zuckerberg on Oculus Toybox and Touch “The Craziest Oculus Experience”
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of social media giant Facebook, has become more and more vocal around the company's virtual and augmented reality plans of late. He took to the stage at Oculus' recent developer conference 'Connect' and now he's waxing...
Greenlight VR to Give ‘State of the VR Industry’ Presentation at VR Launchpad
Virtual reality market research firm Greenlight VR will share their latest data-driven insights into the consumer VR industry in a special presentation at VR Launchpad on October 20th.
Howie Leibach, Sr. Research Analyst at Greenlight VR, will take to the...
Man Proposes to Girlfriend in VR Theme Park ‘The VOID’
You might have already seen the video of the proposal where a man bends his knee, VR headset and all, to his future fiance in the Salt Lake City-based VR theme park, The VOID. If you're doubting the veracity...
POLLEN Steam Greenlit in Record Time, Gets New Gameplay Trailer
Mindfield Games' immersive and eerie first person adventure POLLEN has been Steam 'greenlit' in just 36 hours described as "record breaking" time by the studio. So, to celebrate, they've launched a brand new gameplay trailer.
We've been tracking the progress...
‘Voxelus’ Aims to Let Everyone to Build Their Own VR Content
With the huge success of Minecraft, a generation of gamers have grown up expecting to build and create in, as well as 'merely' play their games. Voxelus aims to tap into that creative spark with it's new Voxelus Creator...
First Look: ‘Batman’ Gear VR Experience Featuring OTOY’s Incredible 18k Cubemap Video Tech
An unlikely combination of one of the most iconic interpretations of the superhero comic and cutting edge rendering tech come together to create one of the highest fidelity mobile VR experiences to date. But it doesn't stop at Batman. Otoy's...
I Saw the First Live-streamed Presidential Debate on Gear VR and I Didn’t Hate It
The first Democratic presidential debate of this election cycle is over, and while the 24-hour news organizations decide who won (you can win? are there prizes?), it's a middling victory for immersive video, and only just.
NextVR partnered with CNN to...
Landmark are Creating a Virtual Reality Theme Park You Can Enjoy at Home
Landmark Entertainment Group are one of the leading organisations in the out of home entertainment industry, having been instrumental in devising over 100 'major' attractions worldwide since 1980. Now, they're leveraging that experience to create a new virtual reality...
VorpX 0.9 is Out October 23rd, Brings Async Timewarp, Video Player Mode and Much More
VorpX is an application that lets you play your favourite games in virtual reality and is about to release its most "feature packed update ever". The new release will drop on October 23rd and brings with it a host...
New Oculus Touch ‘Toybox’ Videos Show Gestures, Sock Puppets, Shrink Rays, and More
Oculus described Toybox as their internal test bed for the company's 'Touch' motion input controllers. The company is polishing up the experience to give players a sandbox environment that shows off both multiplayer VR and the capability of the...
Google Street View Gets Cardboard VR Support on iPhone
Google naturally rolled out their initial virtual reality experiments on Android, but now that the company has gotten serious about Cardboard, we're seeing more of the VR initiative make its way to Apple's iOS. And now, Street View VR functionality has...
VR Theme Park ‘The VOID’ Begins Beta Testing, Reservations “Sold Out within Hours”
Getting into the newest VR theme park has proven to be a difficult task, as The VOID opened a number of beta testing slots for their Salt Lake City location on Friday and were immediately snapped up within hours.
Tickets to The Void's...
VR Doc “Sense of Presence” Part 3 Released, Explores VR Storytelling
Epic's series of short films exploring the rise and maturation of the virtual reality industry reaches part 3. In this installment, the directors look to explore what virtual reality means to game developers in delivering compelling narrative experiences that...




















