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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...
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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...
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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...

Sony Acquires Softkinetic with Tech Ideal for Next-Gen PlayStation VR Input

Softkinetic are a 3D vision company specialising in depth-sensing technologies, specifically  ToF (Time of Flight) laser-based systems. Now, Sony have announced it has acquired the Belgian company, provoking speculation that we might see the company's tech used for hand-tracking alongside...
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Oculus Video Hands-On: Twitch, Vimeo, and Movies Come to Gear VR

Oculus Video received an update today for Gear VR, which delivers the much awaited integration of streaming content from Twitch, Vimeo, and purchasable movies. In preparation for the consumer launch, Oculus is filling out the Gear VR platform with a...
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REWIND Spins BBC ‘Strictly’ into 360 Degree Video

REWIND, the UK based VR digital production company, were commissioned by the BBC to record one of the UK's biggest shows in immersive, VR friendly video, the first of its kind for a mainstream BBC show. Whilst the demographics of this...
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WEARVR Weekly Top Ten VR Downloads – October #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. RollerBall 3d is an annoying Platform Game inspired by games like Geometry...

Preview: ‘Machine VR’ is an Awe-inspiring Trip Through a Crystalline Fractal Universe

Produced by Dutch visual effects artist Julius Horsthuis, Machine VR is the newest installment of a line of contemplative fractal 360 videos—this time taking you into an infinite world of crenelated metallic structures that is sure to ignite the imagination. The human mind...

John Carmack Now Working on Minecraft for Oculus Rift and Gear VR

One of the biggest moments at last month's Oculus Connect developer conference was the revelation that Minecraft, the stratospherically successful retro-styled social title, is coming to the Oculus Rift and Samsung's Gear VR. Now, Oculus CTO John Carmack has stated that...

GameStop Bringing Valve’s Steam Hardware to Stores

Hot on the heels of US game retail giant GameStop's CEO Paul Raines announcing that "We’re going to be the destination for VR", come news that the company has also cut a deal with Valve to stock the forthcoming wave...
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Oculus Touch Shooter ‘Bullet Train’ Publicly Debuts at SEA VR Oct 28th, Register to Try it...

Connect 2, Oculus' developer conference held last month, witnessed a focus on their new VR input system Oculus Touch, including a flagship title built from the ground up for the devices from Epic Games named Bullet Train, a virtual...
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