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3rd Annual VR Mixer GDC Afterparty Tickets on Sale Now, Hosted by SFVR and SVVR
It's that time of year once again. The Bay Area's leading VR communities, SFVR and SVVR, are co-hosting the third-annual VR Mixer, the GDC after-party for the VR industry. Tickets are available now.
VR Mixer kicks off on Monday March...
Pirate Ship Battler ‘Battlewake’ Heads into Closed Beta This Weekend
Survios, the studio behind Raw Data (2017) and Creed: Rise to Glory (2018), is getting their upcoming nautical battler Battlewake into ship-shape for this weekend, which marks the beginning of the game's closed beta.
Update (July 17th, 2019): Battlewake is headed into closed beta...
Former Magic Leap Engineers Launch No-code AR Creation Platform, Aiming to Be ‘Canva of AR’
Trace, a startup founded by former Magic Leap engineers, today announced the launch of a new augmented reality creation platform the company hopes will become the "Canva of AR".
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Trace says it's targeting everyone from global brands to independent...
‘Resident Evil 4 VR’ is the Fastest-selling Quest Game to Date
Meta today announced that Resident Evil 4 VR is the fastest selling game on Quest to date. The game quickly became one of the most rated titles on Quest just a few weeks after launch.
Resident Evil 4 VR is the most...
Sundance and Jaunt Announce Immersive Video Residency Program for VR Storytellers
Sundance Institute and Jaunt Studios announced recently a new collaborative cinematic virtual reality residency program that will allow story tellers to create unique VR-based works of art.
The program will allow four artists a residency period of six months to create short films, the...
Vision Pro Isn’t Here Yet, But You Can Already Start Capturing Spatial Video on Your iPhone
Apple Vision Pro isn't slated to launch until early next year, but if you've got an iPhone 15 Pro you can already start capturing memories as spatial videos.
Update (December 11th, 2023): Apple today publicly released iOS 17.2, the first...
‘VEX MAGE’ Combines Spellcasting and Co-op Arena Action on Quest & PC VR Next Month
Nervous Systems and Fast Travel Games announced that VEX MAGE is coming to Quest and PC VR headsets next month, bringing spellcasting abilities to Quake-style arenas.
Vex Mage is all about fast-twitch shooting action, albeit with the ability to cast (and combine) magical...
‘Moss: Book II’ to Release on Quest 2 Next Month
Having received a strong reception on PSVR back at the end of March, Moss: Book II from developer Polyarc is now set to release on Quest 2 starting next month.
Update (June 9th, 2022): Polyarc today announced during UploadVR's Summer Showcase that...
Mindshow’s VR Movie-making Helped Me Rediscover the Joy of Play-acting
Frank He rediscovers his childhood and finds a new talent for improvisational performance as he goes hands on with Mindshow, a new virtual reality application that lets you create and act in your own interactive movies.
A childhood experience some of us...
‘Kat Walk’ Joins the VR Treadmill Race, Approaching $100,000 Goal on Kickstarter
Joining longstanding names Virtuix and Cyberith, Kat Walk hopes to be the newest VR treadmill option on the block. The system differentiates itself with an open design that suspends users from above instead of using a support ring around the...
IMAX Investing $50 Million in ‘a new level of premium, high-quality VR content’
IMAX has announced it's raised $50m in order to create new "premium" experiences for use at its VR centres which the company have begun rolling out around the world.
By the end of 2016, IMAX VR centres should be up and...
HTC’s New Link Headset is Using ‘Neon’ Tracking from Ximmerse – Specs & Details
HTC's new mobile VR headset dubbed 'Link'—which curiously does not fall under the company's Vive brand—is also not making use of the same tracking systems employed by the Vive headsets. Instead the company has teamed up with Ximmerse, makers...
VR MMO ‘Zenith’ Could Be in Dire Straits as Studio Operates at a Loss
Zenith: The Last City stands out as one of VR's major MMORPG success stories, having been released in 2022 across all major headsets and receiving generally high praise. However, developers Ramen VR now reveal the studio has been operating...
First Look: Jaunt’s ‘ONE’ VR Light-Field Camera with Newly Revealed Specs
Jaunt ONE (formerly known under code name 'NEO') is a professional-grade 360 camera system created by Jaunt VR, a cinematic VR company that has recently partnered with Google to become a 'preferred content provider'. We got the chance to get some face time...
‘Into Black’ Showcases More ‘Deep Rock Galactic’ Vibes in New Trailer, Coming to Quest in October
Into Black, an upcoming co-op action adventure for Quest, showcased more of its Deep Rock Galactic-inspired gameplay in a new trailer, which also announced the opening of pre-orders.
Developed by The Binary Mill, the VR studio behind Resist, RUSH, Mini Motor...




















