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VR Launchpad Startup Showcase Comes to Silicon Valley in October – Presented by SVVR & Road...

Join top VR innovators, investors, and thought-leaders for a day of focused pitching, networking, and demos. Held in the heart of Silicon Valley, VR Launchpad is the focal point for innovative VR startups and products, curated by leaders in the...

Where to Try Vive, Rift, and Morpheus and What’s Playing at PAX 2015 This Weekend

The annual PAX Prime gaming festival starts today in Seattle and VR will be one of the highlights of the show for many gamers. The major players are out in force, and we've got a quick guide to where you...
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‘Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation’ VR Experience Coming to Immersed Europe

Attendees of Immersed Europe could get their chance to step into the shoes of Tom Cruise on his action packed ride off the side of Airbus A400M Atlas in the new Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation (2015). The experience was created by InMediaStudio in partnership...

‘Discovery’ Goes Virtual with New 360 Video VR Apps

Discovery Communications, known for its cadre of cable television channels and outdoors-focused programming, has released a VR video app for iOS and Android devices and Samsung Gear via Milk VR. The app’s website also emphasizes that it is “Coming...

VRTGO Organisers to Whet UK VR Appetites with Free Demo Day, Sept 10th

One of the UK's leading virtual reality conferences, VRTGO, is on its way to Gateshead, UK on November 12th. But if you can't wait until then to sate your VR hunger, the organisers are holding a VR demo day on...

Valve Dials Back Vive Release Expectations, Suggests Bulk Will Ship in Q1 2016

Having revealed SteamVR and the Vive VR headset just six months ago, Valve and HTC set an aggressive consumer release date of Q4 2015. This would make the companies first-to-market over major competitors. Now, however, Valve is dialing back...

HTC: Consumer Vive Is “Gonna Look a Lot Different” – Modular Headphones, New Mounting System, and...

While the HTC Vive's room-scale VR experience is one of the best available today, the device itself still needs to undergo a significant metamorphosis from development kit to consumer-ready product. Details about exactly what changes we'll see in the...
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‘Fantastic Contraption’ Devs Announce VR Remake for HTC Vive, Coming to PAX Prime

Fantastic Contraption, the free 2008 building game that challenged players to use a variety of tools to get their contraptions from point A to point B, is receiving a 3D makeover for virtual reality on the HTC Vive. According to...

‘Two Bit Circus’ Can Sync Audience Experiences in VR, Tech to Debut at VRLA

Two Bit Circus VR, an experiential entertainment company based in LA, has developed a system to sync 360 VR video experiences across 'limitless' local Gear VR users to help create a truly shared VR experience. As isolating as virtual reality is...
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Preview: ‘Null of Hope’ Brings the Retro Adventure RPG to VR

Null of Hope, a retro first-person adventure RPG produced by Wade Arcade, gives a new twist to the genre and puts you in the game like never before. A 'list and click' variant of the popular 'point and click' games of the...
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First Trailer for ‘Final Approach’ for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift Lands

We wrote yesterday how Texas based code-house Phaser Lock Interactive was to debut their new VR airport management title Final Approach at PAX Prime in Seattle from Friday. Well, feast your eyes on the very first trailer to accompany the...

Vive Dev Kit Signups Closed, “Hundreds” of Kits May Still Be Pending Shipping

As the Q4 2015 launch of the consumer version of the HTC Vive draws near, signups for the Vive Developer Edition have officially ended. Valve says that Vive development kits will continue to ship through the coming months. See Also: HTC...

Phaser Lock Interactive to Demo ‘Final Approach’ on HTC Vive at PAX

Phaser Lock Interactive, a developer formed from veteran coders from the games industry, are to bring their SteamVR HTC Vive launch title Final Approach to PAX Prime in Seattle this weekend. The team will have HTC Vive hardware at the show to...

Candy Crush Creator’s ‘Resolution Games’ Captures $6M From Google Ventures to Build Accessible VR Games

Resolution Games, a company formed from mobile development veterans, has announced it's to receive $6 million in funding from Google's investment arm to make VR games everyone can play. You can almost smell the money circulating the VR industry right...
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Jimmy Kimmel Sends Up Virtual Reality Facebook in New Skit

Virtual reality is probably doing something right if people are poking fun at it and in a new skit from the Jimmy Kimmel Live talk show, Facebook's relationship with Oculus and that social network's possible VR future is mercilessly...
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