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Now 150 People Strong, Varjo Talks Future Focus, More Affordable Headsets
Finland-based startup Varjo, maker of high-end enterprise VR headsets, has built an impressive product and charted a rapid growth, seemingly similar to the early years of Oculus. Now with 150 employees and some $46 million in venture funding, Varjo...
This Zelda-style HTC Vive Game Scales its World to Fit Your Room
Legend of Luca is a VR-exclusive title, designed from the ground up to utilise the HTC Vive's room-scale emphasised tracking capabilities. Heavily influenced by Nintendo classic The Legend of Zelda, the title will work aims to scale your virtual experience...
Preview: Valve Index is the DSLR to the Oculus Rift S Point-and-shoot
While we offered our initial hands-on impressions with the Valve's new Index headset last month, we've now had many more hours inside the headset, and an opportunity to put it side by side with others. Here's a deeper look...
Facebook on Rift Sales: “It’s not going to be material to our financials this year”
During Facebook's Q4 2015 earnings call this week the company reiterated conservative expectations for Oculus Rift sales in 2016.
Responding to a question by Macquarie Group analyst Ben Schachter, Facebook CFO Dave Wehner said that revenues relating to the Rift wouldn't be "material"...
Quest 3S Hands-on: Quest 2 Visuals with Quest 3 Power at an Unbeatable Price
Meta has finally revealed its latest headset, Quest 3S. Although it retains some of Quest 2's flaws, it creates much needed parity in power and features, all at an unbeatable price.
Quest 3S has not only just been formally announced,...
Instant VR for Your Next Party with ‘WeLens’
One of the most expensive and time-consuming parts of demoing at a VR event is outfitting enough demo stations. Too few and you'll have a long line of unhappy people, but at $700+ for a GearVR/Galaxy S6 combo, it's...
Magic Leap Founder Rony Abovitz Unveils New Startup to Build Virtual Humans
Rony Abovitz, founder of Magic Leap, is starting on a new path after his departure as CEO of the well-funded augmented reality company last year. Abovitz just unveiled his next project, a startup called Sun and Thunder, which aims...
John Carmack Moves to “Consulting CTO” Role to Make Time for Non-Oculus Ventures
Legendary programmer and Oculus CTO John Carmack today announced he'll be moving to a "consulting CTO" role in order to reduce his time spent at the company to a "modest slice." This, he says, will make way for him...
NextVR Brings Its Live Streamed Events to Oculus Quest
NextVR, the VR livestreaming event app, is now available on Oculus Quest for free, which is said to come alongside a new technology that promises clearer and sharper video rendering.
The studio calls the new rendering technology 'PAVE', which is said...
Hands-on: ‘Shadow Point’ is a Clever Room-scale Puzzler Narrated by Sir Patrick Stewart
Coatsink, the studio known for VR games Augmented Empire (2018) and the Esper series, unveiled a new puzzle game at GDC 2019 this week that's slated to be a day-one launch title for Oculus Quest. We got a chance to go hands-on...
VR a No Show at Xbox One X Launch, Here’s What we Know
Microsoft's Xbox briefing has come and gone and no sign of the originally touted "high fidelity VR" we were hoping for from the newly christened Xbox One X. Nevertheless, here's what we know about Xbox One X virtual reality...
‘Modbox’ Developer Shows Off Knuckles Controllers in Action with SteamVR Skeletal Input
Alien Trap's Lee Vermeulen, one of the developers behind VR creation tool Modbox, received a brand new pair of Knuckles controllers recently. One of his first missions: show off Valve's Skeletal Input system in detail, which was released in beta to developers...
Vive Holiday Deals Include $200 off Vive Pro & Free ‘Fallout 4 VR’ with Viveport Subscription
This Black Friday HTC is focusing on pushing its high-end Vive Pro headset and will be offering discounts on the 'full kit' and the 'headset only' option. The company is also offering big discounts on its Viveport Subscription service,...
The VR Community Shows Its Christmas Spirit with Cards, Demos, and More
In the spirit of Christmas, some members of the VR community have mashed up their passion for virtual reality with today's holiday. We offer a quick roundup of some of our favorite Christmas VR creations.
One of the best parts...
Someone Remade Disneyland’s Classic Indiana Jones Ride in VR with ‘Dreams’
Dreams (2020), the VR-compatible game-maker tool suite, has unleashed a ton of creativity since it launched on PS4 earlier this year. You may be (very wisely) planning on skipping the trip to Disneyland this summer, but that doesn't mean...




















