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Best of the Oculus Mobile VR Jam 2015 – Part 6: Phase Shift, The Night Cafe,...
Coming to our 6th and final installment of our series covering some of the most promising content to come out of the Oculus Mobile VR Jam, we take a look at a mix of games and experiences that not only focus on a cohesive...
“We’re working on things not made out of cardboard,” Google says as I/O 2015 Looms
While the initial uptick of Google's 'Cardboard' VR initiative may have exceeded their expectations, the company is now taking a very active approach to guiding the project into the future. The next step for Cardboard, which we expect to hear...
New Oculus 0.6 SDK Built Into Unreal Engine 4.8 Preview 3, Available Now
With the exciting new developer features revealed with the Oculus SDK 0.6 earlier this month, it's great to see Epic working diligently to bring the new version to Unreal Engine 4. The first integration of 0.6 for UE4 comes...
Oculus Acquires Computer Vision Company Surreal Vision for 3D Scene Reconstruction
Oculus today announced that they've acquired Surreal Vision, a computer vision company that's using technology to interpret the real world in a way that can be visualized and interacted with within virtual reality.
Surreal Vision is a UK company that was founded...
Epic’s ‘Showdown’ Demo Runs at 60 FPS on Morpheus After UE4 Optimizations
Epic's high fidelity Showdown demo was only barely able to hold framerate on one of the most powerful GPUs in the world when it debuted last September. But now, after optimizations for Unreal Engine 4 on PS4, the demo runs on...
Samsung’s Milk VR Gets New Community Channel, Showcases Emerging VR Filmmakers
Samsung's VR video streaming platform, Milk VR, is loosening up to make way for community-made content. So you too can potentially get eyeballs on your VR video project through the stock Gear VR app (provided your film makes the grade).
Announced at this year's SVVR...
Oculus Announces ‘Connect 2’ Conference as they Gear Up for Consumer VR
Oculus have announced that their second 'Connect' developer event will take place September 23-35 at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, CA and it's set to prime the industry for VR's imminent consumer debut.
Oculus's inaugural 'Connect' event last year was...
Best of the Oculus Mobile VR Jam 2015 – Part 5: Telescopic, Tana Pura, SoundScape
Now in our 5th installment of our ongoing series covering some of the most promising content to come out of the Oculus Mobile VR Jam, we take a look at three submissions that awake in the user a childlike wonder of life, the Universe,...
FOVE Kickstarter Campaign Raises Over $175,000 in its First 24 Hours
We can't believe our collective foveae (yes, that's plural), because in only 24 hours FOVE's Kickstarter campaign has blown past its halfway mark and beyond. If they haven't sorted out stretch goals, maybe now is a good time.
At the time of this...
Retinad’s Promising VR Ad and Analytics System is Now Backed with a $500,000 Investment
Retinad, a company working to bring immersive advertising and analytics to virtual reality, has just closed a $500,000 early-stage round to bring their solution to market. Avoiding the worst case banner-in-your-face approach, the company is jumping feet first into VR,...
Oculus Announces Mobile VR Jam 2015 Finalists, Public Voting Open Until May 27th
The first round of judging of the Oculus Mobile VR Jam is over, and we now have our finalists—a total of 61 submissions split between two tracks, Games and App/Experiences.
Oculus first went over each and every one of the 307 entries,...
eMagin Announces 2K×2K ‘Flip Up’ VR Headset, Demoing at AWE 2015
OLED microdisplay manufacturer eMagin has announced a new VR headset, a small form factor pair of goggles that boast a 2K×2K display. Sounds interesting? It was to John Carmack.
Dan Cui, eMagin's VP of Business Development and HMDs, sent out a...
Visualizing the Latest Features Found in Oculus SDK v0.6.0.0
A clever set of visualizations covering some of the major changes to Oculus' new software developers kit (SDK) has surfaced, and may help the non-developers among us get a better grip on exactly what these changes mean for VR.
Thanks to...
‘FOVE’, The World’s First Eye-Tracking VR Headset Comes to Kickstarter Today
FOVE is a Japanese technology company who are endeavoring to tackle an issue that will likely become a focus for the VR industry sooner than you think, eye-tracking in virtual reality. The company's new headset employs gaze-detection for input, and today they...
SVVR Expo 2015: ‘OpenVR and You’ with Valve’s Joe Ludwig – LiveBlog @ 2pm PST
The 2015 SVVR Conference and Expo kicks off today and it looks to be a packed schedule. To kick our coverage off, Ben Lang will be LiveBlogging Valve's Joe Ludwig's talk 'OpenVR and You'.
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