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SnakeVR Repurposes Your Old Nokia(s) for Immersive VR Gameplay of a Beloved Mobile Classic

SnakeVR is the spiritual VR successor of the snake-style games which gained widespread notoriety after being included on some of Nokia's classic handsets. If you happen to have hoarded two of the company's 3-series mobiles, go find the chargers buried...

Crowdfunding Platform Bans Projects Based on Name Alone, “No more VR,” says CEO

IndieStartup CEO Armando McGillicutty announced yesterday that the popular crowdfunding platform is now banning a number of VR-related projects based on a single factor: their name. Crowdfunding campaigns have come and gone, but ever since IndieStartup's founding in 2010, they've remained fairly agnostic on how individual projects...

Gear VR Now Available in 9 Countries, Paid Store Still Stuck in US but Going Abroad...

Slowly but surely, Samsung has allowed limited international sale of Gear VR, the companies 'Innovator Edition' VR headset. But in comparison to the far reaching nature of the Galaxy Note 4, the smartphone powerhouse behind Gear VR which can be ordered...
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‘Diplopia’ Becomes ‘Vivid Vision’, Trials Get Underway – Interview with CEO James Blaha

Diplopia is a virtual reality title designed to provide targeted exercises for those suffering from vision issues. The team behind the application are rebranding, changing their name to Vivid Vision. Brian Hart caught up with CEO James Blaha to get...
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Rift Coaster Meets TRON in ‘Grid Coaster’, Demo Available Now

Grid Coaster is an Oculus Rift enabled roller coaster experience built on Unreal Engine 4 which wants to recall the aesthetics of 80's sci-fi Disney classic TRON (1981). The legendary Rift Coaster was a rough 'n' ready Unreal 3 tech demo...

SVVR Conference & Expo 2015 is Coming May 18th-19th, Early Bird Tickets Available Now

One of the first of its kind, the SVVR Conference & Expo was borne from one of the longest running virtual reality meet up groups. Now entering its second year, 2015's show promises to be bigger and better, moving to...

‘Ground Control’ and ‘Stompz’, Two Natural VR Controllers for Your Feet

The VR community has been rattling its cage for intuitive input devices for quite a while now, and because nobody really knows exactly what that means yet, we're entertaining anything and everything until we do. Here we take a look...

HTC Vive ‘Developer Edition’ Sign-ups Could Start Next Week

According to a report at Ars Technica, HTC's VR Headset the 'Vive' could find its way into selected developers hands very soon for nothing. Sign-ups for the device may also begin as early as next week. GDC 2015 was dominated...
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‘Action Star: Parachute’ VR Experience Has You Throwing Yourself Out of a Plane

Istanbul based digital workshop Codemodeon have come up with a VR experience which adopts some clever mechanics to sell the illusion of throwing yourself out of a plane and parachuting to an island paradise. We've come across Codemodeon's brand of bespoke virtual...

“They did it!” William Gibson is Given a Taste of Cyberspace via Gear VR

Legendary author of 80's cyberpunk thriller Neuromancer, a book in which he famously coined the term 'cyberspace', takes a spin in virtual reality courtesy of Samsung's Gear VR. It seems he was suitably impressed. At TED 2015 in Vancouver last...

Steven Spielberg to Direct Film Adaptation of ‘Ready Player One’ VR Novel

Prolific director and producer Steven Spielberg is coming back to Warner Bros. to direct the film adaptation of Ready Player One, Ernest Cline's lauded VR-centric novel set in a dystopian future. According to Deadline, Spielberg will be coming fresh off directing The...

Update: Facebook’s CTO May Have Just Hinted at a 2015 Release Date for the Oculus Rift

On stage at Facebook's F8 conference, the company's CTO, Mike Schroepfer, may have just let slip a hint at the Oculus Rift release date. We don't often give much care to rumors of an Oculus Rift release date, but when the CTO...

Oculus’ Michael Abrash ‘Why Virtual Reality Will Matter to You’ Livestream @ 10am PST

Today Oculus' Chief Scientist, Michael Abrash, will take to the stage at Facebook's F8 conference to expound upon virtual reality. As Abrash puts it, "Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday and for the rest of your life—this...

Samsung Gear VR Heads to More than 100 Best Buys for Demo and Sale

Samsung is getting a bit more bold with what's so far been a fairly soft launch for the company's first mobile headset, Gear VR. Come March 27th, Gear VR will be available in more than 100 Best Buy locations...

NASCAR is NextVR’s Latest Pit Stop for Live VR Video

From the beginning, NextVR has been positioning its VR video technology toward live broadcasting, especially for sports. We've already seen NextVR demo their technology with the NBA, NHL, and more, while their latest test has taken them to Auto Club Speedway...
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