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John Carmack to Detail ‘The Dawn of Mobile VR’ at GDC 2015
John Carmack, legendary developer and CTO of Oculus, will be taking to the stage at GDC 2015 to get technical in a presentation titled 'The Dawn of Mobile VR'. Carmack, who is known for presentations of detail and length,...
Sony to Discuss “Unique social experiences possible only with Project Morpheus” and More at GDC
Sony is bringing back Project Morpheus to this year's Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, now with updated information on the VR headset that promises to expound new applications for the VR side of their PlayStation ecosystem.
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13 More Partners Join OSVR, New Academia Program to Give 10 VR Headsets to Each Eligible...
After the announcement of the Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR) initiative last month during CES, it seems that the idea might be catching on. Today OSVR is announcing the addition of 13 new partners, like Jaunt and VisiSonics, and the organization is...
5 Memorable Oculus Rift Prototype Games from the 2015 Global Game Jam
Recognized as the largest game developers jam in the world, Global Game Jam (GGJ) attracted more than 28,000 developers, scattered across 78 countries this year. With over 5,400 games produced, more than 60 were designed especially for use with the Oculus Rift Dk2....
‘Holocommander’ Oculus Rift RTS Prototype Emerges from Global Game Jam 2015
Every year the Global Game Jam (GGJ) assembles game developers worldwide—this year spanning 488 locations across 72 countries—and presents them with a theme, something to base their work on for the next 48 hours of feverish game development. This year's theme, 'What do...
Seebright Wave Smartphone-powered AR Headset Claims “Widest Field of View”, Heading to Kickstarter for $150
The latest prototype design of a new augmented reality device was unveiled at last month's CES: Seebright Wave is an AR headset that plans to use the graphical power of your smartphone to make augmented reality a low cost affair....
Sulon Cortex ‘Augmented Virtual Reality’ Headset, Interview with Don Henderson
Sulon had an impressive presence at CES 2015, their sizeable booth on the show floor accompanied by eye-catching prototype headsets clearly designed to announce to the world that they'd arrived. Their product, an AR/VR headset named the 'Cortex', has an interesting...
Google’s Chief Game Designer to Talk Tango at GDC, Augmenting Virtual Reality with the Real World
Google will be demoing some of their new sensor-assisted virtual reality technology at this year's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, which promises to "enable Holodeck-like experiences with less than $100 add-on cost" to mobile devices. While not explicitly named,...
Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 92): Interview with Sky Nite, Author of ‘Virtual Reality Insider’
We've all seen those 'books' about VR that seem to be nothing more than a quick cash grab, taking advantage of a burgeoning industry and hoping to dupe a few suckers into spending a few dollars. I am here...
Leap Motion’s ‘Planetarium’ Gives you the Power to Grab Constellations
In a new technical demo from Leap Motion's labs, you can use your hands to soar through space and manipulate entire constellations with mere gestures. The Planetarium aims to illustrate ideas in virtual reality user interfaces and demonstrate the...
Valve Has Tips, Tricks, and VR Standards to Share at GDC 2015
Valve isn't holding another Steam Dev Days this year, a developers conference organized by the company in 2014. Instead they seem to be focusing their developer outreach energy on March's rapidly approaching Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Alex...
Qantas to Offer 1st Class Passengers Samsung Gear VR and 360 3D Videos from Jaunt
First class passengers on Qantas Airlines will be getting quite the surprise to go along with their eight-course tasting menu, made-to-order signature dishes from Chef Neil Perry, award-winning wine and champagnes, leaf tea and espresso coffee, cotton pajamas, slippers, skincare products, toiletries,...
AltspaceVR Holding Open Beta This Weekend For Virtual Superbowl Party
AltspaceVR is hosting another open beta weekend, and they want you to bring the chips and dip this time for a shared viewing of Super Bowl XLIX. Whether you're rooting for the Patriots or the Seahawks, you're sure to...
‘Design Your Own Cardboard’ Tool from DODOcase Lets You Create Custom Cardboard
Wearing a brown cardboard box on your face is so 2014. So for the new year, DODOcase's popular VR smartphone adapter (inspired by Google Cardboard) is getting a splash of color with the help of their new customization tool,...
Rothenberg Ventures ‘River’ VR Accelerator Ups Ante to $1.3 Million, Announces Seed Investments in 13 Startups
Last month, Rothenberg Ventures launched 'River', an accelerator through which they committed to investing $100,000 in 10 seed-stage virtual reality startups. Today the company has announced that its decided to bump the inaugural class count up to 13, totalling...




















