I've been fortunate to try the Virtuix Omni VR treadmill several times over the course of its development. At every point though, I was testing some variation of the original prototype seen in the company's highly successful Kickstarter campaign....

Before consumer virtual reality reaches any sort of widespread adoption, it must first begin to work its way into the public consciousness. To that end, we've spotted the Oculus Rift, one of the leading VR headsets destined for the consumer...

Every year the movie industry descends upon the small town of Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival, a nearly two-week long independent film showcase of everything from documentaries to art-house. This year however, some of the bigger hits...

Though consumer virtual reality R&D has been healthily reignited, the challenge of marketing these new devices begins to take rise. Samsung is first to take a stab at selling VR to everyday consumers, and that means somehow explaining what...

Previously only available online from Samsung, the Gear VR mobile headset is now available in the US from Best Buy, one of the country's largest electronics retailers. The $199 Gear VR package (headset only, no bundled gamepad) is now available...

Yesterday Oculus revealed that it had formed 'Story Studio', an internal team dedicated to experimenting with real-time CG VR cinema. Today the company has put out a promo video which reveals that the studio has five VR short films...

NextVR has completed yesterday what they're calling "the first ever live, broadcast quality transmission of a virtual reality experience," a live-streaming, 180 degree video designed especially for VR headsets. The transmission virtually transported Engadget's Senior HD Editor, Richard Lawler, from his...

In the early days, it appeared that Oculus was taking a hardware and platform approach—'if you build it, will come.' But now with some 250 employees and the backing of Facebook, Oculus has begun working on first-party games,...

Unfortunately no cameras or phones were allowed inside the press' special hands-on meeting with Microsoft HoloLens after the device's announcement on Wednesday, so we can't show you a single picture of the only verifiably working model of the new augmented...

As virtual reality rises, so does the need for its enthusiasts and industry members to meet. The UK has a thriving VR community and a growing industry presence, so the recently announced SouthWest VR Conference on the 24th Feb,...

HoloLens, a newly announced augmented reality device from Microsoft, is definitely turning some heads to the possibility of interacting with floating apps and games. We can't help but notice though that there seems to be an eerie convergence of...

The University of Pennsylvania's winter hackathon, PennApps, is now over, and we're not surprised to see a few VR experiences in the winners circle. Brand Killer, an application running on a custom-built VR headset, was unfortunately not among them, but...

The Silicon Valley Virtual Reality meetup (SVVR), one of the first of its kind back in May 2013, has announced the date and venue for its 2015 Conference and Expo and is aiming to triple attendees. May of 2013. Oculus was...

Wondering how Microsoft HoloLens development will work? Microsoft says that HoloLens APIs are built into the core of Windows 10 and that all Universal apps—those built for cross-device capability–will be automatically compatible with the HoloLens AR headset. Although concepts of...

Microsoft further detailed DirectX 12 at yesterday's Windows 10 address, and promised that not only could it increase performance in CPU-bound games by up to a staggering 50%, but also announced that DirectX 12 would be heading to Unity...