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Inside Look at 3DRudder, Feet-Controlled Navigation Device Headed to CES 2015

A new PC peripheral company based in France is launching a feet-controlled 3D navigation and motion control device that wants to get the lower half of your body in the game, freeing up your hands for the more important things in virtual...

Sixense STEM + Striker VR Brings Real Recoil to Virtual Weaponry (video)

Sixense, creators of the STEM motion input controller, are showing off an experiment which combines their 'STEM Pack' with Striker VR's weapon recoil system. The result is a weapon that feels real in both form and function, and carries...

Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 86): Evangelizing VR to the World with UploadVR

Evangelizing virtual reality to the world is a difficult task. Each day, we creep closer to the consumer release of multiple VR devices that will disrupt technology as we know it, and the world needs to be prepared. Many of...

Developer Details Design Approach to Siemens Oculus Rift Experience

The multinational conglomerate company known as Siemens has partnered up with a team of artists and developers from London to highlight the company's engineering abilities using the Oculus Rift DK2 headset. The story begins when Siemens approached the UK-based company...

News Bits: Previously Unseen Jaunt VR Camera Prototype Appears Unexpectedly

The Jaunt VR camera has a habit of popping up in curious places. This time we've spotted a previously unseen prototype in Wired's 'Futuristic Gifts for the Super-Early Adopter' list. See Also: Jaunt VR 360 3D Camera Spotted Ringside at Boxing Match Jaunt...

VRLA #4 Adds 13 New Exhibitors Including AltSpace, DODOCase and ThreeOneZero

VRLA goes from strength to strength as it approaches its fourth event, announcing that attendees will be treated to over 40 exhibitors including 13 VRLA first timers. An interesting gauge of the state of the growing VR industry has been...

The Race to Create the ‘YouTube of VR’ is On

Competitors are lining up to introduce the world to the very first 360 degree video-sharing service, a concept that could soon become an industry standard for both the newly emerging mobile VR scene and PC-driven VR headsets alike. VCEMO (pronounced...

News Bits: Jaunt VR Releases Paul McCartney ‘Live and Let Die’ 360 VR Experience on Windows...

Jaunt VR, having received millions in venture capital funding this year, have their sights on pioneering 360 3D VR video content. Their first publicly available experience, Paul McCartney performing "Live and Let Die" live, launched on the Google Play store...

Samsung Gear VR Preview: Ritchie Watches a 2 Hour Movie in Oculus Cinema

A couple of weeks ago I sat down on my couch and watched a movie. Now, under normal circumstances, this rather inane activity would have not even merited a slow news day on any of my social networks, but...

Oculus Rift Allows Great-grandfather to Share Thanksgiving Dinner With Family Remotely

With the help of 360 degree video and the Oculus Rift DK2 VR headset, a great-grandfather in an assisted-living community got a chance to virtually celebrate with his family this past Thanksgiving. Martin (reddit alias jwsimmons) has been using virtual reality technology to put...

News Bits: Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Price Drops to $199 on All Major U.S. Carriers

Those hoping to snag Samsung's soon-to-be-released mobile Gear VR headset this holiday season will also need to get their hands on the phone that powers it—the Samsung Galaxy Note 4. If you haven't yet pulled the trigger, the Note...

Comcast NBCUniversal Hosts Hackathon in Hollywood, VR Demos Emerge

A collection of virtual reality experiences were developed during a 24 hour coding marathon hosted by Comcast NBCUniversal in Hollywood earlier this month. We dropped in quickly after just getting back from the Samsung Developer Conference 2014 to investigate what...

Virtual Reality Awards 2014 Ceremony Tonight in RiftMax and via Livestream @19:30 EST

The VRA's are imminent, and as we approach what is believed to be a first of its kind - an awards ceremony held entirely in VR - here are the details of the developers that made the short lis plus where...

‘VR Chat’ Used to Deliver One of the First University Lectures in Virtual Reality

VR Chat, the virtual reality social application, has been used to deliver one of the first university lectures through virtual reality. We talk to developer Jesse Joudrey about the project. Remote, Immersive Education Despite my belief that VR is a platform capable...

GE Marks $500M Subsea Research Project Launch With VR Experience from Studio Kite & Lightning

GE (General Electric) are celebrating the launch of a brand new $500 million facility in Rio, Brazil dedicated to researching the future of 'subsea factories' to mine oil and gas. The company decided to commission virtual experience auteurs Kite...
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