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Only Select Developers Can Publish Google Daydream Apps Until 2017

Google Daydream is supposed to launch Fall 2016, but only a select group of developers will be able to publish Daydream apps to the Google Play store until 2017. Daydream, Google's high-end VR initiative for Android, is set to launch...

Now on Rift, ‘Tilt Brush’ is the First Google App on Facebook’s VR Platform

After a long and somewhat awkward period of Google keeping all of their VR apps from Facebook's VR platforms on desktop (with Rift) and mobile (with Gear VR), Tilt Brush is the first VR olive branch extended across the platform...

Two Big Ears ‘Spatial Workstation’ Delivers Realtime, Cross-platform 3D VR Audio Mixing

3D spatial audio specialists Two Big Ears have launched a new 'Spatial Workstation', a platform for audio engineers to mix and edit immersive audio with realtime feedback leveraging VR headset head-tracking information. Two Big Ears have been quietly building a...

Why ‘Sightline: The Chair’ on the DK2 is My New VR Reference Demo

Virtual Reality is still so fresh, young and new that it's likely those VR Enthusiasts around  since the inception of the Oculus Rift still have only a handful of moments that they can point to that convinced them virtual...

Hands On: Doom VR is a Curious But Experimental Tech Demo

Bethesda announced during their pre-E3 event that Doom, as well as Fallout 4, would be playable during the show in VR form. I was able to get my head into Doom's HTC Vive powered VR demo, here's my take on...

Nintendo Might Add VR Functionality to Switch Once “Users Can Play for Hours”

Nintendo is looking to add VR functionality to their upcoming home-and-portable console, the Switch. Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima recently stated that it could be added once they solve some VR-specific issues. According to games industry consultant Dr. Serkan Toto’s translation...

Former Call of Duty Developers Working on Mutiplayer VR Shooter

Developer Reload Studios, made up of former Infinity Ward employees, creators of the mighty Call of Duty franchise, has shared details of its plans to produce a VR focussed first person shooter targeting VR headsets such as the Oculus...

Samsung Suggests High-Powered, Standalone VR Headset To Compete With Rift and Vive

Continuing to push its established mobile VR business—recently revealing its flagship Galaxy S8 smartphones support and an updated Gear VR with controller—Samsung has again confirmed it has more powerful VR hardware up its sleeve. High-end, standalone VR headsets from...

Vrse Immerses 1,200 TED Attendees in Simultaneous VR Experience

On stage at TED 2016, Vrse founder Chris Milk conducted what the company is calling "the largest simultaneous virtual reality experience in history." Using a dedicated app and Cardboard VR viewers handed out at the session, 1,200 attendees peer...

Facebook Plans to Launch Social VR App “As Soon As Possible”

Facebook, parent company of Oculus, is beginning to flex its virtual reality arm. The company wants to use the technology revolutionize how social interactions happen across the web, and we may see the first stages of that plan earlier...

Oculus Internal ‘Story Studio’ Draws Pixar Talent, Experiments with CG Cinematic VR

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,...

‘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...
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Oculus Founder on Facebook Buyout: ‘It lets us greatly lower the price of the Rift’

Palmer Luckey has been open and communicative with the VR community since founding Oculus VR Inc. Tonight he spent time responding to questions and concerns regarding Facebook's acquisition of the company. Among other bits of info, Luckey confirmed that...

‘Yore VR’ is an Intriguing Medieval Open World Sandbox for HTC Vive

Ironbelly Studios and TectonicVR are bringing a new built-for-VR open world title to the HTC Vive, set within the medieval era, and it's looking mighty promising too. Ever held a yearning to live in a time where life expectancy was...
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