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Microsoft is Building VR MMO for Xbox and PC, Job Listing Indicates

A job listing for a Senior Design Manager position on Microsoft's "Xbox Mixed Reality team" says that the company is "looking to build a massively social gaming and entertainment experience for both the PC and the console." Starting with the...

New HTC Vives Weigh 15% Less Than They Did at Launch

While the Vive is often criticized for its front-heavy weight, the headset has actually managed to slim down over time thanks to manufacturing improvements. HTC has managed to shave 15% off of the original 550 grams (1.21 pounds), bringing...

‘Obduction’ VR Review, Now with Touch and Vive Support

Obduction is an adventure game hailing from Cyan, the same studio that produced the '90s point-and-click classics Myst (1993) and Riven (1997). The game has been hotly awaited since it netted over $1.3 million on Kickstarter back in late 2013, but despite the fact...

‘Wilson’s Heart’ Review

Wilson's Heart (2017) is a psychological thriller that takes you on a wild first-person adventure through the mind of a hospital patient recovering from a curious surgery, one that has replaced his live-beating heart with a strange machine. Ripping it from your chest,...

NVIDIA GTX 1080Ti vs. 1080 VR Performance Review: Supersampling Showdown

NVIDIA's latest GPU is here and it offers a big performance bump, but what exactly does that power deliver the VR gaming enthusiast? We pit the new Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti against the GTX 1080 to see just how...

Watch: This Mobile VR Crane Simulator Showcases the Future of Industrial Training

Industrial Training International is readying their VR Mobile Crane Simulator for the March ConExpo Event in Las Vegas. The simulator uses an Oculus Rift headset in combination with a modular rig, in order to significantly reduce the costs of...

Adobe Brings VR Video Editing Tools to Premiere Pro

The latest update to Premiere Pro, Adobe's popular video editing software, released yesterday includes new tools for editing 360 degree video and stereoscopic VR video. Adobe's Premiere Pro is one of the most popular video editing applications today, and it's...

Google is Adding a VR Shell to Chrome to Let You Browse the Entire Web in...

Google is working to add fully immersive browsing capability to Chrome, allowing users to browse any part of the web in VR, not just those sites that are specially built for VR. Google has played an active role in helping to...

HTC and Intel to Show New WiGig Wireless VR Solution at E3 2017 (Updated)

HTC have announced that, in addition to its TPCAST wireless add-on, it's also working with Intel on a WiGig powered wireless VR solution and it's keen to find more partners to work with on further solutions too. HTC seems to...

Hands-on: Latest StarVR Upgrades Highlight Ultra-wide FoV & Nearly Invisible Pixels

StarVR is a VR headset in development by Starbreeze Studios which aims to excel in two places: field of view and resolution; presently offering a whopping 210 degree field of view and 5120x1440 resolution. The latest version of the...

This Pulsating ‘Haptic Skin’ is Somewhat Creepy, Mostly Awesome

Omnipulse is a new haptic technology out of Cornell's Organic Robotics Lab which uses an array of embedded pneumatic actuators to create haptic feedback which feels quite 'organic' compared to the more 'mechanical' of many other haptic technologies out there....

‘Cardboard Enabler’ Opens Google’s VR Library to Gear VR, No Root Required

Are you the sort of person that lugs around your Gear VR and Google Cardboard on your mission to evangelize the ever-living-hell out of virtual reality? Well, the Cardboard Enabler for Gear VR wants to free up some space...

How Google’s Latest VR Moves Are a Major Blow to Oculus’ Mobile Strategy

Last week at Google's I/O 2017 developer conference the company made a number of new announcements which are very exciting for VR consumers. Within the industry though, the announcements represent somewhat of a repositioning of industry players, one that...
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Oculus Research Reveals “Groundbreaking” Focal Surface Display

Oculus Research, the VR and AR R&D division of the company, today announced a new display technology that they're calling the "Focal Surface Display." The display aims to improve the vergence-accommodation conflict that plagues today's VR headsets. The company...
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NVIDIA Says New Foveated Rendering Technique is More Efficient, Virtually Unnoticeable

NVIDIA Research has demonstrated a new method of foveated rendering which the company says is nearly invisible to users. Researchers behind the new approach say the method can drastically reduce rendering workload, allowing for more detailed virtual reality scenes. The human eye...
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