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‘Waltz of the Wizard’ ‘Ghostline’ Analytics Reveal Some Surprising Player Behaviour

Aldin Dynamics has released a detailed breakdown of user data gathered during over 300,000 sessions of Waltz of the Wizard gameplay. Launched in May 2016, the motion-controlled VR game was developed with the insights gained from using Aldin's own...

Ubisoft’s ‘Star Trek: Bridge Crew’ Delayed Again, but You’ll Be Able to Pilot the Original Enterprise

Ubisoft's upcoming VR multiplayer game Star Trek: Bridge Crew is delayed again, this time to May 30th. The good news? Ubisoft is letting you choose the good ol' NCC-1701 from 'The Original Series' (TOS) so you can play solo as captain,...
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‘vTime’ Becomes First Social VR App on Google Cardboard

Starship Group, the makers of the social app vTime, today announced early access release of their Google Cardboard app, which allows anyone—provided you own one of the supported Android phone models—to enter the space and chat with Gear VR users. We went hands-on with vTime...

Striker VR Brings Ultra-Realistic Recoil To Virtual Weaponry

Bridging the gaps that still remain in virtual reality once the visual and audio elements are at least 'good enough', VR enthusiasts will surely turn their attention to elements that are missing from their experience whilst trying to reach...

Google Releases Open Source Plans for Cardboard v2 Viewer

Google released the second version of their Cardboard VR viewer back in May. Sticking to their commitment to make the design of the handheld HMD completely open for third-party manufacturers, the company has now released the complete design specification...

Epic Games Shows You How to Create Your First ‘Robo Recall’ Mod

As has been Epic Games' style for many years, Robo Recall - built on the company's Unreal Engine 4 - allows you to change the original game via the engine's editor, giving you the tools you need to mod...

$227,000 Worth of Oculus Rift DK2s Sold on Ebay Despite Oculus VR Prohibiting Resales

As with any free-market system, the law of supply and demand will drive prices up when supply is short and demand is high. The Oculus Rift DK2 is a hot commodity, and even with the company pumping out the...
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Lytro Shows First Light Field Footage Captured with Immerge VR Camera

Back toward the end of 2015, light field camera company Lytro announced a major turn toward the VR market with the introduction of 'Immerge', a light field camera made for capturing data which can be played back as VR video...

Epic Games Founder Teases “Something Much Bigger” Than VR Tech Demos

Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney dropped a major tease about what we're likely to see from the company's ongoing VR efforts. Speaking with host Kent Bye on Voices of VR Podcast – Episode #266, Tim Sweeney unabashedly teases that Epic Games is...

‘Dota 2’ Releases Social Spectator Mode ‘VR Hub’

Dota 2 today released free DLC that lets you watch live and recorded matches from SteamVR compatible headsets. The new VR Hub adds a social component to the game that lets you and your friends watch Dota 2 together like never...

New Oculus Rift SDK v0.3.1 Preview: John Carmack’s Timewarp, Improved Distortion, and More

Oculus VR has launched a preview build of their latest Oculus Rift SDK, v.0.3.1. The new SDK adds initial support for the Oculus Rift DK2, improved distortion quality, John Carmack's 'Timewarp' technique to reduce latency, and much more. The Oculus...

Dexta’s ‘Dextarity Interaction Engine’ Lets Devs Build Tactile VR Worlds

Dexta's exoskeleton glove is a haptic input system which is designed to give users a sense of touch in VR. These new videos which show how the company's 'Dextarity Interaction Engine' gives developers the tools they need to get the virtual...
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Amazon Lumberyard Boosts Realism with Impressive Anti-aliasing

Amazon announced VR support for Lumberyard, their free of cost CryEngine-based game engine, at last year's GDC, but this year the company is pushing the feature specs of the engine, maintaining that Lumberyard is the first game engine to directly...
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This is How NOT to Shoot 360 Video, According to YouTube

YouTube tells budding VR film-makers what not to do when shooting an immersive 360 in this excellent crash course in this fledgling but ever more popular form of content. With the production of VR film and 360 video becoming ever...

‘The Lawnmower Man’ is Coming to VR as an Original Multi-Episode Series

Jaunt, the cinematic VR company, has today revealed 5 different content deals slated to go into production in 2017, one of which—love it or hate it—will be based on the seminal '90s VR flick The Lawnmower Man (1992). And no, neither Pierce Brosnan nor Jeff...
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