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Seebright Wave Smartphone-powered AR Headset Claims “Widest Field of View”, Heading to Kickstarter for $150

The latest prototype design of a new augmented reality device was unveiled at last month's CES: Seebright Wave is an AR headset that plans to use the graphical power of your smartphone to make augmented reality a low cost affair....

Google Reveals ‘Cardboard’, a low-cost VR Smartphone Adapter and VR Toolkit SDK at IO 2014—Breaking

At this week's Google IO 2014, the company's annual developer conference, the search giant is handing out 'Cardboard', a low-cost VR headset adapter for smartphones. The company is also making freely available an open 'VR Toolkit' and SDK to...

Exclusive: ‘Totem’ VR Headset to Compete with the Oculus Rift, CEO Shares Inside Details

Road to VR talks with Bertrand Nepveu, the CEO and Founder of True Player Gear. They're working on a VR headset, which will compete with the Oculus Rift, called 'Totem.' The company created quite a buzz in the VR...

Second Life Accepting Limited Applications for Oculus Rift Beta Testing

Second Life developer Linden Lab has been teasing Oculus Rift support for their popular world since way back in April of last year. Today the company has announced that they're seeking users with Oculus Rift developer kits to participate...
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CCP Games’ Erich Cooper Talks EVE: Valkyrie Game Design, Its Evolution and Its Future

Ben Lang is at EVE Fanfest 2015 in Reykjavik where the event, ordinarily dominated by CCP's huge MMO hit EVE Online, is setting aside significant chunks of itinerary to its virtual reality only online space dog fighting game EVE:...

Pre-ordering Oculus Rift Will Reserve Your Spot in Line for Touch Later This Year

Oculus Rift pre-orders open tomorrow (Wednesday January 6th) at 8AM PT. Founder Palmer Luckey this evening is providing a few last minute details, including the fact that pre-ordering the Rift will reserve your spot in line to pre-order the company's Touch...

Oculus Acquires Eye-Tracking Company The Eye Tribe

The Eye Tribe, a Denmark-based eye-tracking startup, today confirmed they'll be joining the ranks of Facebook's Oculus VR. Both Oculus and The Eye Tribe today confirmed the acquisition with TechCrunch's Josh Constine. The specifics of the acquisition are still fairly thin however....

Go On Safari with the Award Winning Cyberith Virtualizer, Kickstarter Campaign Coming (video)

Cyberith has released a new video demonstrating its unique omni-directional treadmill being used to go on safari on the wildlife rich plains of Africa. Plus, hints of an incoming Kickstarter campaign. Update: More Kickstarter details from Cyberith emerge With the development making...
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360 Short Film ‘Step to the Line’ Published as Part of Oculus’ VR for Good Initiative

Mark Zuckerberg recently posted the 360 film Step to the Line on his Facebook page, which highlights the challenges of living with the criminal justice system in the US, on both sides of the prison wall. The short documentary...

Oculus ‘Pausing’ Rift SDK Development on Mac and Linux

Oculus have announced what PC specs you'll need to deliver a great Windows based VR experience. However, Oculus Mac OSX and Linux VR users are out of luck as Oculus have stated that they're "pausing" development for those platforms. Oculus...
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Exclusive: Nokia’s $60,000 VR Camera Goes on a Drone Test Flight

At 9.3 pounds, Nokia's Ozo VR camera is impressively compact. Not only can the device be handheld if need be, but it can also take to the skies as a drone payload. We've got the first look at Ozo's...

Unreal Engine 4.12 is Out Now, Gets ‘VR Editor’, OSVR and Google VR Support

Epic Games' popular Unreal Engine has just received a major update with version 4.12 now sporting Google VR 'Daydream' and OSVR native support. It also ships with a preview of the company's impressive VR Editor, which allows developers to...
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Watch: Square Enix’s ‘Project Hikari’ Melds Manga and VR

By now, there have been many attempts at storytelling in VR that have been inspired by various traditional forms of entertainment, such as film or animation, but with Project Hikari the Square Enix Advanced Technology Division is pioneering the concept of...

DODOcase Sells More Than 65,000 Cardboard VR Kits, Now Kickstarting New Version and Open-source VR Tools

DODOcase is probably known by most for their phone and tablet cases, but the San Francisco-based company jumped on an opportunity to get Google Cardboard VR kits into the hands of a VR-hungry public. To date, the company has...
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Virtuix Omni with HTC Vive & Lighthouse Enables Fully Decoupled Locomotion

As developers continue to experiment with a range of VR navigation techniques, Virtuix's Omni treadmill gives gamers a way to physically walk and run around virtual worlds in an otherwise limited space. The company's latest developments bring compatibility with the...
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