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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...
Total Cinema 360 Bringing More 360 Degree Video to the Oculus Rift
Total Cinema 360 is a company that specializes in recording 360 degree video. They're now formatting their footage for the Oculus Rift head mounted display and enabling head tracking to let users look around the live action scene.
Total Cinema...
Underwater VR Headset Kickstarter Cancelled, But Not Because It’s An Underwater VR Headset
'Project Nautilus VR', a now cancelled Kickstarter campaign featuring an app and VR headset combo, wanted to take underwater VR experiences for Google Cardboard one step further: by actually putting you and your beloved smartphone head-first into a pool. And the thing is,...
Valve’s Chet Faliszek on HTC Vive Pre, Content Showcase Surprises and Ninja Cats
I sit down with Valve Writer, Game Developer and seemingly omnipotent VR Evangelist Chet Faliszek to discuss the new Vive Pre, Valve's focus on a safe VR experience, expectations for the upcoming VR content showcase and his startlingly sneaky cat.
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Steam VR Image Leak May Indicate Software Line-up for HTC Vive VR Headset
Steam VR and Valve's accompanying VR hardware, the HTC Vive, is on its way and with release windows already confirmed, the question is what content will be available for early adopters of the virtual reality platform? These images, found...
‘The Forest’ Oculus Rift Survival Horror Game Launches May 22, VR Motion Controls Planned
The Forest is a forthcoming survival horror game with Oculus Rift support. A recent trailer leaves us impressed with the game's visuals and with high hopes for its gameplay. The game launches in alpha through Steam on May 22nd and...
One of VR’s Best Party Games Now Supports Rift & Vive Motion Controllers
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is an undeniably fun VR party game that you can play together with a big group with only one VR headset. Now the game has added much requested support for both Vive and Rift's...
HTC: ‘Vive Developer Edition Will Not Be Sold Before Consumer Launch’
A report published last month in Fortune seemed to indicate that HTC would make the SteamVR / Vive Developer Edition system available for sale prior to the forthcoming launch of the consumer version of the headset. Speaking with Road...
Steam Expands VR Game Listings With Supported Headsets, Play Area, and More
In preparation for the launch of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, Valve has enhanced the categorization of VR games listed on Steam.
Steam first added a basic 'VR Support' category all the way back at the end of 2013,...
Google’s Chief Technology Advocate Joins as Wearlity Sky CEO as Kickstarter Passes $60,000
Wearality Sky has surpassed half of its crowdfunding goal of $100,000 for their VR smartphone adapter, a device that offers a 150 degree field of view (FOV) for 5–6 inch phones. With former Google Chief Technology Advocate Michael Jones signing...
All 53 Oculus Touch Launch Titles Confirmed
Oculus has today confirmed all 53 launch titles that will be available on December 6th for the launch of the Touch controllers.
Among the 53 Oculus Touch titles, 22 have been seen previously on SteamVR, leaving 31 brand new Oculus...
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...
Kite & Lightning’s ‘Genesis’ is an Immersion-machine That Takes You on a Reality-bending Ride
When the Kite & Lightning developers told me they had something to show me that couldn't physically be demonstrated anywhere else, I was intrigued. Little did I know, upon arriving at their office, that I would be stepping into...
Hands-on: ‘VR Sports Challenge’ Hockey Brings Thrilling Fights
VR Sports Challenge, an upcoming Oculus Touch title, has yet again proven to be one of the most compelling launch titles we've seen so far for Oculus' controllers. In the new Hockey segment shown off at E3 2016 I had...
Valve and SMI are Working to Add Eye-Tracking Support to OpenVR
Eye tracking experts SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) have collaborated with Valve to bring their technology to OpenVR. Eye tracking-enabled HTC Vive units are being shown at GDC 2017, as part of an R&D effort to integrate eye-tracking support into Valve’s...


















