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Review: ‘NewRetroArcade’ is a Must-play Homage to Video Game Culture Old and New

I just stepped out of what may as well have been a time machine. NewRetroArcade uses gaming's newest technology to take players back to a classic arcade of yore, replete with playable arcade machines buzzing and blinking in a battle...

Aerometrex Combines Impressive 3D Mapping with VR for Intense Flyovers

Flying in virtual reality, a commonly held wish by enthusiasts since the dawn of the technology. The prospect of swooping over virtual landscapes, your mind convinced your body has taken flight is an extremely enticing one. Now that virtual...

HTC Opens Applications for Free Vive Tracker Dev Kit

HTC announced earlier in January that they'd be giving away 1,000 Vive Trackers to developers. Applications to get your hands on one of the Trackers are now open through February 7th. The new HTC Vive Tracker is a standalone tracking...

HTC Vive to Hit 100 US Stores, Orders Now Ship in 72 Hours Worldwide

HTC has announced that it's first VR headset, the SteamVR powered Vive, is to appear at 100 retail locations from this month and for those ordering online, they're promising to ship to you within 72 hours wherever you are...
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Watch: ‘High Fidelity’ Live Demo at SVVR 2016, Beta Client Access Available Now

High Fidelity describes itself as an "open source, shared Virtual Reality" application which gives people a virtual platform to build whatever universe they want and share it with others. The app just opened its door to beta testers, and...

London VR Dev Meetup Returns April 3rd with Holographic Streaming, New 3D Sound System, and VR...

Hackney House London is the new venue for the return of the London VR Developer Sessions in partnership with the upcoming Virtual Reality Show. The tri-monthly event presents a forum for immersive content developers to meet, share, collaborate and...
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Preview: ‘The Caretaker’ Recreates the Atmospheric Insanity of ‘The Shining’

Franbo VR, an indie studio based out of Bristol, UK, has created some iconic interiors inspired by The Shining (1980) in a short VR experience called The Caretaker. Distilling some of the film's atmospheric insanity, the experience lets you walk the halls of the isolated Overlook Hotel. In...
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HapTech is Bringing Realistic Weapon Recoil to a VR Controller for $60

HapTech, formerly Striker VR, are specialising in haptic and recoil simulation for use in gaming peripherals. Ben Lang got to try out the company's new prototype and chat with Founder and President Kyle Monti. We first covered HapTech, formerly known as...

Here are the Winners of the Vision VR/AR Summit 2016 Awards

The judges at Vision Summit 2016 sorted through nearly 250 applicants to find the top three VR/AR creations spanning a number of categories. The award ceremony represents the best out of these three competing games, experiences, or 360 videos. The Vision Summit...

Oculus Rift Growth Spurt Halts HTC Vive Market Share Expansion

There's been a lot of talk about the latest data from Valve's latest Steam Hardware & Software survey, most of it drawing erroneous conclusions about overall market share of VR headsets while missing out on a very interesting data...

HTC Just Earmarked $100 Million to Invest in VR Content, Applications Open Today

Looking to get your VR project off the ground? HTC might be able to help. The company has just announced a $100 million fund attached to the 'Vive X' accelerator program. Announced at an HTC conference today in Beijing, Vive X...

Kat Walk VR Treadmill Kickstarter Raises $150,000

Kat Walk, the newest addition to the lineup of VR treadmills, has raised a total of $149,278, putting them well over their initial $100,000 Kickstarter funding goal. KatVR, the China based company behind the VR locomotion device, have announced that non-Kickstarter pre-orders...
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Google Announces Daydream ‘View’ VR Headset for $79

Google today unveiled its first Daydream headset called 'View', a high-quality mobile VR headset that works exclusively with Android's integrated VR support. Google announced several big hardware bits this morning at its 'Made By Google' hardware event including the Pixel and...

The First 6 Gear VR Apps & Games New Owners Should Try

Consumer VR is finally here with this week's release of the Samsung Gear VR. If you've never owned a Gear VR (there's two previous 'innovator editions' out since last year) but you've managed to get your hands on a pre-ordered...

AR Glasses Company CastAR Lands $15 Million Investment Led by Android Co-founder’s Firm

CastAR (formerly Technical Illusions) today announced a $15 million Series A fundraising round to continue development of their augmented reality glasses of the same name. The company previously raised just over $1 million on Kickstarter in late 2013. The CastAR...
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