StarVR Teases New Version of Its High-end VR Headset to be Revealed Next Week
StarVR, creator of a high-end VR headset for out-of-home use, is teasing something new to be revealed next week at SIGGRAPH 2018.
Magic Leap Reveals Five First-party Apps for Its AR Headset
Alongside today’s Magic Leap One launch, the company has revealed five applications destined for the AR headset made by Magic Leap Studio’s, the company’s internal development team.
Magic Leap Launches Creator Edition Headset Priced at $2,300
Magic Leap today launched their long-teased AR headset, the Magic Leap One Creator Edition, a developer-focused device priced at $2,300.
Major Magic Leap Tease Suggests Launch Could Come as Early as Today
Magic Leap’s teasing could finally come to an end today as the company prepares to launch its first AR headset dubbed the Magic Leap One. The official Magic Leap website has been entirely overtaken with a rocketship that’s ready to blast off, as the company’s CEO drops further hints on Twitter.
Oculus Removes Handful of Fake Game Reviews, Says They’re Uncommon
After a handful of seemingly fake reviews were spotted on a game in the Oculus Store, the company says the offending reviews were removed, and further claims that fake reviews on the platform are few and far between.
‘Electronauts’ Review – Unlock Your Inner Groove
Electronauts sits at an interesting intersection somewhere between game, experience, and tool. Your experience with Electronauts then may vary depending upon what you hope to achieve with it. If you’re anything like me—someone who can fall deep into music, but isn’t musically trained—you’ll find a totally unique and approachable platform for expressing your inner groove.
How VR’s Next Generation Shows Key Signs of a Maturing Market
VR feels like it’s simultaneously moving fast and slow. It’s been two years and four months since the leading PC VR headsets, the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, hit shelves. The leading high-end headset overall, PSVR, has only been around for one year and nine months. That’s a significant amount of time for individual products, but just a blip in the context of the formation of a brand new ecosystem and medium. Looking forward to the next generation of VR, advancements in specs and experience are not the only improvement; the industry as a whole is becoming more cohesive, which will ultimately benefit everyone involved. Here’s how.
HTC Experiments With 16 Base Stations Linked for Connected Multi-room Tracking
HTC has been experimenting with some new features in a recent SteamVR beta update which allows up to 16 SteamVR Tracking 2.0 base stations to be linked together to form a continuous tracking volume.
Oculus Confirms Four VR eSports Tournament Finals Coming to Oculus Connect 5
Oculus has confirmed that a number of VR eSports tournament finals are officially headed to Oculus Connect 5, the company’s annual developer conference.
Event Planning Platform AllSeated Launches New VR Visualization Tool
AllSeated, an event planning and coordination platform, has launched a new VR tool which allows for one to one visualization of floorplans and venues for high end event planning.
Immersive Education with Google Expeditions, AR, & Virtual Tours
Google’s mission statement is to “organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful,” and so it’s a natural fit that they’d be a leader in creating educational experiences for AR & VR. Google Expeditions continues to grow its library with 800 new expeditions where they have brought it to 3 million students with their Google Expeditions Pioneer program.
PlayStation August Sale Offers Big Discounts on Top PSVR Titles, PS Plus Members Get up to 60% Off
Sony’s August sale is here, offering big discounts on many top PSVR titles. If you’re a PS Plus member though, you’ll be able to score more than half-off on a majority of the games on offer.
Latest Steam VR Headset Marketshare Data Stable Among Vive, Rift, & WVR
Valve’s latest monthly Steam Hardware & Software survey is available. While the last few months have seen ups and downs, July turned out to be a surprisingly stable month for all the headsets on the map.
PSVR Horror Adventure ‘Here They Lie’ Coming to PS Plus Members for Free This Month
Here They Lie (2016), a horror adventure from Tangentlemen, is coming to PS Plus members for free this month.
Pico Raises $24M Series A Funding, Goblin 2 Standalone Headset Announced
Pico Interactive, the Beijing-based standalone VR headset manufacturer, successfully completed a ¥167.5 million RMB (~$24.7 million) Series A funding round. To accompany the news, Pico also announced their second iteration of their Goblin standalone headset, dubbed G2.
