Making ‘The Remedy’ – How A Veteran Illustrator Made one of VR’s Best Short Films With...
Perhaps no project to date shows the potential of Quill—Oculus' VR illustration and animation tool—quite like The Remedy. Created by veteran animator Daniel Martin Peixe, The Remedy is a roughly 10 minute long story which establishes a very effective comic book-like...
LYNX Founder Details Headset’s Unique Optics, Pre-orders Available Now
Startup LYNX revealed the R-1 earlier this week, a standalone MR headset with a unique optical design. Speaking at a conference on Monday, the company's founder shared more about the headset and it hopes to achieve with its novel...
Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 Now Available for Direct Developer Purchase
Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2, the company's most recent smartglasses (or rather smartglass), was only available to partner companies when it launched in May 2019. Now Google is allowing its third-party hardware vendors to sell the headset direct to...
Sony to Close First-party Manchester Studio Making ‘AAA’ PSVR Games
Sony is closing its Manchester, UK-based studio, the very same that was opened in 2015 to produce 'AAA' PSVR exclusives.
While no games came from Manchester Studio throughout its five-year existence, it's clear the team was working on VR up until...
VR Headset Growth on Steam Takes Its Biggest Leap Yet, Led by Rift S
It appears that the 2019 holiday shopping season may have been the best ever for PC VR headsets. The latest data released this week from Valve shows VR on Steam making its single biggest leap yet, on a path...
Samsung XR and EarthX Debut Environmentally-focused 360 Short Films
Samsung and EarthX have debuted a dozen immersive short films on the Samsung XR video platform from environmentally-focused filmmakers, with more to come.
Samsung XR is Samsung's immersive video platform, and home to more than 10,000 videos. This week the platform...
‘Firewall Zero Hour’ Comes to PS Plus Members for Free Starting Today, ‘Black Dawn’ Update Now...
Firewall Zero Hour (2018), the tactical team shooter for PSVR, is headed to PS Plus members for free starting today, February 4th.
Update (February 4th, 2020): Firewall Zero Hour is now free for PS Plus members who download the game...
Canon Unveils Enterprise-focused AR Headset ‘MREAL Display MD-20’
Japanese tech giant Canon today unveiled its next enterprise-focused AR headset which aims to replace its MREAL Display MD-10, which the company launched in Japan in mid-2016 for the astounding price tag of ¥9 million (~$82,300).
The PC-tethered AR headset,...
LYNX Reveals Standalone MR Headset with Snapdragon XR2, Eye-tracking, & Novel Optics
French startup LYNX today revealed the R-1, a standalone VR headset built for pass-through AR and powered by Qualcomm's new Snapdragon XR2 chip. The enterprise-focused headset uses a novel lens design which makes it compact.
Lynx is a new player...
‘Astro Bot’ Director Nicolas Doucet Takes Over as Head of Sony’s JAPAN Studio
Nicolas Doucet, the Creative Director and Producer behind PSVR exclusive ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission (2018), has been promoted to Director of Sony Interactive Entertainment's JAPAN Studio.
As first reported by Gematsu, Doucet is said to continue his work as a creative director...















