VIVE X Startup Mindesk Secures $900K to Create VR Multiuser Design Software
Mindesk, a startup developing a platform for real-time CAD collaboration in AR/VR, today announced a $900,000 seed round from HTC Vive, Barcamper Ventures, A11 Venture and Invitalia Ventures.
The company joined VIVE X, HTC's global VR/AR accelerator program, for its...
Report: Apple AR Headset Could Rely on iPhone for Rendering & Connectivity
Several reports over the past two years have suggested Apple is getting ready to manufacture an AR headset, and possibly ship it sometime in 2020—something that's so far unsubstantiated by the company itself. Now highly respected industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, someone...
Valve Psychologist to Explore Brain-Computer Interface Research at GDC
At GDC 2019 later this month, Valve's Principal Experimental Psychologist, Mike Ambinder will present the latest research pertaining to brain-computer interfaces—using signals from the brain as computer input. Ambinder says that BCI is still "speculative technology," but could play...
Tactical Haptics to Bring ‘Production-Ready’ Haptic VR Controllers to GDC 2019
Tactical Haptics has been working on a unique haptic controller design since its founding in 2013. While we've seen a number of prototypes over the years, the company is getting ready to show what it calls a "production-ready" version...
‘Borderlands 2 VR’ Gets PS Aim Support & Improved Shooting for All Controllers
Borderlands 2 VR (2018) launched on PSVR late last year with support for DualShock 4 and PS Move, and while it also seemed to be a perfect fit for the platform's dedicated gun controller, PS Aim, users just had...
Valve Laid Off Contractors and 13 Employees, Some Working on VR
Valve today confirmed that the company laid off 13 full-time employees and an unspecified number of contractors. The layoffs are believed to have largely impacted the company's VR hardware group.
Following news that some employees had been laid off at...
Vive Studios & Vertigo Games Announce VR Card Battle Game ‘Skyworld: Kingdom Brawl’
Vertigo Games, the studio behind Arizona Sunshine (2016) and Skyworld (2017), have teamed up with Vive Studios to create a new VR card-battler dubbed Skyworld: Kingdom Brawl.
The studios say the game will be available on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows VR...
Oculus Rift is Out of Stock All Over the Web, Suggesting ‘Rift S’ is Near
It seems one of two things is happening at the moment: either Oculus Rift has been selling like hotcakes and going out of stock simultaneously all over the Internet, or the company is tuning down production for some unknown...
PSVR MOBA ‘Megalith’ Free Demo Lets You Migrate Progress to Full Version
Megalith (2018), the first-person PSVR battle arena from Disruptive Games, now boasts a free demo that gives you a good chance to try out all of the game's Titans before plonking down the cash for the full game.
In Megalith you...
Nintendo Jumps into VR (Again) With Switch VR ‘Labo’ Kit Coming in April
Nintendo is bringing VR to Switch in the form of its latest 'Labo' kit which aims to "combine the innovative physical and digital gameplay of Nintendo Labo with basic VR technology to create a simple and shareable virtual reality...
