Virtualitics Closes $7M Series B Round to Further Develop VR/AR Data Visualization Platform
Virtualitics, a big data visualization and analytics company, announced the successful close of a $7 million Series B round of equity funding led by investment group Centricus, and participated by existing investor the Venture Reality Fund (‘The VR Fund’) and...
Owlchemy Labs’ New VR Game ‘Vacation Simulator’ is Headed to GDC
Owlchemy Labs, creators of Job Simulator (2016) and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (2017) tonight announced their latest VR title, Vacation Simulator.
Update (3/5/18): Owlchemy Labs has confirmed that it'll be bringing Vacation Simulator to GDC 2018 later this month where the studio will...
Exploring Near-Future Moral Quandaries with INVAR Studios
Rose Colored by INVAR Studios & Adam Cosco won the award for best live-acton VR experience at the Advanced Imaging Society's Lumiere Awards on February 12th. I previously interviewed Cosco at VRLA last year, and I had a chance...
Hardware Developers Are Now Receiving SteamVR 2.0 Base Stations
It was only a few weeks ago that we saw our first SteamVR 2.0 base station in the wild, shown off at this year's CES working with Vive Pro, HTC's upcoming high-resolution VR headset. Now, it appears some developers...
‘Ready Player One’ is Getting a Massive SXSW Event Powered by HTC Vive
Steven Spielberg's upcoming film Ready Player One—based on Ernest Cline's eponymous New York Times Bestseller—is getting plenty of buzz at South by Southwest (SXSW) this year ahead of the film's March 29th release. According to Warner Bros., SXSW attendees...
‘Rec Room’ Gets New ‘Isle of Lost Skulls’ Quest Alongside Substantial Update
Rec Room (2016), the social VR app from Against Gravity, now has a brand new Quest (a four player co-operative mission) alongside a number of other improvements thanks to a new update.
Update (3/2/18): It might not be Sea of Thieves...
Creators of ‘Myst’ & ‘Obduction’ Announce VR Steampunk Adventure ‘Firmament’
Cyan, the studio behind Myst (1993) and Obduction (2017), announced they're working on a new steampunk adventure game called Firmament.
The studio is keeping specifics under wraps for now, including target headset, launch date, etc. Cyan calls it a "resplendent, magical, journey...
Oculus Rift Surpasses HTC Vive in Steam Majority Market Share for the First Time
According to Valve's February Steam hardware and software survey, the Oculus Rift is now the most used VR headset on the Steam platform, taking the market share of VR headsets on Steam with a near 2% lead over its competitor HTC...
Facebook VP Teases Company’s ‘biggest AR/VR news to date’ Coming to F8 Conference
Facebook's annual developer conference, F8, won't be here until May, but with registration opening today, Facebook and Oculus is teasing some exciting AR and VR news to come.
Update (2/28/18): Algonside Oculus head Hugo Barra's tease about AR/VR news to...
Volkswagen Group to Train 10,000 Employees in VR This Year
Volkswagen Group and VR studio Innoactive revealed the global, multi-brand automotive company is planning to train 10,000 employees this year alone using virtual reality.
Volkswagen Group first deployed its Volkswagen Digital Reality Hub Group last year, a VR platform designed to help the company’s employees...















