‘Bigscreen’s’ New “Big Rooms” Support up to 12 Users, Update Overhauls Performance
Bigscreen, the social VR app that lets you mirror your desktop monitor in virtual reality, and share it with friends, has received a new update which adds three new "Big Room" environments which support up to 12 players simultaneously...
VR-based Vision Therapy ‘Vivid Vision’ Expands into Europe with CE Mark, Asia Next
VR-based vision therapy company Vivid Vision announced today that it has secured the EU's regulatory CE Mark, which certifies that the product conforms to the region's relevant health, safety, and environmental protection standards. Following the certification, the company is...
‘Brass Tactics Arena’ Available Today on Rift – a Free Taste of the Upcoming VR RTS
Brass Tactics Arena is the free version of the upcoming real-time strategy game Brass Tactics from Hidden Path Entertainment, the studio behind the Defense Grid franchise and Age of Empires II HD (2013). Available today on Oculus Home for free, BT Arena is...
‘Sin City’ Director Robert Rodriquez to Debut VR Action Series ‘The Limit’ This Summer
Robert Rodriguez, the director of films such as Sin City (2005), Planet Terror (2007), and the Spy Kids franchise, just wrapped production on a newly announced VR action series with The Fast and the Furious franchise actress Michelle Rodriguez. Called The Limit, the...
Gree VR Capital Completes First $18M VR/AR Fund, Changes Name to GFR Fund
GREE VR Capital, the investment firm backing startups such as VRChat, TheWaveVR, and Littlstar, today announced the completion of its first immersive media fund, totaling $18.3 million in allocated funds. Previously called GVR Fund, the company is now changing its name...
‘Sword Art Online’ to get Netflix Live Action Treatment From ‘Altered Carbon’ Creator
As Netflix's onslaught of original programming continues, one of the next targets in its sights is the popular VR-themed anime Sword Art Online. Altered Carbon creator Laeta Kalogridis has confirmed her involvement as executive producer on the project.
Speaking recently with Collider, Laeta...
Microsoft Expands HoloLens Availability, Hard Hat Option Coming Soon
Despite HoloLens being now almost two years old, Microsoft isn't showing any signs of slowing down its plans for the AR headset. Today the company announced that the device is available in two more markets, with rental options rolling...
BBC Brings VR Nature Experience ‘BBC Earth: Life in VR’ to Daydream
BBC Worldwide and Google have partnered to bring a new BBC Earth VR experience to Daydream. Dubbed BBC Earth: Life in VR, the computer generated experience takes the user to the Californian coast, and the bustling underwater world filled with sea life nearby.
Production studio Preloaded says that...
Hasbro Jumps Into AR With Iron Man Hero Vision Toy
We've heard it numerous times before from augmented reality startups: "it'll turn you into a real life Iron Man!" Now Hasbro is taking the sentiment to heart with their upcoming AR toy which gives you an Iron Man mask, VR-style headset, AR markers, and a...
Magic Leap to Partner with NBA to Bring Basketball to AR, Shaq’s Massive Head Fits in...
Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz took the stage at the Code Media conference last night to talk a little bit more about the company's upcoming AR headset, Magic Leap One. While we now know the headset will probably cost the...















