The Key Technology Behind Varjo’s High-res ‘Bionic Display’ Headset
Varjo is a relatively new name to the VR scene, but the company is certainly making a buzz, having quickly raised some $15 million in venture capital touting the promise of delivering a VR headset achieving retina resolution at...
Lytro Picks up Limitless Team to Build Tools to Work With Light-fields in Game Engines
Limitless, a company developing content and tools for creating cinematic VR experiences, has joined Lytro to build out tools for combining light-fields and real-time rendering directly in game engines.
As we noted recently, Lytro is positioning its light-field tech as...
Sixense Still Struggling With Manufacturing for Years-delayed VR Controller Kickstarter
Breaking six months of silence since their last update, Sixense, the company behind the much-belated positionally tracked controller system STEM, recently detailed "one last issue that needs to be addressed" before the company can start shipping to Kickstarter backers.
With...
Oculus-funded VR Experience ‘SPHERES’ Sold at Sundance in “Seven-Figure Deal”
SPHERES, a three-chapter space experience from Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa Pictures, was just bought by VR finance and distribution firm CityLights in what Variety describes as a "seven-figure deal."
While the respective companies are remaining mum on the exact price of the acquisition,...
Pimax “8K” Headset Kickstarter Deliveries Delayed to Q2
Following their appearance with a new "8K" prototype at CES 2018, Pimax's latest update says that backers won't see their finished headsets until Q2, delaying the initially expected delivery date by several months.
Pimax ran an awfully successful Kickstarter for...
GDC 2018 Survey: 33% of Game Devs Are More Interested in VR Than Any Other Platform
Ahead of the 2018 Game Developers Conference in March, the organizer, UBM, has released their sixth annual State of the Game Industry survey, offering insight into the thoughts of some 4,000 game developers. While many developers may not be...
Gear VR Space Dogfighter ‘End Space’ to Arrive on Rift Tomorrow, Vive Support in February
Orange Bridge Studios today announced that End Space (2017), the single-player space dogfighter for Gear VR, is headed to Oculus Rift January 25th. The Steam version for HTC Vive and Rift is slated to arrive sometime next month.
Orange Bridge says the Rift and Vive version will...
U.S. Olympic Athletes Are Using Virtual Reality to Train for Events
U.S. Ski & Snowboard Association, the national governing body for Olympic skiing and snowboarding, announced a partnership with Menlo Park-based STRIVR Labs to use VR to help prepare for and recover from World Cup and Olympic events.
According to the association, both 360 video...
$50,000 Up for Grabs in Viveport Developer Awards, Submissions Now Open
Last year marked HTC's very first Vive Developer Awards (VDAs), which saw tens of thousands of dollars go to VR app developers across a number of categories. Now, submissions for this year's VDAs are open, spanning more categories than last year, including...
New Official Dev Tool Tests VR Apps Against Oculus Platform Guidelines Before Submission
Up until now, developers wishing to get their VR app on the Oculus Store had to submit to a manual review process by which their game or experience was washed through two stages; a tech review to see if...
