Oculus Sends 5 VR Experiences to Sundance 2018
The Sundance Film Festival just kicked off in Park City, Utah, and Oculus announced in a blogpost they're debuting five experiences at the New Frontier section of Sundance—all of which they helped bring to life.
Sundance's New Frontier hosts a curated selection of...
Dell Partners With Meta to Sell Meta 2 AR Dev Kit in February
Dell and AR headset manufacturer Meta announced a new partnership, allowing Dell to be the first third-party seller of the Meta 2 Augmented Reality Development Kit. Dell says that through the partnership, they'll also be able to provide both the...
Investors Poured a Record $2 Billion into VR/AR in 2017, But Early Stage Funding Slowed
In 2017, venture funding of VR/AR companies reached at least $1.9B, ending slightly above 2016. The total number of companies raising venture capital during 2017 outpaced 2016, but the average deal size declined sharply by 35%, according to Greenlight...
‘Oculus Start’ Program Aims to Help Indies Jump into VR Development
Providing “access, support, and savings” to qualifying indie developers, the new Oculus Start program hopes to encourage and enable the development of great apps from those just getting started in VR. The program, which was introduced in a brief...
Play ‘From Other Suns’ Co-op Sci-fi Adventure Game for Free This Weekend
Gunfire Games’ most recent release, the space adventure game From Other Suns (2017), is playable for free this weekend. The game is exclusive to the Oculus platform and designed “from the ground up” for the Touch controllers, coming from...
Oculus Fixes a Few Serious Annoyances With Its Latest Update to Rift Core 2.0 Beta
Already in the wild for over a month now, Rift Core 2.0 Beta has seen its first substantial update since launch. The January update addresses performance and general ease-of-use of Home and Dash, but more importantly provides solutions to some rather niggling issues.
Considered a major overhaul...
‘VRChat’ Reaches 2 Million Installs, Doubling in the Last Ten Days
VRChat, the social chatroom for VR and non-VR users, is doing booming business. According to SteamSpy, the app has seen a mind-boggling 1 million fresh installs in only the last 10 days, putting it currently at 2 million installs in total.
Update (01/19/18): SteamSpy reports...
WePlayVR is a Modular VR Attraction in-a-box Made for Family Venues
AI Solve is creating a modular VR attraction that's designed as a low-cost pathway for family entertainment centers to bring VR experiences to their customers. With everything in the box, including a VR headset, backpack PC, bespoke experiences, and...
Oculus Story Studio Alumni Form New Studio to Push Boundaries of VR Storytelling & Affordability
Oculus Story Studio, the company's internal production studio tasked with creating ridiculously polished cinematic experiences, first announced they'd be winding down production last summer. Now officially defunct, studio alumni are heading off on their own to form a new firm dubbed...
Update: Official ‘Jumanji’ VR Experience Appears on Steam
Jumanji: The VR Adventure is an official VR experience created by Sony Pictures Virtual Reality and MWM Immersive (formerly Reality One). Initially shown at VRX Networks kiosks across the US and UK in tandem with the release of the 2017 franchise reboot film starring...













