‘Pokémon Go’ Studio Niantic Completes $200M Funding Round

Niantic, the developer behind Pokémon Go and the upcoming Harry Potter AR game, announced they've taken on $200 million in their Series B investment round. As reported by Tech Crunch, the Series B investment round was lead by Spark Capital in participation with Founders...
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‘Justice League’ VR Experience Comes to IMAX VR Centers Worldwide, Trailer Here

Continuing its diversification from pure, cinematic experiences, IMAX has announced that it's partnering with Warner Bros. to bring its forthcoming superhero movie franchises to virtual reality via multiplexes and it's dedicated VR centres. Update (11/26/17): First teased back earlier this...
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‘Ghost in the Shell: Arise’ PvP Shooter Comes to Bandai Namco’s VR Zone, Catch the Trailer...

Bandai Namco's Shinjuku-based VR Zone seems to have all the luck; there's Mario Kart in VR, Dragon Ball Z in VR, and now Ghost in the Shell is making its way to the giant VR arcade this December too. In a...

New ‘High Fidelity’ Partnership Makes it Easier to Host Your Own Virtual World

VR metaverse company High Fidelity recently released an update that allows users to easily deploy their own High Fidelity domains to the cloud. The project was created in collaboration with DigitalOcean, one of the largest hosting and cloud service providers in...

Check Out the Next World Record Attempt for Longest Time in VR, Live Stream Here

Michael Kantack, a developer at South Korea-based indie studio Get Off the Roof, is currently attempting to break the Guinness Record for Longest VR Marathon. Kantack intends on staying 50 hours in his HTC Vive in MakeVR (2017) working on 3D models...

Coatsink Partners with Fierce Kaiju on Secretive VR Project, Expected 2018 Release

Coatsink Software, creators of the Esper series, Augmented Empire (2017) and A Night Sky (2017), announced they're collaborating with Viral series creators Fierce Kaiju on a new VR project scheduled for release in 2018. Information is still thin on the ground about the project, with...

The Best VR Hardware Has Never Been Cheaper Than Right Now

If you're thinking of pulling the trigger on finally getting a VR system, there's no better time than now to basically get any headset currently on the market at a discounted price. Check out the deals we've found, all...

Oculus Creates Guide to Help VR Devs Make Highly Optimized Games

Oculus recently published a new guide on how to optimize VR experiences along with some of the common pitfalls for devs to watch out for when tracking down and solving VR performance issues. VR developers are obsessed with keeping their...

TPCAST Shows Off Oculus Rift Wireless Module, Due Out By Year’s End

TPCAST announced last month plans for an Oculus Rift version of their wireless module. This week at the SVVR offices in Silicon Valley, the company showed off a functional version of the module for the first time. The unit...

Indie VR MMO ‘OrbusVR’ to Launch in Early Access in December

OrbusVR, an upcoming indie VR MMO for SteamVR-compatible headsets, has seen several closed betas since it's successful Kickstarter back in March 2017, but starting December 15th the plucky quest-driven MMORPG will head into Early Access on Steam. Having garnered more than $34,000 from...