ILMxLab’s John Gaeta Joins Magic Leap as Senior VP of Creative Strategy

John Gaeta, known for his work as visual effects supervisor on The Matrix trilogy and for launching Lucasfilm's immersive media branch ILMxLab, is joining the mysterious augmented reality start-up Magic Leap. As reported by The Verge, Gaeta says he's joined Magic Leap as Senior Vice...

Pimax “8K” Surpasses Oculus Rift as Top VR Headset Kickstarter Project, $2.45M Raised So Far

Pimax, the company aiming to deliver three flavors of its high field of view (FOV) headset via their Kickstarter, have recently blasted past the $2 million funding mark. With only a week left in the crowdfunding campaign and now...

Future of Invasive Neural Interfaces & Uploading Consciousness with Ramez Naam

Ramez Naam is the author of The Nexus Trilogy sci-fi novels, which explores the moral and sociological implications of technology that can directly interface with the brain. He gave the keynote at the Experiential Technology Conference in March exploring...

Steam Halloween Sale Brings Discounts to 20 Spooky VR Titles Through November 1st

Looking to get scared in VR this Halloween season? Steam's Halloween sale runs through November 1st, bringing discounts to fright-themed VR titles. Leading the VR portion of the Steam Halloween sale is the fan-favorite zombie shooter Arizona Sunshine, on sale for...

Update: ‘SUPERHOT VR’ Won’t Be Getting Long-Awaited DLC Planned for PC, Now on Sale 25% Off

One of our favorite VR titles, SUPERHOT VR, won't be getting that additional DLC we reported on in a previous version of this article announcing the supposed update. Despite this, if the game has been on your list, now might be a good...
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Exclusive: Inside HTC’s Beautiful New SteamVR Home Environment, ‘Driftwood’

Today HTC Creative Labs is debuting a beautiful new SteamVR Home environment—the hub space for when players aren't inside any VR apps—called Driftwood. The environment takes players virtually outside on a beachfront wilderness inspired by the United State's Pacific...

Survival-Exploration Game ‘Space Pirates and Zombies 2’ Launches Out of Steam Early Access November 7th

Space Pirates and Zombies 2, a single player, space-based survival-exploration game from indie studio MinMax Games, is officially heading out of its year and a half-long stint in Steam Early Access on November 7th, including its fully featured VR port that supports the...

Unreal Engine 4.18 Update Brings Native Support for ARKit and ARCore, SteamVR Support for Mac

Epic Game's Unreal Engine is making it easier to create for augmented reality in the newest 4.18 update, now including official support for Apple's ARKit and Google's ARCore software dev kits, and support for SteamVR on Mac. 'Production-ready' support for...
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Coatsink Introduces You to the Voices Behind ‘Augmented Empire’ in New Mini-Documentary

Augmented Empire (2017), Coatsink’s cyberpunk RPG, launched earlier this summer exclusively on Samsung Gear VR. Now the studio, which is also known for the Esper puzzle game series, has released a mini-documentary featuring its cast of high-caliber voice actors, including Kate Mulgrew,...

Easily Browse Oculus Store Sales and Free Games With ‘Oculus Store Spoofer’

When games insufficiently deliver on critical features, modders tend to fill in the gaps with their own solutions—part and parcel of the gaming world. Doing exactly that, but for the Oculus Store, a third-party website finally lets you filter the...