World’s Largest Cinema Chain, AMC, Leads $30M Investment to Bring VR to Movie Theaters

AMC Theaters, the largest cinema chain worldwide, and largest in the United States, has announced a strategic investment in Dreamscape Immersive, a firm developing multi-user out-of-home VR attractions. AMC is leading a $20 million investment in the company—aimed at...

Hands-on: ‘From Other Suns’ Open Beta

Gunfire Games' newest Oculus Rift title, From Other Suns, is currently in open beta until October 1st. Drawing major influence from the popular sci-fi rogue-like FTL: Faster Than Light (2012) and various first-person shooters, From Other Suns sets you and your crew (AI or...

‘Bigscreen’ Update Brings Big Ease-of-use Improvements, Better Avatars

Bigscreen is a social VR app which lets VR users bring their PC desktops into virtual reality, as if sitting at their computer next to friends or co-workers. Users inside of Bigscreen can see each other’s desktops which means...

Varjo Raises $8.2M Investment to Further Develop “Human Eye-resolution” Headsets

Varjo Technologies, a Helsinki-based startup known for its 'human eye-resolution' display intended for VR headets, today announced it's closed an $8.2M Series A funding round that aims to support the upcoming launch of Varjo-branded enterprise VR/AR/XR products. The Series A was lead by European...

The 3 Biggest Challenges Facing Augmented Reality Today

With the hype surrounding Apple and Google's (admittedly very cool) AR tracking tech now in the hands of tens of millions of developers and users, you might be tempted to think that immersive augmented reality experiences—delivering the promise of...
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Co-op Sci-fi VR Shooter ‘From Other Suns’ Open Beta Weekend Begins

The free open beta of From Other Suns, the multiplayer shooter from Gunfire Games, has arrived. You've got the entire weekend to test this interesting co-op space-faring action-adventure game. Update (9/29/17): The From Other Suns open beta weekend is here. Have at it! Oculus...

‘The Gallery: Heart of the Emberstone’ Coming to PSVR, Ep. 1 Under Consideration

As VR gamers on PC look forward to the release of The Gallery – Episode 2: Heart of the Emberstone, launching October 18th, PSVR should be excited too; developer Cloudhead Games is working on a PSVR version of Heart of...

TRIPP Raises $4 Million to Develop ‘Mood Altering’ VR Experiences

Los Angeles-based VR software development company TRIPP has announced a $4 million Series A round investment lead by venture capital firm Mayfield. TRIPP describe themselves as “mood architects”, aiming to create VR software that improves mindfulness. Many types of VR...

‘Rec Room’ is Coming Soon to PSVR, Applications for Beta Testing Now Open

Rec Room (2016), the popular social VR app for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, is coming soon to PlayStation VR. Production studio Against Gravity announced Rec Room's PSVR release via the PSVR reddit page, saying that the game is slated...

‘The Talos Principle VR’ Gets October Release Date, Croteam to Offer Discount to Owners of PC...

Croteam's The Talos Principle (2014) is making its way to headsets soon in a separate VR version, supporting HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. The studio now has a Steam page, including an October 17th launch date. And if you already own the PC version of the...