VR Interface Design Contest with $10,000 in Cash Prizes Launched by Purple Pill
Immersive content agency Purple Pill has announced a VR interface design competition and is offering $10,000 in cash prizes to those who create the best virtual reality interfaces.
From gaze-based interaction modalities to laser pointer menus to skeuomorphic knobs and...
‘Sansar’ Will Open to All in First Half of 2017 with a New Approach to Virtual Worlds
Sansar, a virtual world platform from the creators of Second Life, will open its doors to everyone in the first half of 2017. Developer Linden Lab explains their new approach to virtual worlds, and the many ways they plan...
Hands-on: PiMAX’s 8K Headset Proves that High FOV VR is Coming
Frank He goes hands on with PiMAX's ludicrously high-spec 8k, 200 degree FOV prototype at CES and find the company has some innovative solutions to some of the substantial challenges driving a headset like this poses.
While there were many...
VR as the Most Powerful Surveillance Technology or Last Bastion of Privacy? It’s up to Us.
Virtual reality has the potential to enable so many amazing utopian futures, but it also has the potential to become one of the most intimate surveillance technologies that could create a Big Brother dystopia of political and economic control....
Qualcomm’s New Mobile Tech Unlocks Impressive Inside-Out Tracking
At CES 2017 Qualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon 835 processor and along with it a solid focus on the mobile VR market. We got a chance to test that new focus by going hands on with Qualcomm's latest reference hardware...
Get Free Courtside VR Seats to Spurs vs. Timberwolves NBA Game This Tuesday
Own Gear VR or Daydream View? Then you've got access to free courtside seats to this Tuesday's forthcoming Timberwolves vs. Spurs NBA game live... in VR of course.
This Tuesday, January 17th, NextVR is offering a free pass to watch...
Hands-on: Panasonic’s 220 Degree VR Headset Uses Crazy Fused Lenses and 4 Screens
At CES 2017 Panasonic showed off a new VR headset prototype with a 220 degree FOV derived from four displays and a rather unique set of lenses. I was able to try the headset myself, and while it seemed...
DiRT Rally VR is Coming Soon to PSVR
After a successful jump to virtual reality last year on Oculus Rift, developer Codemasters is bringing the VR experience to the PS4 version of DiRT Rally. It will be available as a standalone retail game or via DLC for...
Eonite Claims to Have Solved Inside-out Positional Tracking for VR and AR
Lots of companies have made this claim actually, but Eonite specifically says they have the "world’s most accurate, lowest latency, lowest power consuming software to democratize inside-out positional tracking for VR and AR."
Inside-out positional tracking—the ability to precisely determine...
Up Close With Sennheiser’s $1,700 VR Microphone
Here's a close look at Sennheiser's new AMBEO VR microphone in all its glory as demonstrated at last week's CES 2017 in Las Vegas. It's the company's first step into VR audio and it's just received wide release for a...
