HTC Leads $4M Series A Investment in Social VR Platform ‘VRChat’
VRChat, one of the earliest social VR apps, announced that they've completed a $4 million Series A investment round lead by HTC's Vive group. Joining HTC are venture capital firms Brightstone VC, GVR Fund and Rothenberg Ventures.
The Series A funding round...
Intel Scraps Plans to Launch Project Alloy Reference Headset, Pursuing Other VR R&D
Intel is scrapping plans to launch the Project Alloy headset as an open reference design, citing lack of partner interest.
Intel revealed Project Alloy, an x86-based standalone VR headset, back in mid-2016, saying at the time that they'd be launching...
‘Facebook Spaces’ Gets Major Functionality Boost Now With PC Desktop Sharing
Facebook Spaces, the company's experiment into social VR, launched to much fanfare back in April. Following a string of updates, the app now supports PC desktop sharing, allowing friends to stream any content from their computer, opening up a...
Oculus Details New Functionality in Audio SDK – Near-field 3D Audio and Volumetric Sound Sources
In a new series of articles on the official Oculus Developer Blog, the company is offering an overview of additions to the Oculus Audio SDK, specifically new techniques for near-field 3D audio and volumetric sound source rendering. These articles...
2013-era Crowdfunded VR Puzzle-Adventure ‘XING: The Land Beyond’ Finally Launches Today
XING: The Land Beyond (2017), a puzzle-adventure from White Lotus Interactive, is set to ship today—a good 4 years after they initially launched their Kickstarter and successfully stretch-goaled their way to include Oculus Rift support.
Of course, back then the team was targeting the...
HTC Partners to Stream VR Games to Vive in China, Cutting VR-Ready PCs Out of the...
Oculus and HTC have already reduced the prices of their respective headsets, with the Oculus Rift now selling for $500 and HTC Vive for $600. While graphically-capable PCs are cheaper than ever thanks to new GPUs and software optimizations,...
8 Cool AR Apps to Try Now That Apple iOS 11 is Here
Apple's newest iteration of the iOS mobile operating system is here, and with it comes the ability to turn your iOS 11 compatible device into an honest-to-goodness augmented reality viewer. Thanks to a few months of lead time with...
Promising Intel Proof of Concept Shows SteamVR Game Streaming to Smartphone Over WiFi
Intel is exploring an interesting approach to making VR less expensive and more accessible. The company's so-called 'Portal Ridge' system streams SteamVR content to a smartphone-based headset over WiFi while using the Vive Tracker and controllers for tracking of...
Google Buys HTC Talent & IP for $1.1 Billion, Cash to Support HTC’s Focus on Smartphones,...
Following recent reports of an impending deal with Google to save HTC's struggling business, news broke late Wednesday evening that the companies reached an agreement resulting in a $1.1 billion cash infusion for HTC.
Update (9/21/17): Google's $1.1 billion will buy...
‘OpenVR Recorder’ is a Powerful Tool for Capturing Tracking and Input Data
Jasper Brekelmans, a Netherlands-based 3D tech artist, has recently released a motion capture tool offering an easy way to record OpenVR tracking data from headsets, motion controllers and Vive Trackers for both Vive and Rift setups. Called OpenVR Recorder, the data...
