NVIDIA ‘Holodeck’ Collaborative VR Design Tool Opens Applications for Early Access
At today’s GTC Europe conference in Munich, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced an Early Access program for Holodeck, their photorealistic, collaborative VR viewer. Described as the “design lab of the future”, Nvidia Holodeck aims to provide a highly immersive...
HTC Applies for ‘Vive Eclipse’ Trademark in New Zealand
HTC may have more than one new headset in sight than we initially thought when it registered the name 'Vive Focus' in the EU and US. It came to light via the Dutch publication Lets Go Digital that HTC has also applied...
‘Bigscreen’ Raises $11 Million Series A Funding to Grow, Improve & Expand Services to More AR/VR...
The team behind Bigscreen, the app that lets you view and share your desktop in social VR, today announced they've raised $11 million in Series A financing. The funding round, which comes only a year after their initial $3 million...
Oculus Open-sources Rift DK2: Schematics, Firmware, and More All Freely Available
Following the open-sourcing of the Rift DK1 plans back in 2014, Oculus today released the recipe for the Rift DK2, the company's second development kit headset released in 2014. Under an open-source license, anyone can now freely download the blueprints...
‘ARKTIKA.1’ Review – A Gorgeous VR Shooter, Plain and Simple
Arktika.1 is a first-person VR shooter that makes more than a few smart choices in its design, something that may have you thinking twice before dismissing its admittedly limited node-based teleportation style lock, stock, and barrel (holographic sight and flashlight too)....
‘ARKTIKA.1’ Behind-the-scenes – Insights & Artwork from 4A Games
ARKTIKA.1, now in development for more than two years, is shaping up to be a gritty VR shooter with a AAA look and feel. Ahead of the game's launch on the Oculus Rift we spoke with the game's executive...
‘Scorn – Part 1 of 2: Dasein’ Kickstarter Reaches VR Stretch Goal with Few Hours Remaining
Scorn - Part 1 of 2: Dasein, the crowdfunded first-person horror game, just passed the €175,000 mark with only a few remaining hours in its Kickstarter campaign, meaning the developers will be including "an immersive VR level for the ultimate experience...
The 5 Best VR Racing Sims for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive
As one of the first game genres to embrace VR, sim racing has successfully transitioned from the ‘very early adopter’ stage (using Oculus development kits) to the ‘early adopter’ stage (the first-generation consumer headsets). Now that the majority of...
‘The Amazing World of Gumball’ Steps into Your Living Room with ARKit Prototype
Now that iOS 11 has officially rolled out and anyone with a recent Apple device has access to augmented reality applications, the massive install base means developers can start appealing to all sorts of people, including those miniature ones that make a...
Google Offering $40 Game Bundle With New Daydream View Headset
From now until the end of 2017, Google is offering a game bundle worth $40 with every Daydream View purchase, which includes some of the platform’s best titles. Google’s updated VR headset was announced this week alongside their Pixel...
