VR Headsets Based on Kopin’s 2K Display Expected by End of 2018
After we went hands-on with Kopin's prototype headset featuring their 2K VR micro display last week, people are curious to know when the screens might actually hit the market. Speaking with Kopin and manufacturing partner Goertek, the companies tell...
‘Mario Kart VR’ Blows Visitors Away at Japan’s Shinjuku VR Zone
IGN's Lucy O'Brien traveled to Japan's Shinjuku VR Zone, Bandai Namco's newly opened VR arcade featuring bespoke VR games from top properties including Dragon Ball, Gundam, Evangelion, and yes, Mario Kart.
O'Brien is seen on video describing her experience with...
HTC Vive Gets Major Price Cut, Now $600
Hot on the heels of the $400 Summer Rift sale, HTC is doing some of its own price slashing, bringing the complete Vive system down by $200 to a new permanently lowered price of $600.
VR's momentum continues as the...
‘Manifest 99’ Takes You on a Train Ride to the Afterlife, Launching on PSVR September 12th
Manifest 99, a new release coming to PSVR on September 12th, is being described as an "interactive narrative VR experience" that "straddles the line between dream and nightmare."
Manifest 99 is the first PSVR title from developer Flight School Studio (though they...
James Cameron: ‘If I wasn’t making Avatar [sequels] I would be experimenting with VR’
James Camera is one of Hollywood's most celebrated directors, best known for Titanic, and Avatar, two of the world's top grossing films. He's also been an evangelist of technological innovation in cinema production. Despite past skepticism, Cameron's latest thoughts on VR...
‘Google Earth VR’ Lets You Experience the Total Solar Eclipse Right Now
Whether or not you're in the narrow band of 'solar eclipse totality' that's making its way across the continental United States on Monday, August 21st, Google Earth VR has seen a recent update that will let you experience the rare...
Kopin’s ‘Elf’ Headset is Impressively Compact, More Than 3x the Pixels of Rift and Vive
Kopin is touting a new prototype VR headset featuring their 4K OLED 'Lightning' microdisplay that they say is made specifically for VR. At nearly half the size of other headsets, and made from lightweight materials, the device feels featherlight...
‘Rec Room’ Update Adds New Quest, ‘Curse of the Crimson Cauldron’
The impressive content of popular social VR game Rec Room has once again expanded, with this week’s update introducing a brand new Quest titled ‘Curse of the Crimson Cauldron’. Developer Against Gravity believes their third co-op VR mini-adventure is...
Merleau-Ponty’s ‘Phenomenology of Perception’ & Embodied Metaphors
I had a chance to catch up with phenomenologist Kai Riemer at SIGGRAPH where he gave his perspective on what phenomenology is and why it's holistic approach could provide some vital insights for people working in VR.
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This Impressive Short Film Was Drawn and Animated Entirely Inside of VR
As VR continues to grow, the tools of the medium continue to mature as well. In an impressive demonstration of what you can now create entirely from within VR, artist Nick Ladd has produced an impressive short film using Quill and...
