Revive Creator Joins OpenXR Initiative ‘to help create a truly open VR standard’
CrossVR's Revive, the software that allows HTC Vive users to play games from the Oculus platform, today announced it's joining one of the leading initiatives in creating an open standard for VR and AR apps and devices, otherwise known as OpenXR.
Lead...
The Guardian Launches VR-illustrated 360 Short Film ‘Sea Prayer’
Acclaimed author Khaled Hosseini’s short story inspired by Alan Kurdi—the three-year-old Syrian refugee who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea in 2015—has been illustrated using Tilt Brush for a unique 360 degree short film. Sea Prayer is the latest of...
Capturing Holocaust Testimony in VR: A Behind the Scenes Look at ‘The Last Goodbye’
One of the most emotionally-moving VR experiences that I've had in VR was bearing witness to Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter share his experiences at the Majdanek Concentration Camp in The Last Goodbye. Gutter not only provides a guided tour,...
How VR, AR, & AI Can Change Education Forever – Part 1, Today’s Problems
Education is an odd bird: we all know it could be better, while at the same time it is the best it has ever been in human history. For the last two centuries the world went through a great...
‘Sparc’ Developer CCP Games to “Talk About Additional Platform Support Later This Year”
Sparc, the virtual sport from CCP Games, launched last week as a PSVR exclusive but could be coming to more headsets in the near future.
Sparc is an intriguing 1v1 virtual sport created by CCP Games, the studio behind VR flight...
This is Your Last Chance to Buy an Oculus Rift on Sale for $400
Oculus has given the Rift & Touch their biggest discount yet: $400 to get you both the Rift headset and the Touch controllers, and a slew of bundled content. The company now confirms they'll be ending the sale on September 4th,...
‘Eternity Warriors VR’ Coming to Steam Early Access this Month
Eternity Warriors, the mobile game series, is making its way to VR soon with the aptly named Eternity Warriors VR, a first-person co-op hack-and-slash coming to Steam Early Access later this month.
The game was initially released on Viveport as a single-player demo...
‘MetaWorld’ Wants You to Buy Virtual Land for Real Money, and It’s Not Clear Why
Massive multiplayer online (MMO) games with persistent worlds and real economies like Second Life haven't reached critical mass in VR yet, although many in the community are counting the moments until they can live out their days immersed in all-encompassing virtual worlds. Enter MetaWorld, one...
Oracle is Bringing AR and VR Visualization to Its Enterprise IoT Platform
Oracle, one of the world's largest companies, announced new capabilities for their Oracle Cloud enterprise platform that's designed to give large businesses a bird's-eye view of their entire operation through comprehensive monitoring of digital and physical assets. Along with...
Rift Summer Sale Drives Record Gains, Highest Steam Market Share Yet
According to the latest figures from Valve’s Hardware & Software Survey, the Oculus Rift has set a new record for its highest historical market share on Steam, almost certainly driven by a major sale which has also brought the...
