‘Dino Frontier’ Launch Date and Gameplay Trailer Revealed
Uber Entertainment’s ‘second generation’ made-for-VR game Dino Frontier launches on August 1st for PSVR. Detailed in a new post on the PlayStation Blog, the game will be available digitally for $29.99, with a 20% pre-order discount for PlayStation Plus...
Report: Facebook to Ship a $200 Standalone Mobile VR Headset in 2018
According to a report by Bloomberg, Facebook is working on a wireless, standalone VR headset said to target the $200 price range. Citing "people familiar with its development," the report reveals the Oculus-branded headset, code named 'Pacific', will ship sometime next year.
The headset...
See Every Vive Demo in Action at Bandai Namco’s VR ZONE
Bandai Namco announced last month that the company would be opening its first VR ZONE arcade in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Promising branded VR content playing on HTC Vive, the now publicly open arcade features some big names like Nintendo's Mario Kart Arcade GP VR,...
Unity’s Main Branch Now Supports NVIDIA VRWorks for Enhanced Rendering Features
The latest release of Unity, version 2017.1 now officially supports NVIDIA's VRWorks rendering tech. VRWorks contains a number of rendering features unique to the company's GPUs which are designed to improve performance in VR applications.
Update (7/13/17): After several months...
Facebook Spaces Now Lets You Broadcast Live from VR to Any Facebook-capable Device
Facebook today announced their Oculus Rift app Spaces is getting an extra feature, bringing it closer in functionality to the rest of Facebook's near ubiquitous platform—of course with a few extra 'VR perks'. Starting today, Facebook is letting Rift owners...
‘Mage’s Tale’ Studio inXile Entertainment Raises $4.5M Investment, Open World VR RPG on Horizon
inXile Entertainment, the studio behind The Bard's Tale franchise including VR dungeon crawler The Mage's Tale (2017), today announced they've raised a combined investment of $4.5M intended for equity in the company and as funds to develop an unannounced open world survival RPG VR game.
Investment...
‘Dragon Ball Z VR’ in Action, Go Super Saiyan in Bandai Namco’s VR ZONE
There's some weird and wild things showcasing at Bandai Namco's VR Arcade VR Zone in Shinjuku, Tokyo. To get a better look, Japan-based YouTube channel VJump goes hands-on with Dragon Ball Z VR, giving us a peek into the 40,000 square feet, 2-floor VR arcade and showing just...
GoPro Ships First ‘Fusion’ 360 Cameras to 10 Select Broadcasters
GoPro's first batch of Fusion 360 cameras is now headed to some big brands, agencies and content creators as part of a pilot program to help source initial content partners.
GoPro started taking applications in April. Picking from a pool of more...
Disney Invests in VR Arcade The VOID, Epic Games in 2017 Accelerator
The Walt Disney Company has announced participants in its 2017 incubator Disney Accelerator, a program intended for early and venture-backed tech startups working in media and entertainment. Among the 11 picked for the company's 2017 Accelerator is location-based VR arcade The Void and Unreal...
Video Gives Us a Peek Into the Future of How AR and VR Will Work Together
We're all waiting for the day when you can put on a singular, tether-free headset and experience all the 'R's that VR/AR/MR have to offer—and NormalVR, a "small but focused" group of passionate immersive media creators just gave us a peek...
