Google’s ‘Expeditions’ Initiative is Leading Innovation in the Future of Immersive Education
Google's overarching mission is to organize all of the world's information, and so it's a natural fit for the company to be one of the leading innovators for using VR for immersive education. Google Expeditions was born out of...
How Google’s Latest VR Moves Are a Major Blow to Oculus’ Mobile Strategy
Last week at Google's I/O 2017 developer conference the company made a number of new announcements which are very exciting for VR consumers. Within the industry though, the announcements represent somewhat of a repositioning of industry players, one that...
Square Enix Launches Its First Vive-exclusive Game, ‘Kai-ri-Sei Million Arthur VR’, in Japan
Videogame publisher and developer Square Enix, famous for its Final Fantasy franchise, among others, has launched its first game for the HTC Vive, Kai-ri-Sei Million Arthur VR in Japan.
In collaboration with game developer GREE, Square Enix has published its first Vive title,...
HTC’s New ‘Link’ Mobile VR Headset is (bizarrely) Not Part of the Vive Brand
In a curious move, HTC has revealed a new mobile VR headset called Link that is not part of the company's Vive brand. The move comes just a week after the company announced a mobile standalone Vive headset in...
Best Steering Wheel & Pedals for Newcomers to VR Sim Racing
Haptic feedback is one of the toughest challenges for general-purpose VR input, but for the driving simulation genre, dedicated controllers have been addressing the problem for over two decades. Now that 'cockpit view' makes so much sense for VR...
How Mozilla is Driving WebVR Content & Tooling with the A-Frame Framework
Mozilla's mission statement is to ensure that the Internet remains a global public resource, open and accessible to all, and they've been helping to bring VR to the web for the past three years. A-Frame is an open source...
Launching May 30th, ‘Galaxis Wars’ Expands on One of Valve’s Best VR Mini-games From ‘The Lab’
Valve's The Lab is home to a number of fun mini-games, all of which feel like great blueprints for a full VR game. Developer Clear Ink Studios has stepped up to the plate to flesh out Valve's unique VR 'bullet-hell' mini-game,...
Improved Gear 360 Camera Launches Thursday With an Attractive New Price
Announced at Samsung's Unpacked event earlier this year was a new version of the Gear 360, the company's 360 camera. The event, which saw official announcement of the Galaxy S8/S8 plus and pricing info of the new Gear VR headset, revealed that...
Sony’s Richard Marks Expects Natural Voice Input to Play Major Role in VR’s Future
In a recent interview with Glixel, Dr. Richard Marks, head of Sony’s Magic Lab R&D team, talked about PSVR’s development history, social VR, and a possible holodeck-style future. He thinks voice input has unrealised potential, and could become the...
Palmer’s Post-Oculus Interview, Part 3: Neural Links, Recorded Memories, & Revolutionizing VR, Again
Having founded Oculus in 2012 and been an important face for the company throughout its growth from fledgling startup to $2 billion acquisition by Facebook and beyond, it was a shock to see Palmer Luckey leave the company just...














