TPCAST Announces Business Edition Wireless VR Kit, Up to 6 Simultaneous Users

TPCAST, makers of a 60GHz wireless VR add-on for the HTC Vive, have announced a Business Edition version of the device which is said to allow up to six of the units to work in one local space without...
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Adobe Shows Method to Create Volumetric VR Video From Flat 360 Captures

With a new technique, Adobe wants to turn normal monoscopic 360-degree video into a more immersive 3D experience, complete with a level of depth information that promises to give the user the ability to shift their physical vantage point...

Preview: John Legend Lends Voice to Baobab’s Latest VR Flick, ‘Rainbow Crow’

John Legend is coming to VR. News of the multi-talented artist’s involvement in Baobab Studios’ latest, Rainbow Crow, spread last week. To recap, Rainbow Crow is an adaptation of a Lenape Native American tale, and Legend’s starring as the...

Nokia Significantly Boosts OZO Capture Quality With Firmware and Software Updates

Nokia’s improvements to the software for their professional OZO VR camera platform are significant enough that the company has opted to now call their VR camera the 'OZO+', even though the hardware remains the same. This is the result...

VRgluv Force-feedback Glove Blasts Past $100K Kickstarter Goal in 56 Hours

VRgluv has blown past its $100,000 funding goal in 56 hours on their Kickstarter page, with 27 days still to go. The product is described as the “first affordable force feedback gloves” that feature “total hand tracking, full force...

Nokia Partners with Lucasfilm to Produce ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ VR Content

At the NAB Show currently in progress in Las Vegas, Nokia announced a partnership with Lucasfilm to deliver an immersive behind-the-scenes VR experience of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. This forms part of the existing, multi-year technology agreement between...

VR Storytelling Highlights from Tribeca Film Festival

The Tribeca Film Festival featured over 30 different VR experiences within their Storyscapes and Immersive Virtual Arcade, and I had a chance to catch up with curator Loren Hammonds about some of the highlights of the festival program with...

‘Gears of War’ Creator Cliff Bleszinski Wants to Make a Big Budget VR Game

If you don't already know Cliff Bleszinski from his involvement with the Unreal Tournament and Gears of War franchises, you may remember him from Oculus' 2012 Kickstarter video. Now under the banner of his own studio, Boss Key Productions,...
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‘Panzerwehr: 1949’ Reimagines Mechs in VR as WWII-era Combat Machines

In development by indie studio KUKURU3, Panzerwehr: 1949 is a mech combat simulator made for VR which imagines an alternate WWII timeline where mechs rule the battlefield as anti-tank hunters in a war that's dragged on to 1949. Panzerwehr: 1949 began as a tech...
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‘Batman: Arkham VR’ Launches on Vive and Rift

Batman: Arkham VR (2016) is one of PlayStation VR's top games, and an exclusive too, until now.  Developer Rocksteady has launched the game for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Update (4/25/17, 2:53PM PT): Batman: Arkham VR has launched on...