United Nations’ Creative Director on VR as the Ultimate Empathy Machine

Gabo Arora founded the United Nations VR, and has directed some of the more well-known VR empathy experiences starting with Clouds Over Sidra in December 2014 in collaboration with Chris Milk's VR production house Within. Milk first showed Clouds Over Sidra during...

‘Sword Art Online’ Experience Coming to FOVE VR Headset

Sword Art Online (SAO), the VR-centric manga and anime series, will soon be gracing the eyeballs of Fove 0 owners in a new VR experience featuring the series' female protagonist, Asuna. The SAO experience was created to welcome new users...

Vive Tracker Capabilities Detailed in Developer Documentation

Ahead of the Vive Tracker's consumer launch later this year, HTC plans to send 1,000 units to developers to kickstart an ecosystem of accessories and content which can make use of the device. New developer documentation details the ins...

‘SUPERHYPERCUBE’ Teases Vive Support, But Developer Protest Could Keep it From Rift

SUPERHYPERCUBE, a spatial reasoning puzzle game for PSVR looks to be soon headed to the Vive through SteamVR. And while SteamVR normally supports the Rift, a developer protest could exclude the headset. SuperHyperCube is most succinctly described as a 'Tetris (1984)...
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Watch: Crytek’s ‘Codename: Sky Harbor’ VR Experience is a Bombastic, Visual Treat

Launched as part of Basemark's VRScore benchmarking software, the Crytek developed VR tech demo Codename: Sky Harbor, is one of the most visually impressive examples of VR cinema around. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrYworrQwmw Direct from our time with Basemark's promising virtual reality benchmarking suite,...

2016’s Record Breaking VR/AR Venture Funding Totals $1.8 Billion

With 2015 breaking previous records, industry observers entered 2016 wondering if VR/AR funding would be able to keep pace. Guest Article by Clifton Dawson Clifton is Founder & CEO of Greenlight Insights, a specialty market intelligence company focused exclusively on the...

First Look: Basemark’s ‘VRScore’ Benchmark Arrives With a Unique Solution for Accurate Testing

Basemark has officially launched its virtual reality performance benchmark, VRScore and the package comes complete with an ingenious, low-cost hardware assisted solution to help ensure results are accurate. I've written previously about how tough a problem benchmarking virtual reality hardware...

$4 Billion ZeniMax v. Oculus Verdict Could Come as Early as Today, Here’s What You Need...

This week the eyes of the virtual reality industry are on a federal court in Dallas, Texas where ZeniMax (and child company id Software) and Facebook (and child company Oculus) have been engaged in legal battle over a dispute...

Resident Evil 7 is Being Played in VR by Almost 10% of Registered Players

Capcom's latest entrant to its popular Resident Evil franchise is currently being played in VR by almost 10% of its players, according to global statistics from the developer. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is Capcom's long awaited sequel to the company's...

NASA & Caltech Leaders Aim to Revolutionise Big Data Visualization with VR

Virtualitics is new company started by NASA JPL and Caltech alum. offering a new platform to leverage the immersive properties of virtual reality in order to better aid human comprehension and use of 'Big Data'. You've likely heard the term...