Within and Fox Partner to Create VR Content, Spike Jonze to Co-Produce Original VR Film
Content distribution platform and VR studio Within is partnering up with FoxNext, a recently created immersive media division of 21st Century Fox. The new partnership is promising to "bring viewers a new slate of virtual reality experiences this year," the first of which will...
Plex VR App ‘Plevr’ Shows Major Update with 3D Video Support, 360 Videos Coming Soon
Plevr is a third-party application in development which brings the popular personal media streaming platform Plex to VR. The app is due for an initial release by the end of the month, and a new devlog video shows a major...
Prolific VFX Artist Kevin Mack Brings Surrealist Sculpture to Life in ‘Blortasia’
Kevin Mack is a digital fine artist and prolific visual effects designer known for his work across films such as Fight Club (1999), A Beautiful Mind (2001), The Fifth Element (1997), and What Dreams May Come (1998) for which he won an...
VR Livestreaming to Facebook Now Supported by NVIDIA GeForce Experience
At CES 2017 it was announced that users with NVIDIA's Geforce Experience software will be able to stream gameplay of whatever they’re playing, including VR content, to Facebook Live. An update now available for the software enables the feature, including...
Facebook Study Finds Introverts Feel More Comfortable with VR Social Interaction
A recent study by Facebook IQ, in which people completed one-on-one conversations in VR, concluded that most people respond positively, and introverts in particular feel more comfortable. Facebook IQ is a team established to assist marketers in understanding the...
Valve Head Affirms Work on First-party VR Games and Interest in Future Technology
During a Q&A on Reddit, Valve head Gabe Newell affirmed that the company is continuing development its own first-party VR content, as well as exploring interests in new technologies which could play a part in Valve's future.
After dodging a flurry...
Valve Confirms New Vive Base Station Coming This Year
Late last year at Steam Dev Days, Valve talked about a new and improved design for the SteamVR Tracking / Lighthouse base stations, a core component of the Vive's tracking technology. Now the company says it plans to launch...
Vive Strap Accessory with Flip-up Visor and PSVR-style Comfort Passes Crowdfunding Goal
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Florida based SynergyWiz is designing a third-party head-mount for the HTC Vive which uses a PSVR-stlye 'halo' mounting design for added comfort, and offers the much desired visor flip functionality.
Among the three major headsets out there, not one offers what...
OSSIC CEO on Why the Future of Music is Immersive & Interactive
OSSIC debuted their latest OSSIC X headphone prototype at CES this year with one of the best immersive audio demos that I've heard yet. OSSIC CEO Jason Riggs told me that their headphones do a dynamic calibration of your...
Hands-on: Intel’s Project Alloy ‘Merged Reality’ Roomscale Multiplayer Demo
At CES 2017, Intel was showing off more of its Project Alloy VR headset, including a roomscale multiplayer demo featuring 'merged reality', where the game environment adapts to your physical surroundings.
Project Alloy
Project Alloy is Intel's VR headset reference design....
