Smart Solution Makes Handheld VR Cinematography Easy with a Real Virtual Camera

VFX professional Kert Gartner has been pioneering new ways to make capturing virtual worlds as compelling as filming in the real world. His latest technique makes a real virtual camera out of an extra Vive controller and a smartphone. You may...

First Ever Steam Awards Finalists Include Two VR-enabled Games

Tabletop Simulator (2015) and Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (2015) are the two virtual reality-enabled games nominated for the very first Steam Awards. The winners will be announced on New Year’s Eve after a period of public voting. Introduced during the...

AxonVR is Building a Haptic Holodeck Powered by NVIDIA PhysX

AxonVR, the company currently working on a full-body haptic solution for VR, are on their way to bringing their technology to an ever-widening audience. Announced today via an official NVIDIA blogpost, AxonVR says that the company's fledgling haptic engine is actually built on...

HTC Launch Viveport Arcade, Partnering with Leke VR to Open “1,000’s of Locations”

HTC's out of home VR initiative is taking shape as the company officially unveils plans for Viveport Arcade in China and Taiwan and a partnership with Leke VR's "offline content distribution system" in a thousand locations before the close...

Giroptic Launches $250 iO 360 Camera for iPhone

Giroptic, creator of the standalone '360cam', today announced the launch of the iO 360 camera which attaches to any Lightning-enabled iPhone or iPad. The Giroptic iO 360 camera for iPhone/iPad is available starting today for $250. With two counter-facing lenses,...

Creating a Synthetic Peak Experience in VR with ‘SoundSelf’

Robin Arnott had a peak experience from a LSD trip at Burning Man, and wanted to see if he could replicate this type of peak psychedelic experience within virtual reality. The result of four years of work is a...

Sensics is Building a VR Headset Specially Made for Arcades and Theme Parks

OSVR co-founder and long-time HMD maker Sensics is building a new 'Goggles for Public VR' headset which is designed for the unique needs of the Out-of-Home market. While the same consumer-facing headsets that you'll find on a shelf at Best...

Oculus Launches ‘Quill’ Tutorial Series for Aspiring VR Artists

Oculus has created a series of tutorial videos for newcomers to Quill, the company's VR paint app. Available for free with every Touch purchase, Quill is an artistic creation tool designed for virtual reality and motion controllers. The recent launch...

WordPress Blogging Platform Gets Support for Embedded VR Media

Virtual reality 360 degree photos and videos are now supported by WordPress.com. Powering over 26% of the web, WordPress is the world’s most popular online publishing platform. A recent update on WordPress.com’s official blog confirmed that virtual reality media is...
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‘Fantastic Contraption’ Puzzle-crafting Fun is Coming to PlayStation VR

One of our favorite VR games, Fantastic Contraption, is heading PlayStation VR. The gameplay makes great use of motion controllers to allow you to craft solutions to puzzling platforming problems. Fantastic Contraption released originally as one of the launch bundle titles...