GoPro’s Odyssey Camera, Google Jump and History of 360-Degree Video

Jim Geduldick is the Professional Marketing Manager at GoPro, which includes all of the ways GoPro cameras are used within cinema, virtual reality, broadcast television & photography. Jim talks about how the history of spherical video at GoPro goes...

HTC Considering Separating Vive VR into Standalone Business, Report Suggests

HTC Chairwoman Cher Wang may be considering spinning off the VR side of the business into a separate entity, causing stock prices in the Taiwanese company to rise sharply today. HTC's having a tumultuous time right now, with rapidly diminishing cash...
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Preview: ‘Arnswalde VR’ is a Memorial to Life as it Was Before WW2

It's nothing short of amazing when you can take a tour of a town that doesn't exist anymore, and Arnswalde VR takes you back to the once-West Pomeranian city to see just what it was like before the turbidity of WW2. Arnswalde,...

UnTethered eSports VR with Atomic VR

Michael Lenzi is the CEO & co-founder of Atomic VR, and they've spent the last couple of years experimenting with untethered VR experiences. They've created a backpack with custom hardware that can run a desktop GPU for up to...

New Gear VR Games and Apps – January Week #2

Got a Samsung Gear VR? Hungry for new games and experiences? We're rounding up recent Oculus Store releases for fans of the mobile VR platform. A Quiet roundup this week: train your brain with Cerevrum, test your reflexes with PolyRunner...
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‘Spellbound’ Lets You Cast Virtual Magic with your Real Hands

Spellbound is a new made-for-VR game which uses Leap Motion and the Oculus Rift DK2 to allow your actual hands to perform some nifty spell-casting in the virtual world, amongst other things. In this intriguing new title from Seattle based developer...

Hands On: The Martian VR Experience is a Triumph in Motion

We went hands on with the new, real-time, VR experience inspired by the Ridley Scott movie 'The Martian' and found its mix of high production values, motion controllers combined with motion chairs seriously compelling. Ridley Scott's The Martian is a...

Room-scale to Warehouse-scale: Full-Motion VR Gaming with VRCade

Jamie Kelly is a co-founder and president of VR Studios & VRCade. They're creating a series of out-of-home VR gaming experiences that can be played in spaces as small as 15'x15' and as large as 150'x75'. VRCade was at the Seattle...
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Leap Motion Gesture Tech to Ship in Hardware from “Major” OEMs This Year

Catching up with Leap Motion at CES 2016 last week, CEO Michael Buckwald tells us about the company's latest work like the Interaction Engine and newly reprojected hands. Buckwald also says that Leap Motion tech will ship in hardware...

On Expectations: What Our Audience Thinks About Rift, Vive, and PlayStation VR Prices

After a negative outcry about the $600 price of the Oculus Rift, founder Palmer Luckey admits that he "handled the messaging poorly" on setting the price expectation. The loudest voices may not be the majority however, so we set...