Baobab Studios Raises $25 Million in New Funding Round
There isn't a studio that can claim to be 'The Pixar of VR' just yet, but many heavy hitters in traditional media and tech are taking notice of the growth potential of animated films in VR, and specifically in Baobab Studios,...
‘Eagle Flight’ Review
After years of previews and teasers, Ubisoft make their long anticipated VR debut on Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR. Eagle Flight has all the hallmarks of being a toe in the water for Ubisoft, but the VR world may...
HTC’s VP of Content on VR Industry Verticals & Game Genres
Joel Breton is the Vice President VR Content at HTC, and I had a chance to catch up with him at the Casual Connect conference in July to talk about the different industry verticals that they've identified. These include...
Choosing the Right 360 VR Camera
With a virtual reality camera, you can capture the whole world around you in a 360 degree videosphere. VR filmmaking is seeing rapid innovation, meaning that there are more 360-degree cameras on the market now than ever before, geared...
Watch: 17 Mins of ‘Arktika.1’ Oculus Touch Gameplay
Arktika.1 is the VR debut for 4A Games, the developers bind the Metro series of first person shooters. The title is built from the ground up for Oculus Touch, here's 17 minutes of the Oculus Connect 3 demo where...
Facebook Plans to Launch Social VR App “As Soon As Possible”
Facebook, parent company of Oculus, is beginning to flex its virtual reality arm. The company wants to use the technology revolutionize how social interactions happen across the web, and we may see the first stages of that plan earlier...
Steam to Get High Quality Adaptive 360 Video Streaming Service
360 video is coming to Steam and it looks as if Valve are aiming high in terms of the quality they're aiming to deliver to consumer VR headsets.
There's an op-ed piece I've been meaning to write for some time...
‘Loading Human’ Review
Loading Human is a first-person sci-fi adventure that, much like the pulp fiction space operas of years gone past, puts you in the shoes of a charming 22nd century astronaut straight out of space academy. Instead of launching into the far...
Sony Expects Early PSVR Sales to Reach “Many Hundreds of Thousands”
Sony is setting high near term sales figure expectations for PlayStation VR's rollout.
Speaking with CNBC earlier this week, Jim Ryan, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, spoke to the company's confidence in early traction of the PSVR headset.
"We know...
Impressions on Valve’s New VR Controller Prototype from Cloudhead’s Denny Unger
Valve premiered a prototype of a new type of VR input controller at Steam Dev Days in order to get some preliminary feedback from developers. They've created a capacitive-touch controller that is attached to your hand so that you...
