Oculus Announces Connect 3 Dev Conference, Registration Coming Soon

If you're panning on attending this year's Oculus Connect developer conference in San Jose, CA, you can now officially mark your calendars for October 5-7 for what Oculus is billing as their "largest developer conference yet." Last year's Connect saw with it several big...

Dolby Atmos and Audio Objects for Narrative 360 VR

Sound is probably the second most important part of creating a compelling immersive VR experience, but it's also usually put off to the end as an afterthought. The visual system is so dominant that this is not a huge...

In Search of the Pyjama People: VR’s New Wave of Bedroom Coders

Matthew Magee ponders virtual reality's potential impact on game development culture and how immersive technology may encourage a renaissance in independent, disruptive bedroom coders a.k.a the Pyjama People. Guest Article by Matthew Magee A twenty year career as a Software Engineer started in...

Snapchat Hires Hollywood Effects Artist as “Augmented Reality Designer”

Social media company Snapchat have just appointed a Hollywood effects artist Raffael Dickreuter who joined in June as a "Concept and Augmented Reality Designer." Snapchat is a rising giant in social media platforms, and it seems the company is serious about keeping...
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DiRT Rally VR – 4 Minutes of Oculus Rift Gameplay

DiRT Rally, one of the finest driving games out there, has finally arrived with official Oculus Rift CV1 support and it's elevated our opinions of the Codemasters developed game even higher. Here's 4 minutes of direct feed gameplay captured...

Review: ‘DiRT Rally’ VR

Available on the Oculus Store today (and via an update for the existing Steam version), DiRT Rally is the latest driving game to receive a VR makeover with Oculus Rift support. Originally drifting its way onto PC in April...

Biometric Feedback with ‘Guided Meditation VR’ and AR on Gear VR

Josh Farkas has given over 6000 VR demos over the last couple of years, and he's been in the position of having had to try to explain the potential of VR to many skeptical businesses. That's in part because...

‘Konrad the Kitten’ Aims to Add Presence to the Virtual Pet Genre

The virtual pet craze that started with the Tamagotchi is entering a new era with virtual reality, and leading the charge is a new project that aims to give you very own virtual cat, it's called Konrad the Kitten and...

‘Waltz of the Wizard’ Update Adds Social Two Player “Troll Mode”

The immensely fun virtual reality wizarding simulator Waltz of the Wizard for HTC Vive has been updated with a new two player feature that lets a second non VR player join you in your spell-casting shenanigans. Social features are seemingly...
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This is Gamecube Classic ‘Super Mario Sunshine’ Running in VR

Another Nintendo classic title from the past makes it into virtual reality courtesy of Gamecube emulator Dolphin VR. This time it's the turn of Super Mario Sunshine, returning here complete with high resolution texture hacks and running at 60...