uSens Grabs $20 Million Series A Investment for ‘Inside-out’ Tracking Tech
This week uSens announced a $20 million Series A funding round led by Fosun Kinzon Capital. Usens is one of the early developers of hand and head tracking tech; according to the announcement from the company this investment will help launch...
Free GearVR Offer Returns for New Galaxy S6 and S7 Phones
Samsung is relaunching its free GearVR offer, when you buy any of its new Galaxy S7 line and this time, you'll also receive an additional Oculus Content Experience.
With the release of its Galaxy S7 line in February, Samsung marked the...
‘Pool Nation VR’ Review
Video games have induced many emotions inside me over the years but, I don’t think any of them felt as real as the shame I felt when the AI computer, on easy, sunk his final ball against me. As...
Automated Avatar Stylization to Counter the Uncanny Valley
Betty Mohler is a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, and she had some keen insights on the nature of the uncanny valley being connected to expectations in my previous interview with her. I caught up...
HTC’s First Vive Game ‘Front Defense’ is a WWII Gallery Shooter
Computex 2016 is under way and HTC are out on the show floor in full force with a collection of titles showing off their Vive VR system. One of the titles developed by the company, playable for the first...
‘Tactera’ Review
If you're the sort of person that played the forerunners of the real-time strategy genre, like the '90s PC classic Command & Conquer (1995), you'll be pleasantly surprised with Tactera, a fast-paced mobile RTS game today released for Gear VR. Although it's missing the flash...
AMD Announces RX 480 GPU at $199 Targeting ‘the next 3-4 years’ of VR
At Computex 2016 today, AMD took to the stage to reveal their latest GPU, the RX 480. Priced at starting at $199, the company says they designed the card to help make the first 100 million PCs ready for...
VR Documentary Filmmaking on Trial at Hot Docs 2016
Virtual reality filmmaking is in its infancy but one Brendan McCourt reports from the Hot Docs Festival in Toronto where virtual reality as a documentary filmmaker platform was on trial. Can VR really become the "empathy machine" some are...
‘VR Human Anatomy’ to Give Medical Students a ‘Hands-On’ Using Oculus Touch
Vedavi, a medical animation studio working closely with the University of Zurich, wants students to drop the heavy books and plastic models and pick up a pair of Oculus Touch controllers later this year with their highly detailed anatomy software, VR...
Save Babies from Imminent Danger in Rescuties! VR
If you've always thought of yourself as a hero, one that could step up to the plate when danger rears its head, Rescuties! VR may well be the game for you. Save babies and other helpless creatures in this...
