BigScreen is Making Virtual LAN Parties Real, Beta Signups Now Open
BigScreen is a new VR application which brings you and your computer into a shared virtual space with your friends. The company is today leaving stealth to announce the closing of a seed round and that former Convrge creator Hayden...
PresenZ Upgrades CGI-Quality VR Rendering Tech with More Realistic Reflections
PresenZ, a software solution that creates pre-rendered CGI VR scenes, is now able to render realistic reflections that have accurate depth and parallax just like those in the real world.
PresenZ seeks to bring CGI-quality visuals to virtual reality. This...
‘Elite Dangerous’ Support Coming to Oculus Rift at Launch
Frontier Developments, makers of Elite Dangerous, today announced that the open-Universe space sim will be supporting Oculus Rift on day one of its March 28th launch. The good news: if you already own the game, you'll be getting Oculus support for...
Oculus Sample Framework Provides Valuable Guidance in VR Design
Oculus has recently released an intuitive learning tool for developers and designers looking to get into the medium. While it can be useful in wrapping your head around the do's and don'ts of VR design, Oculus maintains that the info...
3rd Annual VR Mixer GDC Afterparty Tickets on Sale Now, Hosted by SFVR and SVVR
It's that time of year once again. The Bay Area's leading VR communities, SFVR and SVVR, are co-hosting the third-annual VR Mixer, the GDC after-party for the VR industry. Tickets are available now.
VR Mixer kicks off on Monday March...
8 Minutes of the HTC Vive’s Front-facing Camera in Action
Take a wander into SteamVR's neon-infused window on the real world whilst in VR, utilising the HTC Vive Pre's front-facing camera in this video which takes a thorough look at the feature.
The newest iteration of the HTC Vive development...
Zombie Runner ‘Into the Dead’ Coming to Oculus Rift in Late March
New Zealand-based games studio PikPok today announced that their multi-platform title Into the Dead will be available on the soon-to-release Oculus Rift later this month.
The zombie-slaying runner takes you through a gruesome post apocalyptic world, where you pick up guns and...
Bringing VR Content Creation to the Masses with Unity’s ‘Carte Blanche’
Dioselin Gonzalez is a senior VR engineer at Unity Labs who is working on bringing VR creation tools to the masses. Project "Carte Blanche" will be launching sometime in 2017 and will be targeting desktop VR consumers with an...
Oculus Bringing New Multiplayer Games and Social Features to Gear VR
Oculus today announced a number of new social features and two multiplayer games coming to Samsung's Gear VR headset this week. Among the new features is Facebook 360 video integration and private rooms in Oculus Social.
Oculus has long promised that...
Oculus Showing First Look at ‘Minecraft’ on Gear VR at GDC Next Week
Announced initially back in September, Oculus is bringing the ever-popular Minecraft to both the Rift and Gear VR. Next week at GDC 2016 we'll get our first glimpse of the game's mobile version.
During an invite-only event at GDC 2016, Oculus...
