‘NewRetroArcade: Neon’ Bringing Multiplayer and “Huge Amount of New Content” to HTC Vive

Developer Digital Cybercherries has today announced plans to develop a new version of their acclaimed virtual arcade. NewRetroArcade: Neon will be built for SteamVR and will include multiplayer, motion-controls, and room-scale capability for the HTC Vive. Launched all the way back in 2014, NewRetroArcade is a...

Producer of Acclaimed ‘First’ Sets Sights on Anne Frank VR Experience

The producer behind First, Jonah Hirsch, is turning his attention toward another historical VR encounter with Anne. As a child doing my school-assigned reading of The Diary of a Young Girl, I drew upon the words of Anne Frank's diary to picture what...
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Review: ‘ABE VR’ Puts You at the Mercy of a Robot’s Bloodthirsty Search for Love

Hammerhead VR is soon to launch their début VR film experience ABE VR, a horror experience based on the striking short film ABE (2013) from Writer / Director Rob McLellan. I find out what it's like to be the object of affection for a...

Inside the Burgeoning World of Chinese VR Headsets and HMDs

Over the last three years, the rise of VR in public discourse has been impossible to ignore. During this time, most mainstream discussions have centered on the same few efforts in the US : Oculus, Valve/HTC, Sony, Samsung, and Google....

SDC 2016 Highlights: Gear 360 Pricing, Milk VR Powers Up and Hints of a New VR...

Samsung's developer conference, dedicated to all things part of the mobile giant's hardware and software ecosystem took place last week. Here are some of the VR highlights from the conference. Samsung's commitment to virtual reality is growing stronger. After initially...

Sony Takes PlayStation VR on Tour to a US Town Near You

Sony is taking it's soon-to-arrive virtual reality headset, PlayStation VR, on tour across the USA for a brand offensive called "The Road to Greatness". Sony's PlayStation brand promotion tour which kicked off last year was seemingly a success, so much so...
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Developer Teases Room-scale Version of ‘New Retro Arcade’ for HTC Vive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ouwgk2mNIvU New Retro Arcade is easily the best virtual reality arcade experience we've seen yet, but it was released prior to the introduction of motion controls from HTC and Oculus and before room-scale gameplay. Somehow the game seems like it was designed...
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Watch: ‘High Fidelity’ Live Demo at SVVR 2016, Beta Client Access Available Now

High Fidelity describes itself as an "open source, shared Virtual Reality" application which gives people a virtual platform to build whatever universe they want and share it with others. The app just opened its door to beta testers, and...

Microsoft’s Lead Producer on ‘Minecraft VR’

Minecraft VR was released on the Gear VR this week, and it completes the long journey of making one of John Carmack's dreams come true. If you haven't watched John's Oculus Connect 2 keynote yet, then now is a...

AltspaceVR’s New Slack Integration Makes Team Meetings in Virtual Reality a Snap

This week AltspaceVR launched a Slack integration which makes it easy to quickly pull team members into a virtual reality meeting space for some real-time communication. At SVVR 2016 this week, AltspaceVR CEO Eric Romo talked about the company's new VR...