AWE 2016 Brings the Best of AR & VR to Santa Clara, 45% Off for Road...

The Augmented World Expo, one of the longest running immersive technology events, is back for a 7th year and it's bigger than ever. With focus on augmented reality, virtual reality and wearable technologies, the expo is packing in 4000...

Google’s (Day)dream: ‘Hundreds of Millions of Users in a Couple of Years’

At I/O 2016 this week, Google laid out its ambitious goals for Daydream, the company's new platform for native, high performance virtual reality experiences on Android. Daydream is Google's newly announced Android VR ecosystem—encompassing specialized phones, headsets, and apps—which promises to...

Candy Crush Creator on Casual VR Gaming with Google’s Daydream

Candy Crush creator Tommy Palm has moved into making casual virtual reality games with Resolution Games. They've already released Bait! on the Gear VR, and it's the first VR app to feature in-app purchases, and they just announced at...

Start Making Google Daydream VR Apps Today with a DIY Dev Kit

This week Google announced Daydream, the company's initiative for high-end mobile virtual reality. While Google didn't reveal a dedicated dev kit, the company says developers can cobble together their own using the Nexus 6P smartphone, Cardboard, and a spare phone. Google says...

IMAX to Use StarVR 210 Degree FOV Headset for Premium VR Film Experiences

Starbreeze, the company behind the 210 degree FOV VR headset StarVR are to work with large-scale cinema specialists IMAX to create "premium location-based VR" experiences "worthy of the IMAX brand". It seems IMAX, the brand known for their huge, immersive cinema...

Google is Working with IMAX on Cinema Grade VR Cameras

Google Jump, a 360 camera system and processing software platform announced at last year's Google I/O, is adding IMAX and Yi Technology to its roster of camera manufacturers. Clay Bavor, Google's VR team lead, took the stage during the I/O 2016...

‘Portal Stories: VR’ Brings 10 Made-for-VR Puzzles to the World of Aperture Science

When I loaded up Portal Stories: VR I was greeted with familiar sights and sounds from the Portal universe. A disembodied voice told that I was about to take part in an Aperture Science Virtual Reality Experiment, words I was...

Social Dynamics in AltSpaceVR After the Consumer Launch of VR

AltSpaceVR is the first cross-platform social VR application that supports both the Gear VR, Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive. Now that all of these VR headsets have had their consumer launch, then AltSpace VR has been one of the...

Unity Native Support for Google Daydream VR Coming in Summer, Plugin Out Now

Google have announced that developers itching to get started on building Android VR games using the Unity game engine can do so right now using a Daydream plugin. Unity is the most popular game engine for mobile game development, so...
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Epic Announce Android Daydream VR Support in Unreal Engine, Available Today

Epic Games' Kim Libreri today took to the stage at Google's I/O conference to announce Unreal Engine support for the newly announced Daydream Android VR platform, what's more is that it's available right now. Epic Games have been a constant...