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VR Video Transition Pioneered by News Channel is the Best We’ve Seen Yet

What do you get when you cross immersive video with a TV newscast? Belgian news channel VRT Nieuws today released a 360 video that could be the answer. VRT (Flemish Radio and Television Organization) just completed construction on their new studio, and what...

The VOID: Using VR Magic to Create Astonishment

The VOID started when Curtis Hickman brought on James Jensen to do some pre-visualization of the Evermore theme park that he was developing with Ken Bretschneider. When Curtis asked James if he had any other cool ideas, he shared...
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Hands On: Modbox on HTC Vive Indulges Your Creative & Destructive Urges

The human desire to create is strong, but our desire to destroy perhaps even stronger. Frank He takes Alien Trap's new, motion control, made-for-VR title Modbox out for a spin and finds he's all about the destruction. Physics sandbox with toys,...

Consumer Gear VR Teardown Reveals Easily Replaceable Lenses

Frank He lets his curiosity get the better of him as he tears apart his consumer Samsung Gear VR headset for your information and in the interests of science and for those perhaps interested in considering modifying their units. The 3rd...

Improved View-Master DLX Coming This Fall

A the 2016 Toy Fair conference in NYC this weekend, Mattel showed the first glimpse of the new and improved View-Master DLX. Seemingly signaling a positive response to the company's View-Master VR viewer, Mattel is prepping a second version of...
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ADR1FT is Coming March 28th for Oculus Rift

Thee One Zero's made-for-VR 'astronaut in peril' game ADR1FT is one of the most anticipated releases for VR headsets, and now it looks to be launching, on March 28th - in close proximity to the consumer Oculus Rift ship...
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Goldman Sachs: VR and AR “Will Be the Next Generation Computing Platform”

Many following the resurgence of VR starting with Oculus' 2012 Kickstarter have bet their careers that VR and AR will be a disruptive technology, but sometimes it takes buy-in from one of the world's largest and most influential investment...

4 Ways to Use VR to Connect With Loved Ones on Valentine’s Day

Being far away from the people you love the most is the pits, and it's often times the little things you miss that really wear on your special friendships. This year is different though, as social VR apps are beginning...
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‘Duck Hunt’ in VR is a Faithful Recreation of the Classic NES Shooter

Duck Hunt (1984) inspires frustration in anyone who plays it, and for good reason. After a while the ducks are just too fast, the ammo supplies too low, and that dog. That smug little dog. It's enough to make you...

HTC Vive Pre Arrives With Developers, Twitter Rejoices

HTC's second iteration of their SteamVR hardware, the Vive Pre, was unveiled last month at CES with a number of ergonomic and technical enhancements. Well it looks like developers worldwide are taking to twitter to rejoice the receipt of...