SteamVR and HTC Vive Pre Gets ‘Direct Mode’
Valve has just announced that the latest release of SteamVR beta, its virtual reality platform SteamVR just upgraded its rendering pipeline to support Direct Mode, a way to bypass unnecessary operating system clutter to render directly to a VR...
Casinos Go Virtual at the ICE 2016 Show
Kevin Williams continues his look at the wider VR landscape, and this time turns his attention to another, potentially enormous component of the virtual reality industry, VR gambling.
Kevin Williams
Kevin Williams has an extensive background in the development and sales...
How NASA is Using VR to Explore the Universe
Dr. Jeff Norris works on Mission Operations Innovation at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Ops Lab. They've been partnering with all of the major virtual reality & augmented reality companies to accelerate the progress in space exploration, designing spacecraft, and...
Jaunt’s New ‘Zoolander 2’ 360 Video is a Farcical Romp
Zoolander is back. And while we're hoping Zoolander 2 isn't too terrible (that's optimism), Jaunt VR has released a new 360 video featuring Ben Stiller in his reprisal of the role of Derek Zoolander, the ridiculously good-looking model.
Zoolander Infinity gives you plenty to look at...
Here are the Winners of the Vision VR/AR Summit 2016 Awards
The judges at Vision Summit 2016 sorted through nearly 250 applicants to find the top three VR/AR creations spanning a number of categories. The award ceremony represents the best out of these three competing games, experiences, or 360 videos.
The Vision Summit...
These 21 VR Creations are Nominated for Tonight’s Vision VR/AR Summit Awards
Tonight's 21 finalists at the Vision AR/VR Awards are in, and the AR/VR cross-industry event in Hollywood, California will be honoring a diverse range of AR/VR content spanning 8 categories. The winners will be announced this evening ceremony starting at 8PM Pacific Time...
Consumer Oculus Rift to Arrive with 4-Month Free Trial of Unity Pro
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey revealed today at Vision Summit 2016 that the company would be giving away 4 months of Unity Professional Edition for free with the purchase of an Oculus Rift.
The move comes as a bid to entice consumers...
Unity Will Soon Let Developers Build Games Inside of VR Itself
Today at Vision Summit 2016 in Hollywood, Timoni West, principal designer at Unity Technologies, took the stage to show Unity's answer to the recently revealed Unreal Engine 4 VR editor.
West demonstrated Unity's newly revealed VR scene editor using the Oculus...
Unity is Making Big Improvements to Their VR Rendering Pipeline
Unity is making a huge push to position itself as the leading game engine in the virtual reality space today at its Vision Summit where they made a series of new partner announcements and previewed big improvements coming to...
Every Developer at Vision Summit is Taking Home an HTC Vive
Unity and Valve have jointly announced that in addition to bringing native support for SteamVR to Unity, Valve will be sending every developer home with an HTC Vive Pre development kit.
So now we know why Valve's Gabe Newell decided...















