HTC Partnership Aims to Bring Vive to “hundreds of millions” of Internet Café Users

HTC formally debuted the Vive VR headset to Chinese developers at a packed event last Friday in Beijing, China. The event featured speakers from HTC, Valve, and notable developers working with the Vive. One of the announcements to come...

Oculus Rift Pre-order Slips to Early 2016, Q1 Launch Window Still on Track

Having previously announced that the consumer Oculus Rift and Touch controllers would be available for pre-order in 2015, Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey today confirmed that pre-orders will hit "soon after New Year." Following the announcement of a substantial launch delay...

New Lunar Flight Images Reveal Detailed Cockpit Makeover

Lunar Flight from Shovsoft, is one of those OG's of virtual reality gaming, and a damned fine one too. We've not heard too much from the developer recently, but the game work on the game does continue. These new...

Epic Games Founder Teases “Something Much Bigger” Than VR Tech Demos

Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney dropped a major tease about what we're likely to see from the company's ongoing VR efforts. Speaking with host Kent Bye on Voices of VR Podcast – Episode #266, Tim Sweeney unabashedly teases that Epic Games is...

3DRudder VR Controller Priced at $175, Ships in March 2016

This what the retail version of 3DRudder, a unique motion controller designed that aims to "free the hands and lets the user do more", looks like. And this is how much it'll cost when it finally goes on sale...
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Sixense Releases 5 STEM Demos and SDK Compatible with Razer Hydra

On the path to eventually releasing the STEM VR motion controller, Sixense has released the Sixense Core API and SixenseVR SDK with support for the still-kicking Razer Hydra. Included in the release is 5 STEM demos which are playable with...

Today is the Last Day to Order Gear VR in Time for Christmas

Don't put it off another minute, because today is the last day to order a Samsung Gear VR to get it in time for Christmas. Best Buy and Amazon are still in stock, and promise to deliver by the 24th—just in...
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Manus VR Experiment with Valve’s Lighthouse to Track VR Gloves

The Manus VR team demonstrate their latest experiment, utilising Valve's laser-based Lighthouse system to track their in-development VR glove. Manus VR (previously Manus Machina), the company from Eindhoven, Netherlands dedicated to building VR input devices, seem have gained momentum in 2015....

Oculus Rift Shipping to Select Developers This Week with SDK 1.0

Oculus has announced via their official blog that "early builds of final Rift hardware" are shipping this week to developers alongside the Oculus SDK 1.0. According to Oculus, developers will start getting their hands on near-final Oculus Rift headsets this week....

NVIDIA Releases OpenGL Friendly ‘VR SLI’ Capable Driver

Today NVIDIA announced a new driver release bringing compatibility with its latest Gameworks VR 1.1, which in turn brings with it multicast GPU acceleration for OpenGL applications. NVIDIA's Gameworks and Designworks VR, a suite of APIs designed to target the...