‘Allumette’ is a VR Film Which Evokes Character Presence in a Beautiful Virtual World

Penrose Studios have unveiled their second VR film Alumette at the Sundance Festival and Road to VR's Chris Madsen went hands-on with a virtual reality experience which he found evoked real empathy with the inhabitants of its beautiful, virtual world. While...

Sundance Festival Launch VR App Powered by IM360

The Sundance Festival is well under way and VR is front and centre at the events New Frontier initiative. To mark the event they're launching a new Google Cardboard application built by immersive media company IM360. The Sundance Festival, underway...

Early Jaunt VP Scott Broock Leaves to Join YouTube as ‘Global VR Evangelist’

Scott Broock, one of Jaunt's earliest members, has left the company to join as YouTube's 'Global VR Evangelist'. Scott Broock, former Jaunt VP of Content, was one of the earliest members of the company, a virtual reality firm producing hardware,...

Travel Inside Reggie Watts’ Imagination with ‘Waves’

Reggie Watts was at Sundance showing off his first 360-degree video VR experience called Waves, which is a surreal trip into his imagination. It's one of the most quirky and entertaining 360 videos I've seen, and could be described...

Valve Shows off Miniscule Lighthouse Sensors

Valve's 'Lighthouse' tracking system relies on an array of sensors which detect laser sweeps from the accompanying base stations. Valve has shown a glimpse of the latest iteration of the sensors which are remarkably small compared to earlier prototypes. Valve's...

First Look: VRMark Benchmarking Suite Analyzes VR Headsets & Hardware

Futuremark, the 3D performance benchmarking company behind 3DMark, is working on VRMark, a virtual reality specific test the capabilities of your gaming PC and VR headset, using some ingenious hardware. PC gaming and benchmarking have gone hand in hand for many...

Starbreeze CTO Talks StarCade and Future Plans for StarVR

Starbreeze announced at VRLA's Winter Expo yesterday project 'Starcade' to bring their wide FOV, high resolution in-house developed VR headset to more consumers by way of public arcade style venues. Frank He caught up with their CTO Emmanuel Marquez to...
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WEARVR Weekly Top Ten VR Downloads – January #3

Looking for something fun to play in VR? We’ve got the top 10 downloads from the last week on the WEARVR app marketplace, a cross-platform repository of virtual reality experiences. Pre-release experience inspired by the film Blade Runner, in particular the balcony...

Starbreeze Studios to Open VR Arcade Venue to Showcase StarVR Headset

Starbreeze Studios, a videogame publisher which recently entered the VR arena with their StarVR headset, announced that they'll be opening a VR arcade venue in Los Angeles, CA called Project StarCade. The goal of the venue is to "make premium...

Watch Tonight’s Premier Boxing Champions Match Live in Gear VR at 8PM ET

VR broadcasting company NextVR has partnered with FOX Sports to bring tonight's Premier Boxing Champions live in virtual reality to the Gear VR headset. You can watch it for free starting at 8PM ET tonight (Saturday, January 23rd). NextVR has been...