Crytek Wants to Build Your School a VR Development Lab
Crytek recently announced a new initiative that they're calling VR First. The goal is form so-called 'VR First Labs' within academic institutions to act as ready-made centers for a wave of future VR developers.
Crytek is the company behind CryEngine, a...
DIY Guide: Play PC Games with Your Smartphone VR Viewer
Since publishing his popular DIY VR headset guide back in 2014, Austin "Ohaple" is back with his latest refinements to the project, allowing you use use your DIY headset (or an off-the-shelf viewer like Google Cardboard) to play PC...
Behind the Scenes of Crytek’s VR Projects
David Bowman is Director of Production at Crytek, and he gave me the inside story of how VR went viral within Crytek to the point of having well over 50 developers and multiple triple AAA quality VR projects in...
How to Bet on VR in 2016
When it comes to the virtual reality industry today, the way people are looking at VR is very natural, but also very wrong. While we all incessantly talk and freak out about experiences like flying over the grand canyon...
‘VR Lens Lab’ Puts Your Prescription into Gear VR, Kickstarter Now Live
Bespectacled Gear VR owners know the drill: smash into the headset for as long as your temples and poor nose can stand, and hope that you're not crushing or scratching anything in the process. VR Lens Lab, a German-based crowdfunding project,...
Valve’s Chet Faliszek on HTC Vive Pre, Content Showcase Surprises and Ninja Cats
I sit down with Valve Writer, Game Developer and seemingly omnipotent VR Evangelist Chet Faliszek to discuss the new Vive Pre, Valve's focus on a safe VR experience, expectations for the upcoming VR content showcase and his startlingly sneaky cat.
On...
Thorpe Park Reveals HTC Vive Powered Ghost Train, Opening Spring
UK theme park Thorpe Park has revealed that a virtual reality ghost train experience in development for some 3 years will finally open to the public this year, powered by the HTC Vive VR headset.
Another UK theme park is...
GoPro’s Odyssey Camera, Google Jump and History of 360-Degree Video
Jim Geduldick is the Professional Marketing Manager at GoPro, which includes all of the ways GoPro cameras are used within cinema, virtual reality, broadcast television & photography. Jim talks about how the history of spherical video at GoPro goes...
HTC Considering Separating Vive VR into Standalone Business, Report Suggests
HTC Chairwoman Cher Wang may be considering spinning off the VR side of the business into a separate entity, causing stock prices in the Taiwanese company to rise sharply today.
HTC's having a tumultuous time right now, with rapidly diminishing cash...
Preview: ‘Arnswalde VR’ is a Memorial to Life as it Was Before WW2
It's nothing short of amazing when you can take a tour of a town that doesn't exist anymore, and Arnswalde VR takes you back to the once-West Pomeranian city to see just what it was like before the turbidity of WW2.
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