UnTethered eSports VR with Atomic VR
Michael Lenzi is the CEO & co-founder of Atomic VR, and they've spent the last couple of years experimenting with untethered VR experiences. They've created a backpack with custom hardware that can run a desktop GPU for up to...
New Gear VR Games and Apps – January Week #2
Got a Samsung Gear VR? Hungry for new games and experiences? We're rounding up recent Oculus Store releases for fans of the mobile VR platform. A Quiet roundup this week: train your brain with Cerevrum, test your reflexes with PolyRunner...
‘Spellbound’ Lets You Cast Virtual Magic with your Real Hands
Spellbound is a new made-for-VR game which uses Leap Motion and the Oculus Rift DK2 to allow your actual hands to perform some nifty spell-casting in the virtual world, amongst other things.
In this intriguing new title from Seattle based developer...
Hands On: The Martian VR Experience is a Triumph in Motion
We went hands on with the new, real-time, VR experience inspired by the Ridley Scott movie 'The Martian' and found its mix of high production values, motion controllers combined with motion chairs seriously compelling.
Ridley Scott's The Martian is a...
Room-scale to Warehouse-scale: Full-Motion VR Gaming with VRCade
Jamie Kelly is a co-founder and president of VR Studios & VRCade. They're creating a series of out-of-home VR gaming experiences that can be played in spaces as small as 15'x15' and as large as 150'x75'.
VRCade was at the Seattle...
Leap Motion Gesture Tech to Ship in Hardware from “Major” OEMs This Year
Catching up with Leap Motion at CES 2016 last week, CEO Michael Buckwald tells us about the company's latest work like the Interaction Engine and newly reprojected hands. Buckwald also says that Leap Motion tech will ship in hardware...
On Expectations: What Our Audience Thinks About Rift, Vive, and PlayStation VR Prices
After a negative outcry about the $600 price of the Oculus Rift, founder Palmer Luckey admits that he "handled the messaging poorly" on setting the price expectation. The loudest voices may not be the majority however, so we set...
The Oculus Rift is Now 4 Months Backordered
Oculus Rift pre-orders opened on January 6th and were met with both excitement and resentment over the $600 price tag. That doesn't seem to have stopped excited early-adopters from getting in line.
Oculus says that the first Rift headsets will...
WEARVR Weekly Top Ten VR Downloads – January #2
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.
This is a combat racer on the moon designed for VR. Trick...
Using Your Body as an Input Controller with OBE Immersive
Linda Lobato is the CEO and co-founder of OBE Immersive, which is a wearable tech start-up that is part of the current Rothenberg River Program. She previously raised $77,000 to kickstart a MIDI Controller Jacket, and after seeing an...
