This Co-op HTC Vive Game Uses Kinect to Project Players into VR
This experimental game not only allows two players, both immersed in VR via an HTC Vive headset, to share the same virtual space, it also projects their real world image into the application. And, it's all possible over an...
Chandana Ekanayake on Unlearning Game Design for VR
Chandana Ekanayake is a game director & art director at Uber Entertainment where he's working on a VR adventure game for the PlayStation VR titled Wayward Sky. I caught up with Chandana at the Seattle VR Expo where he...
AltspaceVR on Tour in Major Cities in US and Canada, Enter to Win an Oculus Rift
AltspaceVR, the social VR platform, is touring major cities in the US and Canada on a new 'VR Hype Tour' starting today. The team will be demoing their platform and letting attendees enter to win VR headsets.
AltspaceVR will be attending a number...
2016 VR Industry Report: Everything You Need to Know in One Place
Greenlight VR’s second industry report is co-authored with leading VR news site, Road to VR, and provides industry forecasts, analysis, and best practices.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, January 15, 2016 – Greenlight VR and Road to VR today unveil plans to...
Oculus ‘Rift Compatibility Check’ Tool Tells You if Your PC is “Ready For Rift”
Not sure if you're computer is going to be ready in time for March when your pre-ordered Rift ships? Oculus has just published a handy tool that assesses your system and simultaneously confronts you with the stark reality that...
Evangelizing VR Within an Indie Game Studio
Kayla Kinnunen is a game director at Roadhouse Interactive, which is an independent game development studio based out of Vancouver, BC. She talks about her process of evangelizing VR at her studio and slowly ramping up a VR team....
Envelop VR Closes Series A Funding With Google Ventures to Deploy VR Productivity Environment
Envelop VR, a company working on a productivity focused virtual reality environment, today announced they'd closed their Series A funding at $5.5 million with additional investment from Google Ventures.
While VR is great for entertainment, it's also has potential to revolutionize...
‘Budget Cuts’ Uses Portals to Solve Room-Scale Locomotion Problem
Large tracking volumes, like the type afforded by Steam VR's Lighthouse system, are a godsend for fans of virtual reality. But what about when you reach the edge of the wall? Where do you go then? Neat Corporation, an indie game and tool...
VR Interface Design Insights from Mike Alger
Mike Alger just finished up his master's degree focusing on VR interaction design methods, and he's released a couple of popular videos summarizing his insights into immersive usr interfaces. I caught up with Mike at the Seattle VR expo...
Google’s VR Head Now Focusing Full Attention on Virtual Reality Efforts
After continually dipping its corporate toe in the waters of immersive entertainment over the last couple of years, Google is finally committing to VR (and by turns AR) by appointing former VP of Product Clay Bavor to head up...
