Oculus Rift: What You Really Get for Your Money

There's been some commotion about the price of the new Oculus Rift pre-order bundle, and although nearly doubling the infamous '$350 ballpark' estimate given out by company founder Palmer Luckey (for which he apologized), we thought this quick high-level breakdown...
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‘Hover Junkers’ Pre-order Now Available on Indiegogo

Hover Junkers is a multi-player first-person shooter set aboard customizable hovercrafts, and if you've followed any of Stress Level Zero's recent video updates, you've seen just how cool it looks. Hover Junker superfans can now pre-order through the studio's Indiegogo campaign, which is set...

VRLA Winter Expo to Feature 72 Exhibitors and 4 Exclusive Reveals, Jan 23

Hard to believe it's that time of year again, but the VRLA Winter Expo is here once more and promises no less than 72 Exhibitors and 4 exclusive announcements from Crytek, Survios and Starbreeze and it all kicks off January...

Epic Games to Talk Making-of ‘Bullet Train’ Oculus Touch Demo at VRDC

Epic Games, the company behind Unreal Engine (not to mention a slew of best-selling titles), has worked closely with Oculus over the years to create VR tech demos. Their latest, Bullet Train, was the first to incorporate the Oculus...
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Hands On: Multiplayer VR eSports with the Virtuix Omni

Virtuix, the company specialising in omni-directional locomotion solutions for VR, was back at CES 2016 and they brought with them 4 Omnis, 4 HTC Vive Pre headsets all hooked up to their new, multiplayer 'built for Omni' eSports game, 'Omni...
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This Video Does a Great Job of Showing What It’s like to Be Inside Virtual Reality

You'll hear the mantra time and again "you have to use virtual reality to understand what it's like." And for the most part that's true. VR is so new and different that using old media like text, photos, or...
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VR Roller Coaster ‘Galactica’ Gets Launch Video and Ride Stats

UK theme park Alton Towers just launched their first virtual reality roller coaster, Galactica. We've got the launch trailer and some vital statistics for the ride. As we reported, UK theme park Alton Towers is stepping into the virtual realm...

UK Theme Park Announce Their First VR Roller Coaster ‘Galactica’

Alton Towers, one of the UK's leading theme parks, has announce they're to launch their first virtual reality roller coaster called 'Galactica', to open in April. It seems that the out of home entertainment sector is really cottoning on to...
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Leap Motion’s ‘Interaction Engine’ Aims for Effortless VR Input

Leap Motion continues to refine their hand-tracking tech for intuitive controller-free interactivity. The company's latest focus has been on an 'Interaction Engine' which usurps standard physics engines when it comes to defining interactions between user input and virtual objects. Leap...
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WEARVR Weekly Top Ten VR Downloads – January #1

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. Flying Aces VR is a flight sim/combat game set during World War...