Epic Games Founder Teases “Something Much Bigger” Than VR Tech Demos

Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney dropped a major tease about what we're likely to see from the company's ongoing VR efforts. Speaking with host Kent Bye on Voices of VR Podcast – Episode #266, Tim Sweeney unabashedly teases that Epic Games is...

3DRudder VR Controller Priced at $175, Ships in March 2016

This what the retail version of 3DRudder, a unique motion controller designed that aims to "free the hands and lets the user do more", looks like. And this is how much it'll cost when it finally goes on sale...
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Sixense Releases 5 STEM Demos and SDK Compatible with Razer Hydra

On the path to eventually releasing the STEM VR motion controller, Sixense has released the Sixense Core API and SixenseVR SDK with support for the still-kicking Razer Hydra. Included in the release is 5 STEM demos which are playable with...

Today is the Last Day to Order Gear VR in Time for Christmas

Don't put it off another minute, because today is the last day to order a Samsung Gear VR to get it in time for Christmas. Best Buy and Amazon are still in stock, and promise to deliver by the 24th—just in...
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Manus VR Experiment with Valve’s Lighthouse to Track VR Gloves

The Manus VR team demonstrate their latest experiment, utilising Valve's laser-based Lighthouse system to track their in-development VR glove. Manus VR (previously Manus Machina), the company from Eindhoven, Netherlands dedicated to building VR input devices, seem have gained momentum in 2015....

Oculus Rift Shipping to Select Developers This Week with SDK 1.0

Oculus has announced via their official blog that "early builds of final Rift hardware" are shipping this week to developers alongside the Oculus SDK 1.0. According to Oculus, developers will start getting their hands on near-final Oculus Rift headsets this week....

NVIDIA Releases OpenGL Friendly ‘VR SLI’ Capable Driver

Today NVIDIA announced a new driver release bringing compatibility with its latest Gameworks VR 1.1, which in turn brings with it multicast GPU acceleration for OpenGL applications. NVIDIA's Gameworks and Designworks VR, a suite of APIs designed to target the...

3DMark PC Benchmark Adds VR Rendering Preview

Futuremark, one of the biggest names in PC benchmarking software, has added VR rendering to their 3DMark program. As we near the release of the first desktop consumer VR headsets, we also confront reality that rendering VR worlds is quite...
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Survios Breaks Stealth With Debut of Action-packed Title Headed to Rift and Vive

Survios, one of the earliest companies to spin up in this new era of VR, is today debuting gameplay from a new VR title that's coming to the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Inside, players battle robots in an...
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First Look: ‘vTime’ is a “Sociable Network” for Mobile VR, Available Today on Gear VR

Starship, a Liverpool-based digital entertainment studio, has today released vTime on the Gear VR store, the mobile platform's latest social VR app. I got a chance to check out vTime's alpha and sat down with Paul Hollywood, the studios product development director, to find...