Developer nDreams Raises $3 Million More for VR Development and Publishing

UK based developer nDreams today announced the closure of a new $3 million (£2 million) investment, the second this year for the studio. Bringing the studio's total fundraising in 2015 to $5.75 million, nDreams has raised an additional $3 million....
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First Look: ‘Proton Pulse’ is Coming to Vive and Touch with New Mechanics

Proton Pulse, the instant classic VR demo harkening back to the Rift DK1 days is coming to the HTC Vive and Oculus Touch with brand new mechanics. We've got the first look at how it'll play. Proton Pulse is most easily...
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‘Sightline’ Dev Wants Your Feedback on Experimental ‘Holosphere’ Locomotion

Tomáš 'Frooxius' Mariančík, the developer behind the outstanding Sightline: The Chair and World of Comenius projects has devised a new locomotion system for VR, and he needs your help to make it better. The prolific and irritatingly talented VR developer Tomáš Mariančík, the...

New Apps and Games on Gear VR – December Week #2

Got a Samsung Gear VR? Hungry for new games and experiences? We're rounding up the week's Oculus Store releases for fans of the mobile VR platform. This week: explore 360 photos with Flick VR, tease your mind with puzzler...

Project Cars v7.0 Patch Brings More Oculus Rift Enhancements

One of the early titles to pledge and receive virtual reality support, Driving Simulation title Project Cars has refined it's support for the Oculus Rift headset in the latest 7.0 patch. Project Cars from Slightly Mad Studios, has received a...

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg to Testify in Oculus Vs ZeniMax Lawsuit

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been ordered to give a deposition in the long-running dispute between virtual reality company Oculus and games publisher Zenimax media after the latter claimed its intellectual property was used to improve the former's Oculus...

HTC Vive Pre-Orders in February, “We Could Have Started to Ship Vive” CEO Claims

HTC recently announced that it the expected arrival date for its SteamVR powered headset the Vive had slipped from 'holidays 2015' to April 2016. HTC's CEO Cher Wang claims however that "...we could have started to ship Vive this month". So,...
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WEARVR Weekly Top Ten VR Downloads – December #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. Duplex - A Virtual Experience is a virtual walk free movement designed...
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Modbox is a Multiplayer Physics Wonderland for HTC Vive

Developers Alientrap have revealed details and a new trailer for their riotously fun looking physics playground title, Modbox, coming to SteamVR and HTC Vive next year. There's something unusually compelling about games which utilise realistic physics upon which to build...

Oculus Audio SDK is Out of Beta, Includes Over 500 Free Sound Effects

Oculus' Audio SDK is now officially out of beta, giving developers a range of audio spatialization plugins for Unity, Unreal Engine, and audio middleware along with a free library of over 500 high-quality sound effects designed by Oculus specifically for use...