AltspaceVR Brings Official Dungeons & Dragons to Social VR

Social virtual reality platform AltspaceVR have today announced they're partnering with Wizards of the Coast, publisher of Dungeons and Dragons, to bring the brand into virtual reality, retaining the social aspects that makes the table-top incarnations so popular. Role playing...

Watch the first 6 Google ‘Jump’ VR Videos

Google's interest in VR has been steadily growing, reaching a recent climax back in May during the company's annual 'I/O 2015' conference where they announced a slew of new VR initiatives including 'Jump' for VR video. Jump is Google's VR...

Fabric Engine is Working to Enable 3D Storyboarding and Editing Directly in VR

Fabric Engine is an authoring tool-set for easing the visualisation and building of content in virtual spaces. The team behind the project have built what they claim is a suite of software which helps quickly iterate on designs for...

Instant VR for Your Next Party with ‘WeLens’

One of the most expensive and time-consuming parts of demoing at a VR event is outfitting enough demo stations. Too few and you'll have a long line of unhappy people, but at $700+ for a GearVR/Galaxy S6 combo, it's...

UK’s ‘SouthWest VR’ Becomes ‘VR World Congress’, Talk Submissions Now Open

The appetite for virtual reality industry gatherings seem to be insatiable at the moment. UK based SouthWest VR just announced that it's last sell-out event was so successful, they're re-branding it with a view to expand its global appeal....

Oculus Audio SDK 1.0.0 Beta Released

Oculus launched the latest beta version of their dedicated Audio SDK on the 5th November, bringing a selection of new features and the version up to 1.0. Check inside for the release notes. Oculus has stated that it's committed to...

AMD’s Layla Mah on the Future of Advanced Rendering with LiquidVR

Layla Mah is the lead architect of virtual reality and advanced rendering at AMD. She talks about AMD's LiquidVR technology built to help bring comfort, compatibility and content to virtual reality. VR requires a lot of graphics processing resources,...
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WEARVR Weekly Top Ten VR Downloads – November #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. The latest horror experience from CB Games, just in time for Halloween....

NextVR Raises $30.5M to Accelerate Broadcast VR Development

NextVR, the company known for live-broadcasting immersive video such as last month's Gear VR-accessible Democratic debate, announced recently a $30.5 million Series A funding round with investments by some big names in traditional media. VR is changing the consumption of...

‘Land’s End’ Pulled from Note 4 Gear VR Until Further Notice

Land's End, the much lauded Gear VR adventure game from Ustwo Games for its stunning scenery, is no longer available on Note 4-compatible Gear VR headsets. The game, which went on sale Tuesday for all Samsung Gear VR headsets for $7.99, is now no longer...