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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...

Samsung Gear VR Holiday Buying Guide, Currently Available in US, NZ, Brazil, & Parts of EU...

Getting your hands on the new Samsung Gear VR hasn't been easy task due to spotty availability. But if you're in Western Europe or the United States, you still may be able to grab one in time for the holidays. Keep...

Unboxing The Challenges of VR Cinema

The great fun in VR right now is that when you strip away all of the bluster, all of the marketing speak, and all of the ego posturing the truth, we’ve only scratched the surface of how this new...

‘Convrge’ Announces Gear VR Beta with Cross-Platform YouTube Viewing

Convrge, the social VR platform known for hosting some of the first large-scale social meetups in virtual reality, has announced signups for a Gear VR beta, which will allow Samsung Gear VR users to mingle and also watch YouTube...

Presence Capital’s $10 Million AR/VR Fund Counts HTC’s Phil Chen Among Founders

Presence Capital today announced they've raised a $10 million fund to invest in VR/AR companies through the new VC firm. Among other heads of the fund is HTC's Phil Chen, the purported "founder" of the HTC Vive project at HTC. Presence...

Presence Capital’s Amitt Mahajan Brings Lessons from Casual Mobile Games to VR

Presence Capital is a new early-stage venture capital firm that's focused on funding virtual reality and augmented reality startups. I had the chance to interview one of the co-founders Amitt Mahajan at the VRX Conference about this new fund...

Oculus Remains Silent on 2015 Rift & Touch Pre-orders in Wake of Vive Delay

Following the HTC Vive delay which pushed the headset just into Q2 2016, eyes turn to Oculus to see if they can deliver on the Rift's Q1 2016 release date window. While Valve and HTC's initial Vive shipping target of...
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EVE: Valkyrie Gameplay – 10 Player Footage From the Latest Pre-Alpha

We now know that EVE:Valkyrie will be packed-in with every retail Oculus Rift once that VR headset launches in Q1 2016. So what can you expect from the game? We've got some new gameplay of the latest pre-alpha in...