AuraVisor Hands-On Impressions and Photos, Kickstarter Goal Now Passed
The AuraVisor is an untethered 'all in one' VR headset which strive to address issues with both mobile and desktop VR. The Kickstarter has just passed its £100,000 goal, and we went hands-on with an early prototype to see...
‘Lands End’ Release Trailer is Beautiful, Out Now for Gear VR
The stunning Gear VR adventure title from the creators of Monument Valley is now released and it remains one of the most stunning and intriguing VR titles to date. UK based developers Ustwo Games have celebrated the title's arrival...
Sólfar Secures $2.1M to Recreate Everest in VR and Get You to Climb it
Icelandic developer Sólfar Studios have announced that their quest to bring one of the world's greatest natural wonders, Mount Everest, to virtual reality just got a significant boost. They've announced received over $2M in seed funding to bring their mountaineering...
First Look: Inside Oculus ‘Arcade’ Beta – New Tech Brings Back Games of a Bygone Era
Oculus has today released their much awaited Arcade app, which lets you play a number of original classic arcade titles from Sega, Midway, and Bandai Namco. While you won't need virtual quarters to try out the games for a limited time,...
Oculus Arcade Beta Now Available With 21 Coin-op Classics on Gear VR
With the reveal of today's pre-order for the first consumer Gear VR, Oculus has launched the beta version of Arcade, the company's first-party title currently featuring 21 classic arcade games from Sega, Midway, and Bandai Namco. Oculus Arcade beta is...
Jason Storey on Colosse’s Gaze-Controlled Narrative & Echo Red’s Motion Controls
Jason Storey (aka apieceoffruit) is a VR developer, Left-Handed VR podcast co-host, and all-around VR enthusiast who has worked on number of different VR experiences. He talks about working on the gaze-control mechanism in the cinematic VR experience of...
Samsung Consumer Gear VR Page is Up, Best Buy Pre-Orders Now Live
As we reported a few days ago, it's expected that the consumer version of Samsung's Oculus and mobile phone powered virtual reality headset, the Gear VR, will go up for pre-order today. It seems things are moving in that...
Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 112): Smell the Metaverse with the Cilia Kickstarter
Virtual Reality already does a pretty good job of fooling our eyes and ears, but we need to remember that we have other senses as well. Peter Sassaman is trying to add smell to our VR experiences with his...
Unreal Engine to Add NVIDIA Gameworks VR Support, Including VR SLI
Today at the VRX conference in San Francisco, Epic Games, developers of Unreal Engine, announced that they're partnering with NVIDIA to integrate their Gameworks VR featureset into UE4. VR SLI and Multi-res shading will be availabl in forthcoming updates.
NVIDIA's...
Tony Parisi on Alternatives to Walled Garden Platforms with the Open Web & WEVR
Tony Parisi has been working towards creating an open ecosystem of virtual reality helping to co-create the Virtual Reality Modelling Language in the early 90s. He recently took a position at WEVR, and while he's not revealing too much...
