Google Cardboard Apps Cross 15 Million Downloads, Official App Now in More Than 100 Countries
After reaching more than 15 million installs of Cardboard apps from Google Play, Google is now making the official Google Cardboard app available in +100 countries for iOS and Android devices.
In Google's latest effort to bring VR to the world,...
How the Oculus ‘Toybox’ Demo Inspired Will Smith to Start a VR Company
For the past three years, Will Smith and Norman Chan have been playing the latest virtual reality demos and tracking the evolution of VR with their Tested.com reviews. Will was able to see Oculus' Toybox demo at E3 this year,...
Google Street View Gets Cardboard VR Support on iPhone
Google naturally rolled out their initial virtual reality experiments on Android, but now that the company has gotten serious about Cardboard, we're seeing more of the VR initiative make its way to Apple's iOS. And now, Street View VR functionality has...
New Cinematic VR and Creation Tools Being Prototyped in Unity
Timoni West is a principle designer for Unity Labs, and she's working on creating professional tools for creating VR scenes in Unity while being in VR. These tools are still in the prototype phase of development, but it's something...
VR Theme Park ‘The VOID’ Begins Beta Testing, Reservations “Sold Out within Hours”
Getting into the newest VR theme park has proven to be a difficult task, as The VOID opened a number of beta testing slots for their Salt Lake City location on Friday and were immediately snapped up within hours.
Tickets to The Void's...
HTC Vive ‘City Destruction’ VR Prototype Lets You Demolish Virtual Worlds
In all the talk over presence and immersion associated with virtual reality games, we mustn't lose sight of why we play games in the first place, for fun! When games come along that manage to fuse both, we get...
VR Doc “Sense of Presence” Part 3 Released, Explores VR Storytelling
Epic's series of short films exploring the rise and maturation of the virtual reality industry reaches part 3. In this installment, the directors look to explore what virtual reality means to game developers in delivering compelling narrative experiences that...
Sony Acquires Softkinetic with Tech Ideal for Next-Gen PlayStation VR Input
Softkinetic are a 3D vision company specialising in depth-sensing technologies, specifically ToF (Time of Flight) laser-based systems. Now, Sony have announced it has acquired the Belgian company, provoking speculation that we might see the company's tech used for hand-tracking alongside...
Oculus Video Hands-On: Twitch, Vimeo, and Movies Come to Gear VR
Oculus Video received an update today for Gear VR, which delivers the much awaited integration of streaming content from Twitch, Vimeo, and purchasable movies.
In preparation for the consumer launch, Oculus is filling out the Gear VR platform with a...
Immersing Yourself in Your Favorite Show with VR and Hulu
Alex Tenyotkin is a senior design lead at Hulu, and he talks about how virtual reality went from being a passion project to being announced as part of the keynote at Oculus Connect 2. Alex talks about some of...
