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WEARVR Weekly Top Ten VR Downloads – September #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. A virtual reality experience set in the world of a breakfast cartoon....

Google Releases Open Source Plans for Cardboard v2 Viewer

Google released the second version of their Cardboard VR viewer back in May. Sticking to their commitment to make the design of the handheld HMD completely open for third-party manufacturers, the company has now released the complete design specification...

Canon Reveal 2.5k Per Eye, 120 Degree FOV ‘VR Viewer’

Here's a name you may not expect to be entering the immersive wearable market, Canon. They just demonstrated a virtual reality viewer (this is not a traditional headset) at Canon Expo in New York, and it packs some interesting...

‘Community’ and ‘Rick and Morty’ Co-creator Goes Wild for Making VR Soup on the HTC Vive

Creator of the cult hit comedy show Community, Dan Harmon, has raved about the new HTC Vive VR headset in a recent podcast where he describes his extraordinary experiences ... making soup in virtual reality. Dan Harmon's popular podcast series 'Harmontown'...

Using Electrical Muscle Stimulation as Haptic Feedback for 3D Virtual Hand Pointing

Max Pfeiffer was at the IEEE VR talking about a demo where he's experimenting with off-the-shelf Electrical Muscle Stimulation (ESM) message devices in order to provide haptic feedback for pointing with your hand within 3D virtual environments. He's tracking...

‘Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes’ Comes to Steam and Oculus Rift (or not) in October

Steel Crate Games, an Ottawa based indie studio, has today announced that their bomb-defusing party game—Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes—is coming to Steam on October 8th with Oculus Rift support. The co-op bomb-defusing game makes for an ingenious way of involving a whole...

Moggles is a Foldable, Pocketable Mobile VR Headset that’s 40mm Thick

Swedish virtual reality company Moggles has launched a new, smartphone-based VR headset of the same name which apparently folds into a 40mm thick form factor, ready to slip into your pocket. Moggles has just released details of its latest attempt...

Google is Bringing GoPro’s VR Camera to ‘YouTube Space’ Studios

GoPro recently announced its 'Odyssey' VR camera as the first for Google's 'Jump' video assembly platform. With the two companies working side-by-side on VR video, Google is going to be bringing the Odyssey camera to it's 'YouTube Space' studios in...
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‘Stark Tower’ is a Stunning Avengers Recreation, Coming to HTC Vive and Rift

We've seen a few architectural companies exploring the VR space with recreations of realistic structures. Trek Industries now want to let you step into the fantastic fictional world of The Avengers with this stunning VR recreation of one Marvel's...
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‘Super Turbo Atomic Ninja Rabbit’ 80s Cartoon Experience Loves Me and I Totally Love it Back

Super Turbo Atomic Ninja Rabbit (STANR) is a short VR experience created by No Ghost in collaboration with The Line, two London based studios that helped bring an original take on the '80s Saturday morning cartoon phenomenon to life. Like any self-respecting kid who grew up...