Gear VR for Galaxy S6 On Sale Today, Best Buy Price-Matches Samsung
The newest iteration of Samsung Gear VR, the company's VR headset designed to work with Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, is now available from both Samsung's US website and Best Buy's online store for $199.
Samsung is today accepting orders for the...
Unity and Unreal Engine Now Both Support HTC Vive Development
The industry's two largest game engines, Unity and Unreal Engine, are now both officially supported by SteamVR, Valve's full-featured 'room-scale' VR experience. The integration of the two game engines will allow developers to immediately begin developing for HTC Vive.
Unity and Unreal Engine now both...
‘Geppetto’ Prototype Makes Animating in VR a Hands-on Experience
Masters of Pie, a London based 3D animation studio, have taken a page out of the book of renowned claymation works such as Wallace and Gromit with their stop-motion animation prototype tool for VR, aptly code named Geppetto after the fictional creator...
HoloLens App Envisions Immersive Future for Architecture and Construction
Microsoft has recently released a video showing some of the architectural applications of HoloLens, the company's untethered AR headset. The prototype app shows the device's ability to improve communication between industry professionals through the use of immersive 3D models.
Trimble, a company focused...
Oculus’ Nate Mitchell Talks Rift CV1 Launch at TechCrunch Disrupt
TechCrunch's Josh Constine sat down with Oculus co-founder and VP of Product Nate Mitchell today at this year's TechCrunch Disrupt to talk more about the consumer version of the Oculus Rift, hot on the heels of today's surprise release date announcement.
In the...
Oculus Rift Pre-orders Will Start in 2015, Specs Coming Next Week Followed By Details on Input
Now that the news has hit the streets about the Oculus Rift release date coming in Q1 2016, the company has let fly an official blog post with some additional details. Confirmed thus far is that pre-orders for the...
Oculus Rift CV1 High Res Photos Suggest a Lighter, More Comfortable Headset
The first glimpses of the Oculus Rift CV1, the consumer version of the company's hotly anticipated headset are finally here. Like the Rift DK2 and Crystal Cove prototype that came before it, the CV1 shares a clear lineage with...
Oculus Announce Consumer ‘Oculus Rift’ CV1 Release Date as Q1 2016 (Update: Confirmed)
According to IGN and Polygon, it seems as if Oculus has at long last committed to a release window for its virtual reality headset the Oculus Rift and we're to expect it in Q1 2016!
Sources for this news is unclear,...
HTC: ‘Vive Developer Edition Will Not Be Sold Before Consumer Launch’
A report published last month in Fortune seemed to indicate that HTC would make the SteamVR / Vive Developer Edition system available for sale prior to the forthcoming launch of the consumer version of the headset. Speaking with Road...
‘The Void’ is a VR Experience which Fuses Physical and Virtual Reality Environments
Whilst the the virtual reality industry's focus right now is largely on in-home entertainment, the out-of-home VR sector shows immense promise. A new project called 'The Void' is an out-of-home experience that aims to let players explore physical environments...
