These Brilliant Sculpture Masks Chart Virtual Reality’s History

Welcome to Zenka's Mini-museum of VR History Jenny Carden, aka Zenka, is a Los Angeles-based artist who created a unique exhibit that showcases the history of virtual reality. More than 20 life-sized ceramic raku 'masks' depict notable virtual reality and...

ConVRge Weekend Events: Leap Motion Q&A and Road to VR Team AMA

ConVRge, the online VR social space, has announced its event lineup for this weekend and they include an informal AMA with the Road to VR team as well as a developer focused Q&A with Leap Motion 'Experience Engineer' Isaac...

Samsung Gear VR for S6 Hands-on, “the best picture quality we’ve ever seen”

We had the Samsung Gear VR team in our office recently and they gave us a hands on look at the new Gear VR headset for the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. Here are some of the notable improvements. This guest...
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Widescale Tracking and Real Props Make for an Even More Immersive VR Experience

Kenzan, a Geneva based 3D visual effects company, has recently released a video showing a curious motion capture installation that could have you discovering a pharaoh's tomb in a setting that blends the physical world with the virtual. The...

New Version of ‘Surge’ VR Music Video Includes ‘Ultra’ Option for Beefy Graphics Cards

Surge, an impressive real-time VR music video, has been recently updated with an additional graphical setting to make the experience look even sharper for those with powerful graphics cards. The latest version of Surge (1.1) available on Oculus Share now...

New Gear VR for Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge Goes on Sale May 8th in U.S,...

Samsung today announced that the new Gear VR for the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge will go on sale May 8th and become available for pre-order on the 24th. The new mobile VR headset from Samsung (made in collaboration with...

Altspace Beta Weekend 24-26th – Featuring SVVR Livestream and New D&D Game Board

AltspaceVR is hosting another Beta Access Weekend on April 24-26, and this time the social VR space has added a few more features to watch out for, features that when you say them out loud, could alienate you from casual acquaintances and...

Sixense Teams up with SapientNitro to Show VR’s Marketing Potential

Last weekend Sixense, creator of the STEM controller, came for a visit to digital agency SapientNitro's NYC office. Armed with VR headsets and STEM controllers, the order of business was to demonstrate the marketing potential of virtual reality technology...

HTC Vive Developer Edition Signups Now Open, Free for Selected Devs but Not for Sale

Apparently on their way to making good on the promise of the HTC Vive Developer Edition being available this Spring, Valve has opened the developer signup form for interested parties to throw their name into the hat. Valve will be...

Rupert Murdoch, 21st Century Fox CEO, Checks out NextVR on Samsung’s Gear VR

Rupert Murdoch, CEO of 21st Century Fox and News Corp, had a chance to try on Samsung's Gear VR recently. NextVR introduced Murdoch to their 360 degree NASCAR recordings. Business mogul Rupert Murdoch sat down with NextVR recently to review some of...