Epic Games Offering up Cash from $5 Million Fund to ‘Anyone Making Cool Things with UE4’

Epic Games is offering developers a "no strings attached" piece of their recently established development fund, a financial grant pool that tops out at $5,000,000 worth of cash. The funds are earmarked for projects with working prototypes, that are...

Why Social Virtual Reality is Worth Celebrating

When I opened my eyes I suddenly found myself in an art gallery that had been transformed into a full-blown party with thumping music, bright red helium balloons pulling at the furniture, and a menagerie of life forms, humanoid...
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New CastAR Promo Video Shows a Vision of an Augmented Home

Technical Illusions, the company behind the CastAR augmented reality glasses, have just revealed a new promo video showing their vision of an augmented home. "We're committed to not making "high concept" videos that most people do. For our Kickstarter we...

GDC 2015: The Games Industry is Gearing Up for VR’s Arrival – Road to VR will...

GDC is once again upon us, and on March 2-6 the people responsible for creating the games we love come together at the Moscone Center in San Francisco to talk shop. This year, virtual reality dominates the conference agenda. Here's...

Apple Posts New Job Listing for Senior Software Engineer with “proven Track Record in Virtual and...

On the tail of their newly granted patent for a mobile head mounted display, Apple is continuing to search for new hires that would bring augmented and virtual reality experience to the company. It first came to light that Apple...

‘[NUREN] The New Renaissance’ Oculus Rift DK2 Demo Now Available (video)

The developers of The New Renaissance have released a demo of their feature-length virtual reality music experience, showing a segment that reminds me of just why I got into this VR business in the first place: dancing robot girls...

Apple Granted Patent for Gear VR-like Mobile Headset, Could Have “Broad Ramifications” for Such Devices

Yesterday, Apple was granted a patent for a Gear VR-like mobile headset which would use a portable device (like a smartphone) as the primary display. The patent strikes similarities between both Samsung's Gear VR and a swath of VR...

Magic Leap CEO to Take to the Stage at TED 2015 in March

Additions to the TED 2015 speaker lineup have been announced, and Rony Abovitz, Founder, CEO and President of Magic Leap, is heading to the conference to speak about... to reveal... well, we're not too sure really—par for the course considering the...

Following $23 Million Series A, Meta 1 Developer Kit Hackathon to Be Held March 6

On the tail end of this year's GDC, Meta will be hosting their very first 24-hour AR hackathon centered around their Meta 1 Developer Kit, a crowdfunded augmented reality headset that is now shipping out to backers. The event comes after...

Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 94): Discussing ‘NUREN’, A New VR Experience with Jake Kaufman and Jessie...

I love it when developers send me their stuff to try before it goes live. When I am intrigued by what I see or experience, I immediately try to get them on my podcast to discuss their project. Thus...