Leap Motion’s ‘Planetarium’ Gives you the Power to Grab Constellations
In a new technical demo from Leap Motion's labs, you can use your hands to soar through space and manipulate entire constellations with mere gestures. The Planetarium aims to illustrate ideas in virtual reality user interfaces and demonstrate the...
Valve Has Tips, Tricks, and VR Standards to Share at GDC 2015
Valve isn't holding another Steam Dev Days this year, a developers conference organized by the company in 2014. Instead they seem to be focusing their developer outreach energy on March's rapidly approaching Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Alex...
Qantas to Offer 1st Class Passengers Samsung Gear VR and 360 3D Videos from Jaunt
First class passengers on Qantas Airlines will be getting quite the surprise to go along with their eight-course tasting menu, made-to-order signature dishes from Chef Neil Perry, award-winning wine and champagnes, leaf tea and espresso coffee, cotton pajamas, slippers, skincare products, toiletries,...
‘VR Casters’ – the 24 Hour Podcast Radio Station, Broadcasts Today from 12:00pm EST
I am pleased to announce that VR Casters, the world's first and only 24/7 streaming VR podcast radio station is turning on its servers today at 12:oopm EST, and is ready to broadcast the future to you.
VR Casters is...
You Can Now Clone Samsung’s Gear VR and Test Your Virtual Reality Apps
International developers have been waiting patiently to buy Samsung's Gear VR mobile headset internationally ever since the US release on December 8th. Many of them have their virtual reality applications ready to go, yet they have no way...
AltspaceVR Holding Open Beta This Weekend For Virtual Superbowl Party
AltspaceVR is hosting another open beta weekend, and they want you to bring the chips and dip this time for a shared viewing of Super Bowl XLIX. Whether you're rooting for the Patriots or the Seahawks, you're sure to...
‘Design Your Own Cardboard’ Tool from DODOcase Lets You Create Custom Cardboard
Wearing a brown cardboard box on your face is so 2014. So for the new year, DODOcase's popular VR smartphone adapter (inspired by Google Cardboard) is getting a splash of color with the help of their new customization tool,...
Rothenberg Ventures ‘River’ VR Accelerator Ups Ante to $1.3 Million, Announces Seed Investments in 13 Startups
Last month, Rothenberg Ventures launched 'River', an accelerator through which they committed to investing $100,000 in 10 seed-stage virtual reality startups. Today the company has announced that its decided to bump the inaugural class count up to 13, totalling...
Preview: Virtuix Omni VR Treadmill Production Model (video)
I've been fortunate to try the Virtuix Omni VR treadmill several times over the course of its development. At every point though, I was testing some variation of the original prototype seen in the company's highly successful Kickstarter campaign....
Sign of the Times: Oculus Rift Makes a Cameo on NBC’s ‘Parks and Recreation’
Before consumer virtual reality reaches any sort of widespread adoption, it must first begin to work its way into the public consciousness. To that end, we've spotted the Oculus Rift, one of the leading VR headsets destined for the consumer...
