VR Launchpad, presented by SVVR and Road to VR, is the startup showcase for virtual reality companies. Applications for startups and entrepreneurs are now available. Apply today for an invitation to pitch before a crowd of press and investors. VR Launchpad...

Virtual reality is already being used on the ground to help prepare astronauts for the rigors of space, although now HTC says it's sending its standalone VR headset Vive Focus 3 to the International Space Station (ISS) to help...

Snap announced it's acquired neurotech startup NextMind, a Paris-based company known for creating a $400 pint-sized brain-computer interface (BCI). In a blog post, Snap says NextMind will help drive "long-term augmented reality research efforts within Snap Lab," the company's hardware team...

nDreams, a UK based videogame development studio, today announced a $2.75 million investment from Mercia Technologies for the development of VR content. The studio has several projects in the works including Gunner, which was recently launched as a demo on...

With no way of generating resistive force feedback with today's VR motion controllers, how can we make users feel and behave as though virtual objects have varying weights? Creative agency B-Reel explored several approaches and open sourced their experiments for...

Greenlight VR’s second industry report is co-authored with leading VR news site, Road to VR, and provides industry forecasts, analysis, and best practices. SAN FRANCISCO, CA, January 15, 2016 – Greenlight VR and Road to VR today unveil plans to...

Meta has been flirting with retail for years now, however a Business Insider report maintains the company is finally looking to expand its retail footprint beyond its first and only brick-and-mortar location. Citing an internal communication, the report maintains Meta is looking...

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...

Canon today announced a more affordable lens option designed for social media creators and videographers interested in VR and 3D content creation. Back in June, Canon announced its RF-S3.9mm F3.5 STM Dual Fisheye lens, which was designed to allow its...

Meta is slated to layoff around 10 percent of staff at its Reality Labs XR division, a New York Times report maintains, as the company appears to be shifting focus to AI and smart glasses. The News According to three people...

In the context of AR and VR systems, predictive tracking refers to the process of predicting the future orientation and/or position of an object or body part. For instance, one might want to predict the orientation of the head...

Facebook's growing grip over the VR space reached new heights last month as the company's Oculus headsets exceeded 60% of the share of monthly-connected headsets used on Steam. Facebook was already a major player in the VR market before the...

Samsung's Project Moohan is officially called 'Galaxy XR', as the Korean tech giant has today launched its long-awaited competitor to Apple Vision Pro. The News Priced at $1,800 and releasing today in the US, Samsung Galaxy XR is the first headset to...

Magic Leap announced a manufacturing partnership with Pegatron, a major global electronics manufacturer, to scale production of AR glasses components, including Magic Leap’s waveguide technology. The News Under the agreement outlined in a press statement, Pegatron will apply its manufacturing capabilities...

HTC announced earlier in January that they'd be giving away 1,000 Vive Trackers to developers. Applications to get your hands on one of the Trackers are now open through February 7th. The new HTC Vive Tracker is a standalone tracking...