XR Industry News
The latest news on the XR industry. Covering AR, VR, MR, spatial computing, and the most important companies and platforms in the field.
Baobab Studios Raises $25 Million in New Funding Round
There isn't a studio that can claim to be 'The Pixar of VR' just yet, but many heavy hitters in traditional media and tech are taking notice of the growth potential of animated films in VR, and specifically in Baobab Studios,...
Battlezone PSVR Dev Diary #2: Building Levels in VR That Welcome Players Into the World
In the 2nd of our 3 part developer diary series from Battlezone developers Rebellion, Game Designer Grant Stewart writes on making levels that don’t just use VR, but also welcome you into the game world.
Guest Article by Grant Stewart
Grant designs...
Virtual Reality Strategy Conference 2016 to Bring VR Insights to Industry Execs
A new annual conference from Greenlight Insights is angling itself to sate the growing desire for "actionable insights" from the rapidly expanding VR industry. The 2016 Virtual Reality Strategy Conference aims to layout the "new rules" of the VR...
Battlezone PSVR Dev Diary #1: The Importance of Feedback in Uncharted Territory
Welcome to the 1st in our 3 part series of developer diaries from Rebellion covering the making of the forthcoming PlayStation VR title Battlezone, a reboot of the 1980 Atari arcade classic in virtual reality. In this entry, Senior Designer...
Oculus Will Cover Unreal Engine Developer Fees Through First $5M in Revenue, Per Game
Oculus covered a lot of ground during their opening keynote at Oculus Connect 3 this week; among many exciting announcements, one of interest for Unreal Engine developers might be how Oculus says that they’ll cover the royalty fees for any...
Hands On: ESI’s Incredibly Accurate VR CAD Simulation Lets You Take Cars Apart
Dominic Brennan gets his hands on ESI Group's latest iteration of IC.IDO, their automotive visualisation tool that uses CAD-accurate data to generate extremely realistic VR simulations which let you take apart (or fix) your own virtual car.
The GPU Technology...
Matterport Creates the “World’s Largest Library” of Real-World VR Places
Immersive media company Matterport have just announced they're to make available what they claim is the world's largest collection of VR-focussed real-world models and locations in a bid to become a source of experiences for VR consumers.
Update: The original...
‘Neos’ Aims to be the Google Docs of VR World Building
We catch up with Sightline creator Tomáš 'Frooxius' Mariančík whose work to create the Google Docs of VR world building with his latest project Neos, is progressing rapidly.
We've not heard much of Tomáš 'Frooxius' Mariančík, the developer behind the excellent...
Only Select Developers Can Publish Google Daydream Apps Until 2017
Google Daydream is supposed to launch Fall 2016, but only a select group of developers will be able to publish Daydream apps to the Google Play store until 2017.
Daydream, Google's high-end VR initiative for Android, is set to launch...
Google Daydream SDK Launches Out of Beta, Adds Unity Integration
After announcing Daydream earlier this year, Google's platform for high-end virtual reality on Android, the company has now says the Daydream VR SDK has reached version 1.0 and is now ready for download.
Building upon the prior Cardboard SDK, Google has...
SEA VR Rebrands as ‘Immerse Technology Summit’, Returns October 11th
SEA VR, the largest VR conference in the Pacific Northwest, has renamed itself as the “Immerse Technology Summit,” and will be held this year on October 11th in Bellevue, Washington. The summit organizers say they dropped the “VR” moniker...
Leaked Input Device May Explain Why Investors Just Dropped $120 Million into Thalmic Labs
Thalmic Labs, makers of the gesture control armband MYO may be working on a new VR controller, a wristband device which senses the position of your fingers. The company is teasing new products after closing a whopping $120 million...
Apple CEO: VR Has “Lower Commercial Interest” than AR, New Hires from Magic Leap & Oculus
Apple CEO Tim Cook has stated that in his view, augmented reality and not virtual reality holds the ticket for commercial success in immersive technologies in the future.
On the subject of virtual and augmented reality Apple is still largely...
This is The Rogue Initiative’s Debut VR Fantasy ‘Crowe: The Drowned Armory’
Fledgling production studio The Rogue Initiative have revealed their first VR game project as Crowe: The Drowned Armory, an original sci-fi fantasy adventure which, from the newly release key art, looks promising.
The Rogue Initiative describe themselves as a "full spectrum...
VR Advertisement Platform Vertebrae Raises $10M Investment
Vertebrae, a virtual reality advertising platform that promises to bring ad supported monetization to VR publishers, today announced a $10 million series A fundraising.
Vertebrae's platform, now out of stealth, is currently in private beta for use by content publishers such as entertainment...




















