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.
K&L’s Ikrima Elhassan on Developing a Comedy Tabletop Game Bebylon
I talk with Ikrima Elhassan of Kite & Lightning about their new tabletop VR game called Bebylon Battle Royale, which is a "Vehicular Melee Party Brawler." Kite & Lightning has a made a name of creating high-end cinematic VR...
‘Sightline: The Chair’ Scoops Top Award at Kaleidoscope VR Film Festival
Developer Tomáš Mariančík (aka Frooxius), developer of the excellent virtual reality experience Sightline: The Chair has been awarded the first ever Jury Prize at the Kaleidoscope VR Film festival in association with VRIDEO.
A firm favourite of Road to VR's, Sightline:...
Innovate UK Awards £210k to VR and AR Pioneers
There are a number of initiatives out there trying to encourage development into the huge potential represented by virtual and augmented reality's current renaissance. None we've seen are quite as wide in remit though as Innovate UK's national UK...
4th Part of Epic’s ‘Sense of Presence’ VR Doc Focuses on the ‘Future of VR’
Epic, the company behind the popular Unreal Engine, has released the fourth part of it's series of films looking at virtual reality technology and the industry. It's been an interestingly positive journey thus far and this latest instalment focuses...
Fundraising Lessons No VR Startup Should Miss Shared by Altspace CEO Eric Romo
Eric Romo has been around the venture fundraising block over the last 10 years, not only as the founder of AltspaceVR, where he's raised some $16 million in venture capital, but also at former startup GreenVolts where he helped raise $120...
4 Steps to Start Experimenting with WebVR in 10 Minutes
WebVR is not a new thing — people have been talking about using WebGL to render interactive 3D graphics in the browser for over half a decade, in various different implementations. What is new, however, is the availability of open source libraries...
Oculus Releases PC SDK 0.8 with “Improved Support for Windows 10”
As the company drives toward releasing SDK 1.0 alongside the consumer Oculus Rift they've now released SDK 0.8 with "Improved Support for Windows 10."
Until SDK 0.7, the Oculus Rift didn't officially support Windows 10. With SDK 0.8, the company...
VR Creation App ‘MakeVR’ to be “Spun Out” from Sixense, Now Hardware Agnostic
Steve Hansted from Sixense took to the stage at VR Launchpad in Mountain View, CA today to announce that the virtual reality 3D modelling application MakeVR, often used alongside the company's STEM motion controllers, is being "spun out" into a...
Tactical Haptics to Debut Vive ‘Reactive Grip’ Prototype at VR Launchpad
Tactical Haptics, the company behind the unique tactile feedback technology 'Reactive Grip', will show their latest HTC Vive compatible prototype for the first time at VR Launchpad, the the VR startup showcase event, kicking off tomorrow at the Computer History Museum...
NVIDIA to Show New VR-ready Laptop at VR Launchpad
VR Startup showcase VR Launchpad is now less than a day away and, in addition to a lively collection of hand-picked virtual reality pioneers and entrepreneurs in attendance, Nvidia will be showing off its latest, cutting-edge VR-ready laptop at the...
24 VR Startup Pitches, Launch Partner Presentations, Vive Demos and More, Tomorrow at VR Launchpad
VR Launchpad, the VR startup showcase, is upon us. Tomorrow the halls of the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA will be filled with a diverse group of hand-picked VR startups alongside investors, media, and VR influencers. And it's...
Aashna Mago on Getting More Women into VR
Aashna Mago talks about the first Women in VR event in San Francisco that she helped organize on September 20th, 2015. There were over 200 people who attended the event that featured 13 women luminaries who are working in virtual reality,...
Building A Better Mousetrap: A “Landmark” Dream Of The Ultimate Content Platform
Noah Nelson is back with another instalment of Immersion Point and this week digs into Landmark Entertainment's recent unveiling of their new 'Pavilion of Me' project, an immersive content platform designed to be the first step on the road...
Greenlight VR to Give ‘State of the VR Industry’ Presentation at VR Launchpad
Virtual reality market research firm Greenlight VR will share their latest data-driven insights into the consumer VR industry in a special presentation at VR Launchpad on October 20th.
Howie Leibach, Sr. Research Analyst at Greenlight VR, will take to the...
‘Voxelus’ Aims to Let Everyone to Build Their Own VR Content
With the huge success of Minecraft, a generation of gamers have grown up expecting to build and create in, as well as 'merely' play their games. Voxelus aims to tap into that creative spark with it's new Voxelus Creator...




















