The lab of Human Computer Interaction at Germany’s Hasso Plattner Institute has developed impacto, a wearable, wireless device designed “to render the haptic sensation of hitting and being hit in virtual reality.” Led by Professor Patrick Baudisch, the lab has...

Oculus' forthcoming Connect 2 conference is a resolutely developer focused event and these events, offering 1:1 face-time with experts in both Unity and Unreal engines, specifically on the mechanics of building a VR project, may just be the ticket...

Unity, the leading 3D game engine synonymous with the early days of Oculus Rift software, is due to hold its annual conference 'Unite' in Boston on September 22nd. As part of the event, the company will honour the best...

John Carmack is something of a legend in the programming world with a history that's intertwined with the early gaming industry. Now at Oculus as Chief Technical Officer, Carmack may be poised to leave a similar mark on the world...

Oculus Story Studio, the company's in-house content creation studio that has produced a number of highly polished experiences, recently released a surprising 'tell all' blog post detailing just what sort of tools the team of VR content creators use. Story Studio has the funds, and...

Epic Games has shown the world some of the most visually stunning VR experiences to date, and today, one of them (Showdown) is being released for free as a UE4 VR sample for developers to learn from. Showdown was created...

Disney has added Littlestar, the "VR Cinema Network," to its accelerator program. Joining the media conglomerate’s tech accelerator will give the startup access to Disney’s considerable resources and a chance to garner more investment from industry players down the...

CastAR (formerly Technical Illusions) today announced a $15 million Series A fundraising round to continue development of their augmented reality glasses of the same name. The company previously raised just over $1 million on Kickstarter in late 2013. The CastAR...

Ever wondered if Dance Dance Revolution would work in VR? Ever wondered why anyone would even try? Well, developer Corey Drake did it and we wanted to know why and how, so we asked him. Dance Dance Revolution from Konami was,...

Stress Level Zero, the developers behind forthcoming HTC Vive / Steam VR title Hover Junkers, have come up with a series of concept titles for the Microsoft Hololens which we'd love to see become a reality. Remember long journeys in...

The SHVR Vive Jam in Shanghai enters its second day. Developers have put pen to paper fingers to keyboard to begin executing their ideas. The 14 teams have access to three HTC Vive development kits for testing in 30...

To keep you connected to the action at this weekend's SHVR Vive Jam in Shanghai we're reporting directly from the event. On day one we take a look at the setup and structure of this weekend long dev session. See...

Today marks the start of the SHVR Vive Jam, a weekend-long event giving Chinese developers a chance to prototype room-scale experiences on the HTC Vive. Hosted at the Transist office in Shanghai, the jam has drawn developers from across...

NVIDIA's VR specific driver and API enhancements took a step towards VR enthusiast reality today as the GPU giant launched the first beta release of Gameworks VR and a set of publicly available 'Game Ready' drivers are now available to take advantage...

Oculus have given developers a heads up on their forthcoming PC SDK release, due August 20th. The release brings with it major overhauls, not least of which include a new Direct Driver Mode, developed in conjunction with NVIDIA and...