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This Full Video of Valve’s ‘Aperture Science’ VR Demo is Wonderful and Spoilerific
*** Warning: This Video Contains Spoilers ***
Watch as an anonymous player works through Valve's Aperture Science demo, built to demonstrate the capabilities of Valve's new virtual reality technology - HTC Vive.
At the PlayHubs game jam in London last week...
Sony Present: Virtual Visuals: Key Lessons for Artists Working with VR – Live Blog @ 2pm...
"Virtual Reality is real, it's happening, no longer the stuff of sci-fi films. We know it's going to take many years and the combined efforts of the whole games industry to fully explore what is possible within the realm...
Developer Teases Room-scale Version of ‘New Retro Arcade’ for HTC Vive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ouwgk2mNIvU
New Retro Arcade is easily the best virtual reality arcade experience we've seen yet, but it was released prior to the introduction of motion controls from HTC and Oculus and before room-scale gameplay. Somehow the game seems like it was designed...
HTC Vive Orders Being Cancelled Due to Payment Processing Issues – UPDATED
It seems HTC are experiencing technical issues with their payment processing systems and customers' banks which are leading to some pre-orders for their forthcoming HTC Vive VR system being cancelled.
So it seems it's not just Oculus who are experiencing...
Platform Politics: Inside the Oculus and ‘Revive’ Dilemma
Revive is an application that allows select VR games exclusive to the Oculus Home platform to be played on a rival SteamVR-powered HTC Vive headset. A recent update to Oculus Home crippled Revive, an act that has caused outrage...
HTC Announces Vive ‘Business Edition’ for $1200
HTC today announced a new edition of the Vive headset targeted specifically at businesses looking to get into room-scale experiences. Called simply 'Vive Business Edition' (Vive BE), HTC says that the new enterprise-focused presentation of the headset will include "additional services...
How Mozilla Plans to Build VR Into the Foundation of the Web
Though people speak of the 'metaverse'—a vast network of interconnected virtual worlds—as a far flung future concept, in reality we already have the underlying structure built and functioning on a massive scale; it's called the internet and it connects billions...
HTC Vive May Launch Dec 8th in the UK, US and Germany, Interview Suggests
An interview with Polish site TVN24Bis.pl may have just revealed the release date for the HTC Vive in three territories, US, UK and Germany. In an interview with the site, HTC with Bartosz Zik, Product Commercialisation Manager at HTC, it's...
Review: ‘Please, Don’t Touch Anything’ is a ‘Must Have’ VR Puzzle Game
Please, Don't Touch Anything (PDTA), a puzzle game from BulkyPix, has recently released a new VR adaptation of the year-old 2D title. Now built from the ground up in 3D for Oculus Rift and Gear VR headsets, PDTA offers the most immersive button-pushing simulator...
Anyone Who Says ‘You Can’t Do VR on Console’ Hasn’t Tried Sony’s 2015 Morpheus Prototype
On the one year anniversary of the device's unveiling, Sony has revealed a substantial upgrade to the Morpheus PS4 VR headset, a version which they say has nearly reached its final form for a launch by Q2 2016.
Everything about...
Valve’s Chet Faliszek on HTC Vive Pre, Content Showcase Surprises and Ninja Cats
I sit down with Valve Writer, Game Developer and seemingly omnipotent VR Evangelist Chet Faliszek to discuss the new Vive Pre, Valve's focus on a safe VR experience, expectations for the upcoming VR content showcase and his startlingly sneaky cat.
On...
Watch: ‘Robo Recall’ is Playable on HTC Vive Using ‘Revive’ Mod, Here’s How
Oculus Rift exclusive title Robo Recall - which launched just yesterday - can already be played on the HTC Vive, using the infamous Revive mod. And, as you can see in this video, the game seems to work remarkably well.
Oculus' approach...
‘Rick and Morty’ VR Game is Releasing on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive April 20th
Rick and Morty are finally making their way to VR in Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality. Coming to HTC Vive and Oculus Rift headsets on Steam and Oculus Home, you can take part in the dimension-hopping adventure starting Thursday, April 20th...
Making Valve’s OpenVR Truly Inclusive for VR Headsets
With multiple proprietary VR systems on their way to retail, development fragmentation in the VR market has recently become a hot topic in the VR community. In this guest article, a veteran developer who goes by the name of...
CCP Teases New Footage of ‘Project Arena’, a Purported ‘VR eSport’ for Touch and Vive
Project Arena, a prototype game now in development from CCP, was teased today by CCP Games at Fanfest 2016, the company's annual gathering in Reykjavik, Iceland.
We first saw a rudimentary prototype of Project Arena at Fanfest 2015. It was found among a...



















