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Pimax Secures $20M Series B Funding to Further Develop Wide Field of View VR Headsets

Pimax, the Chinese startup building wide field of view (FOV) virtual reality headsets, has secured $20 million in Series B financing. Shortly after completing its successful Kickstarter campaign in late 2017, which garnered the company $4.2 million in crowdfunding to produce...

Report: Apple Starts Preliminary Production on “semitransparent” AR Lenses

According to a report by The Information, Apple is gearing up to enter a new phase in production on its fabled AR headset. Together with Foxconn Technology, the Taiwan-based contract manufacturer behind many of Apple's mobile devices, the company...

How Unity is Enabling this First Wave of Virtual Reality Experiences

Pete Moss is Unity's "VR Dude" in that he's been a long-time believer and advocate in the cross section between VR and gaming and how the Unity game engine could play a significant part. He talks to me about...

People Are Playing the Piano in ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ and It’s Magnificent

Did you know there's a working piano in Half-Life: Alyx? You may be surprised to see just what talent this 1:1 recreation of a baby grand piano has attracted. Playing the game's virtual piano is a pretty difficult task, what with...
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New ‘Zombie Army VR’ Trailer Shows Off Full Features & More Gameplay Ahead of May Launch

Ahead of Rebellion's launch of Zombie Army VR on major VR headsets later this month, the studio released a new trailer showing off all of the features that await. In the new 'Features Trailer' for Zombie Army VR, we get a fresh look at...

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...

Pico Reportedly Developing Slim & Light Mixed Reality ‘Goggles’ to Rival Next-Gen Meta Headset

Pico, the XR headset maker owned by TikTok parent ByteDance, is reportedly developing a mixed reality device aimed at rivaling Meta's next-generation XR headset. According to a report from The Information, Pico is currently working on a pair of mixed...

VR’s Most Immersive Kayaking Game Gets Real-time Multiplayer Mode on PSVR 2 & Steam

Kayak VR: Mirage (2022) is amazingly immersive, packing in a ton of environments to explore in both single player and asynchronous multiplayer racing modes. You never could paddle through the glaciers or meander around tropical coasts with a friend...

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...

Quest 2 is Vastly Outselling Quest 3 so Far This Holiday on Amazon

With such an alluring price point on Quest 2 during the Black Friday period, it makes sense the headset would sell more than Quest 3. But what will it mean for the company's effort to make mixed reality the...
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‘Cat Sorter VR’ Hopes to Capitalize on Untapped Demand for Virtual Cat Sorting

Independent game developer and publisher Pawmingo Games has revealed Cat Sorter VR, an absurd game about rebuilding ‘defective’ cats. It will be playable at CatCon 2017 (naturally) in Pasadena, CA this weekend, and launches on Steam and Viveport on...

Apple AR Headset FOV, Codename, and Stereoscopic Rendering Mode Reportedly Found in iOS 13.1

Steadily becoming the biggest open-secret in the industry... more evidence has come to light that Apple in ongoing development of an AR headset. Inside iOS 13.1 beta 3, a developer claims to have found codenames, display dimensions, and fields...

Amazon, Qualcomm & More Invest $11.2M in TRIPP to Build the “mindful metaverse”

TRIPP, a developer creating VR meditation experiences, announced it's secured $11.2 million funding round which it says will be used to expand so it can meet growing global demand for mental wellbeing apps accessible through AR, VR and mobile...

Valve’s ‘Aperture Hand Lab’ Index Demo Updated to Support Oculus Touch

Valve released a VR game recently that aims to not only put you through your paces with your brand new Valve Index controllers, but directly in the familiar halls of Portal's Aperture Science labs. If you have an Oculus Rift...

WEARVR Weekly Top Ten VR Downloads – August #1

Looking for something fun to play in VR? We've got the top 10 downloads from the last week on the WEARVR app marketplace, a cross-platform repository of virtual reality experiences. 10. Yana Virtual Relaxation Take a deep breath and relax as the sun...
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