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‘Adventure Time’ Creator Pendleton Ward on Stretching the Boundaries of Identity in VR

Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward has been fascinated by the idea of virtual reality since he first read Snow Crash as a teenager. He backed the Oculus Kickstarter, and has been exploring many of the early VR prototypes over...
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New HTC Vive ‘Consumer Edition’ Trailer Lands

In the wake of HTC's announcement that the HTC Vive will ship on April 1st and cost $799, here's 51 seconds of industrial design to give you a really good look at the headset you as a potential buyer...
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‘Crazy Machines VR’ Lets You Make Wild Rube Goldberg-inspired Creations

Crazy Machines VR, a unique puzzle game from publisher Wild River and developer FAKT Software, launched today on Steam for all major PC VR headsets. Crazy Machines VR lets you construct and solve physics-based Rube Goldberg-inspired contraptions, the sort of machines...

VR’s Favorite Mini Golf Game is Getting a ‘Wallace & Gromit’ Course This Summer

Mighty Coconut, developer of indie VR hit Walkabout Mini Golf (2020), announced it's partnering with Wallace & Gromit creators Aardman to bring a course inspired by the very same British boffin and canine pair. The course is set to feature...

Latest Quest 2 Update Brings Encrypted Messenger, Parental App Locks & More

Meta rolled out a new Quest update that brings to the headset some previously revealed stuff, such as app-based locks and tracking support for more keyboards, but also some new features too which the company hopes will instill more...

HTC Vive Nominated for ‘Best Hardware’ in Gamescom 2015 Awards

Virtual reality hardware has set something of a trend at trade show awards over the last few years. Oculus in particular have traditionally cleaned up in the 'best hardware' category at shows like CES for example. Now it seems...

PSVR 2 Outsold Original PSVR in First 6 Weeks, Sony Confirms

Sony revealed PSVR 2 outperformed the original PSVR in sales in the first six weeks, taking a strong early lead over the company's first-gen PlayStation headset. An investor relations presentation delivered by Sony Interactive Entertainment chief Jim Ryan includes some...
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4 Minutes of Boxing Glory in ‘Creed’ VR, Gameplay Video Here

Survios, the studio behind Raw Data (2017) and Sprint Vector (2018), debuted a new single player VR game this year on the GDC expo floor, an upcoming arcade boxing title that puts you in the shoes of Adonis Creed, son of Apollo Creed...

Meta Delists ‘Max Mustard’ & ‘Richie’s Plank Experience’ from Quest, Citing Violation of Platform Abuse Policy

Toast Interactive announced their VR games Max Mustard (2024) and Richie’s Plank Experience (2017) have been removed from the Horizon Store for Quest. For now, it's unclear precisely why, however the veteran indie studio says the move has left them feeling "betrayed and powerless." "Unfortunately,...

New Startup Artie Wants to Bring AI-driven Avatars to Augmented Reality

Former Felix & Paul chief content officer Ryan Horrigan and former Milk VR and VRSE.works producer Armando Kirwin have banded together to found Artie, a new startup with the mission of bringing AI avatars to augmented reality. In the video...
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This ‘Paranormal Activity’ VR HTC Vive Reaction Video is Hilarious

As we reported recently, Paramount Pictures are currently rolling out demo booths to 15 AMC theaters across the US to demonstrate a snippet of the forthcoming virtual reality horror experience based on the Paranormal Activity horror franchise. Frank He...

XR Insiders Reflect on Apple Vision Pro Development and Industry Impact

The Voices of VR Podcast never misses an opportunity to document the ongoing history of the XR space. With Vision Pro now in the hands of many, host Kent Bye recently interviewed two XR insiders that have been part...
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Skyworld Trailer Reveals Epic New Steam VR TBS Game for HTC Vive

Valve and their partner HTC stole VR enthusiasts' hearts at GDC last week when the unveiled their Steam VR platform. Now, a new game coming to Steam VR, Skyworld, demonstrates a use for that room-space tracking with this debut...

Apple iOS 11 Rolls Out Today, Augmented Reality Apps Now Showing Up on App Store

Apple is rolling out iOS 11 today, its mobile operating system that's compatible with "hundreds of millions of devices" including iPhones going back to the iPhone 5s, and a variety of recent iPads. If your device is able to...
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Overlaid Videos Show Just how Accurate Oculus Touch Controls Are

Oculus Touch tech demonstration 'Toybox' made its public video debut a couple of days ago and highlighted the sheer fun that can be had in VR with intuitive motion controllers. The videos used a side-by-side in-game and real-world POV...
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