2023 Sections
New PlayStation VR Bundle Adds Free Camera, Saves You $59
Right now, Amazon and Best Buy are running a promotional bundle which includes the core PSVR package with a PlayStation Camera thrown in for free, saving you a respectable $59.
As we reported, Sony's PlayStation VR headset has seen an...
Watch: NeosVR “Metaverse Engine” World Building in Action, Latest Version Adds Cloud Functionality
Solirax's latest alpha release of its collaborative "metaverse engine" NeosVR has reached an important milestone, adding the ability to save your VR worlds and experiences to the cloud and enjoy other creator's virtual projects at the wave of a...
Vive Deluxe Audio Strap Gets June 6th Release Date
HTC announced a serious looking upgrade for its Vive headset earlier this year at CES 2017. The 'Deluxe Audio Strap' replaces the original device's harness and upgrades it with integrated headphones and a new, more robust adjustable head assembly.
Update...
VR Veteran Tony Parisi is Leading Unity’s AR & VR Strategy Beyond Gaming
The keynote from Unity's Vision VR/AR Summit yesterday showcased just how far Unity is reaching into non-gaming content when it comes to augmented and virtual reality. The person who is in charge of Unity's xR strategy is Tony Parisi,...
Valve VR Frontman Chet Faliszek Departs Company After 12 Years
Though there's surely many talents folks at Valve responsible for the company's VR initiatives, over the last several years Chet Faliszek has become a front-facing evangelist and go-to spokesperson for VR at Valve. Now after 12 years with the company,...
Google Announces New Tools to Develop High-performance Daydream Apps
During the opening presentation at today's Unity Vision Summit, Nathan Martz, Developer Platforms Product Manager at Google, took to the stage to talk about new tools that the company is releasing to help developers create high-performance apps for Daydream, Google's...
New Unity Tools Bring Interactivity and Real-time CGI to 360 Video, Now in Beta
360 video combined with real-time CG and interactive elements was demonstrated on stage at today's Vision VR/AR Summit 2017 keynote. Using two layers of video with 3D elements in between, it is a simple way of enhancing standard 360...
Unity CEO: VR Will Get Huge, But Devs Need to Survive and Avoid Hype Until it...
At VRLA 2017, Unity CEO and games industry vet John Riccitiello dumped a little cold water wisdom on the hype surrounding the red-hot VR industry. Riccitiello believes VR is coming and it will be huge, but advises that developers stay...
Upload LA Opening Represents a Focus Shift From VR Tech to VR Content
UploadVR opened up their new 20,000 square foot Upload LA co-working space in April. I had a chance to catch up with co-founders Taylor Freeman and Will Mason as VRLA to get the inside scoop. Mason told me that opening...
TPCAST Announces Business Edition Wireless VR Kit, Up to 6 Simultaneous Users
TPCAST, makers of a 60GHz wireless VR add-on for the HTC Vive, have announced a Business Edition version of the device which is said to allow up to six of the units to work in one local space without...
‘Gears of War’ Creator Cliff Bleszinski Wants to Make a Big Budget VR Game
If you don't already know Cliff Bleszinski from his involvement with the Unreal Tournament and Gears of War franchises, you may remember him from Oculus' 2012 Kickstarter video. Now under the banner of his own studio, Boss Key Productions,...
‘Panzerwehr: 1949’ Reimagines Mechs in VR as WWII-era Combat Machines
In development by indie studio KUKURU3, Panzerwehr: 1949 is a mech combat simulator made for VR which imagines an alternate WWII timeline where mechs rule the battlefield as anti-tank hunters in a war that's dragged on to 1949.
Panzerwehr: 1949 began as a tech...
‘Batman: Arkham VR’ Launches on Vive and Rift
Batman: Arkham VR (2016) is one of PlayStation VR's top games, and an exclusive too, until now. Developer Rocksteady has launched the game for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift.
Update (4/25/17, 2:53PM PT): Batman: Arkham VR has launched on...
Understanding Predictive Tracking and Why It’s Important for AR/VR Headsets
In the context of AR and VR systems, predictive tracking refers to the process of predicting the future orientation and/or position of an object or body part. For instance, one might want to predict the orientation of the head...
Watch the First 10 Minutes of ‘Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality’
Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (2017) is finally here, launching today on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. And yes, it's all the wonderful weirdness of the show mixed in with some seriously fun object interaction courtesy of the game's...



















