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Smart Solution Makes Handheld VR Cinematography Easy with a Real Virtual Camera

VFX professional Kert Gartner has been pioneering new ways to make capturing virtual worlds as compelling as filming in the real world. His latest technique makes a real virtual camera out of an extra Vive controller and a smartphone. You may...

First Ever Steam Awards Finalists Include Two VR-enabled Games

Tabletop Simulator (2015) and Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (2015) are the two virtual reality-enabled games nominated for the very first Steam Awards. The winners will be announced on New Year’s Eve after a period of public voting. Introduced during the...
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‘Fantastic Contraption’ Puzzle-crafting Fun is Coming to PlayStation VR

One of our favorite VR games, Fantastic Contraption, is heading PlayStation VR. The gameplay makes great use of motion controllers to allow you to craft solutions to puzzling platforming problems. Fantastic Contraption released originally as one of the launch bundle titles...

Classic ‘Serious Sam’ Gets “Full Locomotion” VR Version ‘The First Encounter’, Next Week

Croteam VR, the developers behind the popular first person shooter Serious Sam, are bringing their classic original instalment of the franchise to VR platforms next week with a new Early Access release called The First Encounter which promises full...
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Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Tonight Show’ Debuts Virtual Reality Pictionary Segment with ‘Tilt Brush’

NBC's popular late night talk show The Tonight Show with host Jimmy Fallon has debuted a new segment called Virtual Reality Pictionary which uses the HTC Vive and Google's Tilt Brush VR paint app. Jimmy Fallon is no stranger to VR. As far back...

Visualising UI Solutions for Our Mixed Reality Future

Augmented and Mixed Reality technologies are rapidly evolving, with consumer devices on the horizon. But how will people interact with their new digitally enhanced lives? Designer Ben Frankforter visualises several ideas he's had to help bring about the arrival...

‘ROM: Extraction’ Review

Shooting a gun in VR is a pretty powerful experience, and the feeling of being able to look down the sights and blast away the baddies with a well-aimed shot is pretty cathartic to say the least. With games like...
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Unity’s In-VR Game Editor Launches Tomorrow, This Is What It’s Like

Tomorrow Unity plans to launch the first experimental build of EditorVR, a component of the Unity game engine which will let developers build games within virtual reality. Timoni West, Principal Designer at Unity Labs, has announced that EditorVR will launch...

VR Sports Training Company STRIVR Labs Scores $5 Million Investment

STRIVR Labs, a company focused on using VR for sports training, plans to use a new $5 million investment to expand the scope of its "experiential learning" platform. According to a press release from the company, Strivr's $5 million Series A...

‘Racket: Nx’ for HTC Vive Gets Early Access Launch Date and Multiplayer

One Hamsa, developers of VR sports game Racket: Nx, announced that the Early Access version will arrive on Steam in late January 2017. This first version will also include "competitive" multiplayer and a new single player mode. The Racket Nx...

‘Raw Data’ Developer Survios Raises $50 Million, Now Top Funded VR Dev Studio

Survios, the VR development studio behind the Vive title Raw Data, has announced a whopping $50 million in funding to further expand its VR content offerings. The new round makes the company the most funded pure VR development studio to date. Survios'...
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‘Perfect’ is a Relaxing Virtual Getaway for PSVR

nDreams, the company behind this year's VR intriguing adventure title The Assembly, have announced a new project which offers an altogether different experience. Perfect is a transportative, relaxation experience which aims to whisk your mind away to beautiful locations...

VR Metaverse Company High Fidelity Raises $22 Million in New Funding

Uncovered among recent regulatory filings, VR metaverse company High Fidelity has raised $22 million in new funding. The company, which has reportedly raised $17.45 million across four prior venture investments, has raised a new round of venture capital to the...

What VR Headset Makers (not analysts) Have Actually Said About Sales Expectations

If you're at all involved in the VR space, you likely recently saw a flurry of downtrodden headlines describing "slow," and "modest," holiday VR headset sales, with some even calling VR "the biggest loser this holiday." The impetus of those headlines...

Get $100 in Free VR Games When You Buy an NVIDIA GPU and HTC Vive

Haven't decided whether to pull out the credit card and buy the VR system of your dreams yet? Well, NVIDIA is making it that much harder this holiday season with a new bundle that includes three highly rated games...
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