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Spherica’s Stabilization Technology Used in HBO’s ‘Westworld’ VR Experience

HBO premiered a VR experience for their new Westworld series at TechCrunch Disrupt, and they used Spherica's camera stabilization technology in order to pull off an extended live-action tracking shot in VR. Common advice given to new VR filmmakers...
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New ‘Robinson: The Journey’ Video Shows 5 Minutes of PSVR Gameplay

Crytek's Robinson: The Journey is the studio's first PlayStation VR game. A new gameplay video reveals more about the title's gameplay and interactions. Robinson: The Journey is shaping up to be an ambitious VR adventure game, and a beautiful one at...

‘The Solus Project’ VR Review

The Solus Project from Grip Game and Hourences is a beautiful, atmospheric, and occasionally terrifying VR sci-fi adventure-survival game.  The Solus Project Details: Official Site Developer: Hourences and Grip Games Publisher: Teotl Studios Available On: Steam (Oculus Rift & HTC Vive) Reviewed On: HTC Vive & Oculus Rift Release Date: June 7th, 2016 Note: The...

Hands-On with VREAL’s VR Live Streaming System & Q&A With CEO Todd Hooper

Michael Glombicki goes hands-on with VREAL's VR live streaming platform that puts viewers inside the game, right next to their favorite streamers. I took a short break during my time at PAX West this year to checkout VREAL’s new streaming platform...

Apple CEO: VR Has “Lower Commercial Interest” than AR, New Hires from Magic Leap & Oculus

Apple CEO Tim Cook has stated that in his view, augmented reality and not virtual reality holds the ticket for commercial success in immersive technologies in the future. On the subject of virtual and augmented reality Apple is still largely...

Eat Tacos, Win PlayStation VR

There's nothing that says virtual reality quite like a taco. That's apparently why PlayStation and Taco Bell are teaming up to give away 3,360 PlayStation VR headsets between now and October 19th. There's three ways to get a chance at winning...

This is The Rogue Initiative’s Debut VR Fantasy ‘Crowe: The Drowned Armory’

Fledgling production studio The Rogue Initiative have revealed their first VR game project as Crowe: The Drowned Armory, an original sci-fi fantasy adventure which, from the newly release key art, looks promising. The Rogue Initiative describe themselves as a "full spectrum...

HTC Vive Now Available from Amazon in the US

Amazon have announced they've started selling the SteamVR powered HTC Vive VR system in their US online store. Consumer virtual reality systems like the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift are still just months old and already it feels like they're...

Hands-on: ‘Rick and Morty Simulator’ on HTC Vive

I recently got the chance to go hands-on with Rick and Morty Simulator: Virtual Rick-ality on the HTC Vive from Adult Swim and Owlchemy Labs. The first thing I noticed about the game is that seeing 2D characters in 3D...

VR Advertisement Platform Vertebrae Raises $10M Investment

Vertebrae, a virtual reality advertising platform that promises to bring ad supported monetization to VR publishers, today announced a $10 million series A fundraising. Vertebrae's platform, now out of stealth, is currently in private beta for use by content publishers such as entertainment...
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Squanchtendo’s First VR Game ‘Accounting’ is Hilarious and Completely Free

What’s better than Justin Roiland making a VR game? Justin Roiland making a VR game and releasing it for free. That’s right, newly formed VR studio Squanchtendo’s first game, Accounting, will be completely free. Road to VR got a brief...

MSI Details VR One Backpack PC: 7.9 Pounds, GTX 10-series GPU, Hot-swappable Batteries

The ‘VR One’ from MSI debuts at the Tokyo Game Show this week. The backpack provides tetherless VR gameplay powered by NVIDIA's 10-series GPUs with a hot-swappable battery for extended VR gaming without a tether. Each time we try mobile VR,...

Using HoloLens to Visualise Motion Capture Performances in Realtime

Motion capture techniques are used throughout the VFX industry, but a new project from Mo-cap specialist and developer Jasper Brekelmans aims to bring live, augmented reality previews for motion capture performance, unlocking the ability to preview dances in realtime overlaid onto reality. Visual...
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‘Cloudlands: VR Minigolf’ Level Editor Makes Building New Courses As Easy as Legos

Cloudlands: VR Minigolf's new level editor makes creating and sharing new courses a snap. Level editors in videogames can greatly expand available content thanks to community-made creations, but actually learning how to use them can involve a steep learning curve, often...
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VirtualGrasp Aims to Finally Deliver Realistic Hand Interactions in VR

Swedish robotics specialists are working on a system to allow game developers to deliver realistic, realtime and dynamic interaction animations, so that your VR hands can finally grasp in-game objects convincingly. By the end of this year, every major virtual reality...
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