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Leap Motion’s ‘Interaction Engine’ Unlocks More Natural Human Input for VR

Leap Motion has announced it's to early access to the beta of its Interaction Engine, a set of systems designed to help developers implement compelling, realistic and hopefully frustration-free input with just their hands. If you've ever spent time with a...

‘Pool Nation VR’ Gets NVIDIA Multi-Res Shading Support and More in Latest Patch

Good news for NVIDIA GPU owners today as Pool Nation VR was updated to include support for Multi Res Shading alongside other feature additions and improvements. Pool Nation VR is a firm Road to VR favourite, with our own Garret Bullard awarding the...

HTC Invests $5 Million in VR Game Developer Steel Wool Studios

Steel Wool Studios has picked up a $5 million investment from HTC. The studio was formed in 2011 by Pixar and LucasArts alumni. Steel Wool Studios, which today announced a $5 million Series A investment from HTC, was founded in...

Google Says Global VR Search Volume Grew 400% in 12 Months

Google, who has now has several major VR initiatives underway, notes major gains in interest in virtual reality and 360 degree video capture and sharing. The company is now prompting brands to consider what role VR will play in...

‘Mythica VR’: VR LARP With D&D-style World Building Hits Kickstarter

Arrowstorm Entertainment is what you might call 'serial Kickstarters', as they've successfully completed 13 different campaigns on the crowdfunding site—mostly focusing on small budget sword and sorcery flicks starring the likes of Kevin Sorbo from Hercules (1995) and Kristian Nairn (aka Hodor) from Game of Thrones...

Sketchfab: Largest Social Media Site for 3D Objects Adds VR Navigation

Originally launched in 2012, Sketchfab has grown to be the largest social media website for sharing 3D objects and scenes with over 500,000 members and close to 1 million experiences. At SIGGRAPH, Sketchfab launched their VR browser to be...

Survey: 78% of AR/VR Developers Not Planning Platform-exclusive Content

In a survey published by VRDC, AR and VR developers are largely leaning toward platform agnostic development for their next projects. While Oculus and Valve/HTC continue to take two different approaches to stoking the development of VR games and applications—Oculus...

PlayStation VR Pre-Orders Had “Quickest Sellout in GameStop’s History”

GameStop executives have revealed that the last pre-order event for the soon-to-be-released PlayStation VR was the "Quickest Sellout" in the company's history. GameStop held its 2016 second quarter fiscal year conference call this week, and Sony's forthcoming PlayStation VR, due...

Uncorporeal Claims They Can Create 3D VR Scenes from Your Photos

Uncorporeal are unveiling what it terms as it's "Holographic Photography Technology" which the team claim will allow anyone with a smartphone to create 360 VR viewable scenes with 3D parallax from a few dozen photos. Static photogrammetry, the process of capturing...
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This Live Mixed Reality Solution Uses Kinect to Eliminate Green Screen

This project uses Kinect depth cameras to the fuse virtual and the real to produce real-time mixed reality footage with no green screens required, all using Microsoft's depth camera Kinect. Mixed reality is all the rage and has become one...
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‘PlayStation VR Worlds’ Gets New Features to Improve Casual and Competitive Play

PlayStation VR Worlds is a collection of VR mini-games created by Sony's talented London Studio. The studio has detailed new features designed to improve first-time VR experiences for those showing VR to their friends and family, and competitive features...
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Sos Sosowski’s ‘Mosh Pit Simulator’ is Disturbing, Funny, and Unapologetically Terrible

A video game is a reflection of its maker, and usually the smaller the developer team, the more clear it is to see something of its creator within. I think I caught a glimpse of project creator Sos Sosowski somewhere in Mosh...

‘Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’ VR Experience to be Shown on PSVR at Official Fan Event

Debuting early next month at Call of Duty XP 2016, the official fan celebration hosted by Activision, attendees will have a chance to see what's being called an "exclusive" Call of Duty VR experience running on PlayStation VR. The experience...
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New Drive Club VR Gameplay Video on PSVR Impresses

Drive Club VR from Reflections is due to land on PlayStation 4 within the launch window beginning October 13, and this new hands-on gameplay footage demonstrate why it's becoming one of the most hotly anticipated titles for any VR...

New Thinner, Lighter HTC Vive 3-in-1 Cable Spotted in the Wild

An HTC Vive customer has posted images of a replacement headset cable which looks to significantly reduce the size and weight of the original. One of the aspects most mentioned in the first rush of reviews to appear after the...
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