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VR Puzzler ‘Dimensional’ Has Interesting VR Locomotion Ideas, On Kickstarter Now
Dimensional from UK developers is a built-for-VR puzzle platformer for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift which leverage's experimental locomotion ideas to tackle nausea and enhance presence. The project has just hit Kickstarter, so we thought we'd take a...
Ubisoft’s ‘Star Trek: Bridge Crew’ VR Game Includes Oculus Touch Support
A recently released press shot confirms that the new Star Trek: Bridge Crew title from Ubisoft has been built for the Oculus Rift headset and forthcoming Oculus Touch controllers.
It seems that the previously leaked information on the forthcoming Star...
Magic Leap Closes $542m Series B Investment, Now Soliciting Developers for Its “Digital Lightfield” Wearable
According to a press release revealed today, Magic Leap has closed a $524 million Series B funding round led by Google; the deal had been rumored as of last week. Magic Leap, which has been in stealth since its inception, is...
WEARVR Weekly Top Ten VR Downloads – October #1
Looking for something fun to play in VR? We’ve got the top 10 downloads from the last week on the WEARVR app marketplace, a cross-platform repository of virtual reality experiences.
Follow the story of Null as he embarks on an epic adventure;...
Preview: ‘Buzludzha VR’ Gives New Life to an Abandoned Soviet Megastructure
The imposing Buzludzha Monument in central Bulgaria once invoked infallible power, a power that once rested with the nation's Communist Party. The brutalist megastructure, opened to the public in 1981 and later abandoned after the lifting of the iron curtain, now lies in ruins, with...
‘Myst’ Spiritual Successor ‘Obduction’ Gets Street Date, Supports New Nvidia VR Tech
A street date for the long-awaited VR-enabled Obduction, created by Cyan, a development studio set up by some of the team behind classic PC adventure Myst, has finally been announced.
Obduction was one of the very first titles we covered...
On the Hunt for VR’s Killer App with Unity’s Head of VR & AR, Tony Parisi
Everyone in the VR industry can envision a world in the next 10 years that’s radically changed by virtual reality. From healthcare, education, social, training, cinema, gaming, and more, VR has a lot of Killer Use-cases. But it seems...
Paul Bettner on the Launch of ‘Lucky’s Tale’ for Oculus Rift
When most people think about the types of things that want to do in virtual reality, then they almost always think of experiences that are from the first-person perspective. But Lucky's Tale proved to me that there are going...
WEARVR Weekly Top Ten VR Downloads – March #2
Looking for something fun to play in VR? We’ve got the top 10 downloads from the last week on the WEARVR app marketplace, a cross-platform repository of virtual reality experiences.
We love racing games and we hope you do too. Here's a...
‘Bigscreen’ Social Computing Space Metrics Show Big Value for VR Power Users
Bigscreen VR announced that they raised $3 million dollars for their "social utility" VR application. Bigscreen gives you access to your computer screen in VR, which is a deceptively simple idea but one that is unlocking new ways of...
NextVR Raises $5 Million for Live VR Broadcast Tech, Content to Come Pre-loaded on Samsung Gear...
NextVR, formerly Next3D, have announced a $5 million funding round designed to grow the company and develop their virtual reality live-broadcast technology. The company has been working with Samsung on Gear VR since before the reveal, and its stereoscopic...
Watch: Six Minutes of ‘Mage’s Tale’ Gameplay Shows Real Promise
Mage’s Tale is a VR Action RPG set in the world of classic fantasy RPG The Bard’s Tale. It is being shown at GDC 2017 for the first time on Oculus Rift and Touch and here's six minutes of...
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...
New ‘Modbox’ Video Has Portals that Will Mess with Your Mind
We got our hands on Alien Trap's HTC Vive multi-player sandbox physics title at Unity's Vision VR/AR Summit last week and loved its playful encouragement to create and destroy. Now, this latest video shows the developer's tests with mind-bending...
Google Opens Daydream App Submission to All and Publishes VR App “Quality Requirements”
Google has put out the welcome mat and unlocked the doors to all developers wishing to develop apps for their Daydream VR platform, but in order to keep the standards high have also issued a "Quality Requirements" guide.
As we reported in...



















