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‘River’ VR Accelerator Startups Showcased at Founder Field Day (part 2)

The first class of Rothenberg Ventures’ ‘River’ VR accelerator have graduated. Thirteen companies, in which Rothenberg invested a combined $1.3 million, showed off their latest work at the company’s annual Founder Field Day event. Road to VR was on the...

‘Virtua Sonic’ Fan Experience Brings Sonic the Hedgehog to VR

Want to step into the iconic red boots of Sonic the Hedgehog? This fan-built VR experience will let you do just that, and with some serious attention to detail that Sonic fans are sure to appreciate. Coming to the annual...

Amazon Brings Augmented Reality Product Previews to iOS App

'Try it before you buy it', the old adage goes. Well, an AR preview might not exactly be 'trying it', but Amazon's new 'AR View' function aims to help you figure out if a crock-pot clashes with your marble counters,...
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New VR Publisher Unveils ‘VRIDER’ Superbike Racing Game, Coming to Quest and PC VR

VRAL Games, the publisher behind the SBK superbike mobile franchise, announced it's publishing its first VR motorcycle racing game, coming to Quest and SteamVR headsets later this year. Called VRIDER, the multiplayer game is set to be the official title of the...

JDI Starts Mass Production on 1,058 ppi High Pixel Density LCD for VR Glasses

Japan Display Inc. (JDI), a display conglomerate created by Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi, today announced the mass production of a new high pixel density, 2.1-inch 1,058 LCD display created for VR 'glasses' style headsets. Update (1:25 PM ET): German publication MIXED...

‘Deus Ex’ Creator Warren Spector Has U-Turned on VR, “I’ve started to come around”

One of the most respected game developers in the business, Warren Spector, has been a fairly vocal critic of virtual reality's recent resurgence of late. But in a recent interview, the Deus Ex creator says he's changed his mind...

Here’s All 29 PSVR Games Sony’s Showing at E3

Sony's pre-E3 press conference saw the announcement of a number of high-profile games headed for PSVR after the headset's October 13th launch, and to wit, we're currently perusing over 20 PSVR games right now in the post-press mop up. Here's...
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‘Hover Junkers’ Pre-order Now Available on Indiegogo

Hover Junkers is a multi-player first-person shooter set aboard customizable hovercrafts, and if you've followed any of Stress Level Zero's recent video updates, you've seen just how cool it looks. Hover Junker superfans can now pre-order through the studio's Indiegogo campaign, which is set...

Microsoft Reportedly Orders Samsung Micro OLEDs to Restart XR Hardware Ambitions

According to a report from Korean tech outlet The Elec, Microsoft has contracted Samsung to supply micro OLED display panels for what is described as "next-generation mixed reality devices." Citing industry sources, the report maintains the order could reach into...

‘Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality’ Review

You're dying for season 3 of Rick and Morty (2013) to come out, and the release of episode 1 on April Fool's Day isn't helping. You've got a fever that only the drunken ramblings of the genius Rick Sanchez and...
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Photorealistic VR Tour ‘Nefertari: Journey to Eternity’ Takes You Deep into a 3,000 Year-old Egyptian Tomb

Using state-of-the-art photogrammetry technology with millimeter accuracy, Simon Che de Boer of Reality Virtual and Experius VR have digitally scanned Nerfertari's tomb, letting owners of Vive, Rift, and Windows VR headsets step inside the fabled burial site and learn about the over 3,000...

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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‘EVE: Valkyrie Warzone’ Update Adding Non-VR Mode and PS4/PC Cross Platform Play

One of the earliest big exclusive releases for VR, EVE: Valkyrie from CCP Games, continues to evolve and with the latest free expansion dubbed 'Warzone' the developers have opened its particular brand of slick online space shooter to players...

StrikerVR is Bringing Its VR Haptic Gun to Consumers Soon, Hoping for Broader Developer Support

StrikerVR, the haptic peripheral maker for out-of-home VR, announced it's opened pre-orders for the Mavrik, a new haptic VR gun designed for consumers. The haptic gun, which is compatible with Quest 3 and Quest 3S, is now available for pre-order,...

Meta CTO on Wireless Compute Pucks for Quest: They Don’t Solve the Problem

Reducing weight and increasing performance are two of the most important factors in pushing standalone XR headsets forward. While Meta has shown off its own Orion AR glasses prototype using a wireless compute unit, Meta's CTO Andrew Bosworth doesn't think...
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