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First Gameplay for Batman: Arkham VR Revealed, Pre-Orders Now Live
Warner Bros. Entertainment are finally giving the world a glimpse at Batman's first official foray into virtual reality, Batman: Arkham VR, first shown at E3 this year, and teased here alongside fan reactions to their time with the PSVR...
‘ABE VR’ is Now Available for Free, Becomes BBFC’s First Rated VR Title
ABE VR is a psychological horror experience recently released for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift that puts you in the shoes of a serial killer's next victim.
Based on the 2013 short film ABE, a project written and directed by Rob McLellan, ABE...
‘Justice League’ VR Experience Comes to IMAX VR Centers Worldwide, Trailer Here
Continuing its diversification from pure, cinematic experiences, IMAX has announced that it's partnering with Warner Bros. to bring its forthcoming superhero movie franchises to virtual reality via multiplexes and it's dedicated VR centres.
Update (11/26/17): First teased back earlier this...
HTC Vive Delayed to 2016, 7,000 Additional Developer Kits Coming Early Next Year
In an update to the company's blog today, HTC has announced that the Vive VR headset for Valve's SteamVR platform will be delayed until April 2016.
Announcing back in March that the HTC Vive would launch to consumers starting in...
Rothenberg Ventures Invests $1 Million Across 10 New VR Startups in ‘River’ Program
San Francisco based VC firm Rothenberg Ventures has announced the second class of their 'River' program, which includes $1 million of investment capital across 10 new VR startups. With this second class the firm has also expanded the scope of...
Big ‘Crystal Rift’ Steam Update Includes “Whole Game”
Psytec Games, the developers behind grid-based VR dungeon crawler Crystal Rift, have announced a big update to their Early Access release of the game, stating that all content planned for release is now present.
Psytec Games are having a busy...
‘Rec Room’ Update Adds Private Lounge Space and Invite-Only Activities
A new update to popular Social VR app Rec Room adds a new invite-only space where friends can gather to play new activities in a private space. And now, players can host their own invite-only activities.
Normally, when you load into Rec...
Hands-on: Creating Magical Machines in ‘Fantastic Contraption’ on HTC Vive
Greetings from delightfully temperate Seattle! At this weekend's PAX Prime, I had my first experience in the HTC Vive and got to see the brand new Fantastic Contraption demo.
Christine Genova Porter caught the VR bug in late 2014. She's...
Behind the Scenes of Crytek’s VR Projects
David Bowman is Director of Production at Crytek, and he gave me the inside story of how VR went viral within Crytek to the point of having well over 50 developers and multiple triple AAA quality VR projects in...
‘VR Chat’ Used to Deliver One of the First University Lectures in Virtual Reality
VR Chat, the virtual reality social application, has been used to deliver one of the first university lectures through virtual reality. We talk to developer Jesse Joudrey about the project.
Remote, Immersive Education
Despite my belief that VR is a platform capable...
Critical ‘Robinson: The Journey’ Steam Bug Gets Patched
Robinson: The Journey's recent Steam release got off to a rocky start with a fatal bug which prevented players from even starting the game. Today, a 140MB patch from Crytek appears to have fixed the problem.
Yesterday we reported on Robinson:...
Speculation: HTC Vive’s Tracking Uses Inivisible, Projected Markers for 360 Degree Inside-Out Tracking
There's still a lot of unanswered questions surrounding HTC's Steam VR Headset the Vive, not least of which how exactly the tracking solution works. There is one theory that has emerged which does offer a plausible solution.
Yesterday, in the chaos...
GTC 2016 Highlight: Oculus to Detail the Creation of ‘Quill’ VR Illustration Tool
At Sundance earlier this year, Oculus Story Studio revealed Quill, an in-house production tool that uses the company's Touch controllers to create VR illustrations. At GTC 2016 next week the studio will explore the technical challenges faced while creating the program.
Quill...
‘Galaxy Golf’ Review
Galaxy Golf by developer Liftoff Labs disguises a fun physics puzzler as a game of arcade golf in virtual reality.
Galaxy Golf Details:
Official Site
Developer: Liftoff Labs
Publisher: Big Fish Games
Available On: Steam (Vive, Rift)
Reviewed On: HTC Vive
Release Date: August 24th, 2016
Gameplay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFV6vPHUCVY
The courses in this game are actually 3D...
HTC Invests in 33 More AR/VR Startups Through Vive X Accelerator
HTC's Vive X accelerator is a $100 million fund for AR/VR companies that the company announced last year. Today HTC is revealing the second batch of companies that will receive investments and mentorship from the program.
33 seems to be...



















