2023 Sections
Kickstarter Goal Within Reach for VRGE VR Headset Dock in Final 24 Hours
The sleek-looking VRGE VR headset dock Kickstarter looks set to come down to a photo-finish. Heading into its final 24 hours, the crowdfunding campaign is within $2,000 of its $30,000 goal.
We've had our eye on the VRGE Kickstarter since it...
New Sony Project Morpheus Video Highlights New Specs, Features and Design
Last night, Sony's Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony's Worldwide Studios for Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., proudly announced that their Playstation 4 VR Headset Project Morpheus was coming to market in the second half of 2016. In the mean time, they revealed...
AR Glasses Company CastAR Lands $15 Million Investment Led by Android Co-founder’s Firm
CastAR (formerly Technical Illusions) today announced a $15 million Series A fundraising round to continue development of their augmented reality glasses of the same name. The company previously raised just over $1 million on Kickstarter in late 2013.
The CastAR...
360fly Catches $40 Million in Series C Funding for Consumer-focused 360 Cameras
Thanks to the recent, headline-capturing releases of both the Vive and the Rift, investment money is continuing to pour into VR-based initiatives and complimentary hardware. An additional $40 million in Series C funding has gone into the coffers of...
Combining Game & Story with ‘The London Heist’ + Reflections on Exclusive VR Content
Sony's The London Heist is one of the best fusions of narrative VR storytelling with interactive game components. It's structured as a flashback sequence starting with you being confronted within an interrogation room, and there are branching narratives that...
Unity Labs’ Principal Designer on VR Scene Editor & Overcoming Perceptual Illusions
Timoni West is principal designer at Unity Labs, and she's been working on creating tools within Unity to be able to create VR from within VR. I first talked with Timoni in October about these content creation tools which were revealed...
Valve Updates ‘The Lab’, Now with Global Leaderboards and More
Valve's The Lab, the ridiculously fun Portal-themed tech demo for HTC Vive, recently released a new update that will have you sharpening your skills against the best in the world.
Called the Appliance of Science Update, Valve is now including global...
New Asus ‘ZenFone AR’ to be Daydream VR and Tango Ready, Leak Details
Asus' latest smartphone, the ZenFone AR, has had its details leaked ahead of its CES 2017 unveiling tomorrow and the new device packs hardware certified for use with on both Google's Android Daydream VR and Tango platforms.
CES isn't officially...
Disney Leads $65 Million Investment in Jaunt’s VR Camera & Content Business
Jaunt, the company who has blazed an early trail in the capture and distribution of cinematic 360 videos, has announced yet another injection of funds, this a $65M round lead by entertainment giant Disney.
The VR industry and all it's...
HTC Wants to Bring Its First-party Game ‘Arcade Saga’ to PlayStation VR
Arcade Saga, a futuristic sports action game from HTC’s internal Vive Studios development and publishing group, could be coming to PSVR. Launched for the Vive headset in December 2016, the game quickly received Oculus Rift support, and recently saw...
‘Earthlight’ Astronaut VR Sim Puts You on the ISS, NASA Collaborates on Realism
Opaque Media Group, a Melbourne-based VR studio, recently announced Earthlight, an upcoming first-person space simulator that places you in the flight suit of a current day astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
If Earthlight's 360-degree teaser trailer is any indicator,...
Fabric Engine is Working to Enable 3D Storyboarding and Editing Directly in VR
Fabric Engine is an authoring tool-set for easing the visualisation and building of content in virtual spaces. The team behind the project have built what they claim is a suite of software which helps quickly iterate on designs for...
Walmart Focuses On Future of VR/AR at New Silicon Valley Tech Incubator
Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the big-box retail giant, is focusing on the future of VR and AR, along with other emergent technologies, with its newly unveiled tech startup incubator.
According to a Bloomberg Technology report, Wal-Mart is creating the incubator to "identify...
Save Babies from Imminent Danger in Rescuties! VR
If you've always thought of yourself as a hero, one that could step up to the plate when danger rears its head, Rescuties! VR may well be the game for you. Save babies and other helpless creatures in this...
New vorpX is Out Now – v0.7.5 Adds 18 Games Including Far Cry 4 and COD:...
vorpX, the 3D driver that can add Oculus Rift VR support to your games, has just received a major update. Version 0.7.5 brings with it a raft of updates including full support for some of the year's biggest games.
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