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HTC Vive ‘Developer Edition’ Sign-ups Could Start Next Week
According to a report at Ars Technica, HTC's VR Headset the 'Vive' could find its way into selected developers hands very soon for nothing. Sign-ups for the device may also begin as early as next week.
GDC 2015 was dominated...
HTC Partners on $1.5 Billion VR Investment Fund with Shenzhen Municipal Government
HTC and the Shenzhen Municipal Government announced plans to set up a joint China VR Research Institute, creating a 10 billion RMB (~$1.45 billion USD) Shenzhen VR Investment Fund to accelerate the development of the VR industry in China.
China’s third...
Batman: Arkham VR Announced for PlayStation VR, Teaser Trailer Here
A new Batman experience is on its way exclusively to PlayStation VR, as announced on stage at Sony's pre-E3 PlayStation event, it's called Batman: Arkham VR and it's developed by franchise veterans Rocksteady Studios.
At Sony's pre-E3 PlayStation event, the company was...
Boost VC Invests in 15 More VR Startups in Latest Accelerator Class
Boost VC, a startup accelerator based in San Mateo California, announced its seventh accelerator 'Tribe' with 15 new investments in VR companies, bringing its total VR portfolio to 34 startups.
Boost VC, which invests in bitcoin and VR startups, has...
DirectX 12 Coming to Unity 5, Can Increase CPU-bound Game Performance by 50%
Microsoft further detailed DirectX 12 at yesterday's Windows 10 address, and promised that not only could it increase performance in CPU-bound games by up to a staggering 50%, but also announced that DirectX 12 would be heading to Unity...
Samsung is Streaming its Unpacked Event to Gear VR and Cardboard
Samsung is keeping the lid shut on exactly why they featured the Gear VR in their 'Unpacked' teaser trailer, an event that promises to see the unveiling of the Galaxy S7. But if you've already got your hands on...
Futuremark Explains Why VR Benchmarking is About More Than Just Numbers
Futuremark have now released the full version of their long awaited, dedicated virtual reality benchmark, VRMark. And, after months of research and development, the company has found itself having to redefine its own views on how the difficult subject...
New Vive Pre Video Invites You to “Experience the freedom of VR without boundaries”
https://youtu.be/CB9ecPgZlq0
Building up the newly revealed 'Vive Pre' development kit, HTC has released a new video teasing the possibilities of virtual reality.
The video is similar in production to earlier videos released during the first reveal of the HTC Vive back in...
Roundup: 8 New PlayStation VR Trailers Revealed at PlayStation Experience
Sony continue to leave no doubts as to their commitment to the virtual reality space they're about to enter in 2016, with another slew of titles developed for their PlayStation VR platform. Here they are the latest trailers for them,...
‘Playthings’ is a Wonderful World of Hamburger Drums and Hot Dog Xylophones
Before his death, acclaimed psychonaut and technologist Terrence McKenna once said that virtual reality "...is a technology that will allow us to show each other our dreams. We will be able to build structures in the imagination that we...
NVIDIA’s GameWorks VR Features & Integration with Unreal Engine
NVIDIA recently announced the first steps towards supporting foveated rendering with Multi-Res Shading as well as VR SLI integration in Unreal Engine 4. I talked with Nvidia's Tony Tamasi, the senior vice president of content and technology, at the VRX Conference...
We Want to Play these HoloLens Concept Games Right Now
Stress Level Zero, the developers behind forthcoming HTC Vive / Steam VR title Hover Junkers, have come up with a series of concept titles for the Microsoft Hololens which we'd love to see become a reality.
Remember long journeys in...
Report: Magic Leap Raising Series D Investment, Could Value Company at $6–8 Billion
For a company that's showed almost no one what they're building, Magic Leap has been phenomenally successful at fundraising. The company has previously raised a staggering $1.4 billion, and if a recent report turns out to be true, they're about...
Battlezone Gets New E3 Trailer and Screenshots
Rebellion have released a new trailer and a set of new screens for their forthcoming reboot of the classic 1980 Atari arcade shooter Battlezone, and here they are.
It's been a little while since we've seen anything new from Rebellion...
Rothenberg Ventures Doubles Down: Committing Another $1 Million to Funding AR/VR Startups
Rothenberg Ventures, the San Francisco based VC firm behind the 'River' VR accelerator is opening their doors for a second class of VR startups. The company seeks to invest another $1 million across 10 companies after a successful inaugural...



















