2023 Sections
Valve Reveals More Detail on ‘Knuckles’ Motion Controllers
Valve has lifted the veil somewhat on its Knuckles controllers, first revealed as a prototype last October at the company's annual Steam Dev Days conference. In a blog post today, Valve showed off some specs of the Knuckles dev kit...
Surgeon Uses Oculus Rift On Patients, Streams Operation Using Google Glass
One of the joys of writing about reporting from the cutting-edge of a newly reborn technology like virtual reality is that you're constantly being surprised as what people are finding to do with it. Almost weekly there's some innovation...
Aashna Mago on Getting More Women into VR
Aashna Mago talks about the first Women in VR event in San Francisco that she helped organize on September 20th, 2015. There were over 200 people who attended the event that featured 13 women luminaries who are working in virtual reality,...
Sony to Discuss “Unique social experiences possible only with Project Morpheus” and More at GDC
Sony is bringing back Project Morpheus to this year's Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, now with updated information on the VR headset that promises to expound new applications for the VR side of their PlayStation ecosystem.
See Also: Sony Morpheus...
Students Create Real World AdBlock, Keeps Your Augmented Reality Ad-Free
The University of Pennsylvania's winter hackathon, PennApps, is now over, and we're not surprised to see a few VR experiences in the winners circle. Brand Killer, an application running on a custom-built VR headset, was unfortunately not among them, but...
GDC 2014: Hands-on with Sony’s Project Morpheus VR Headset
As part of continuing GDC 2014 coverage, Cymatic Bruce and myself had our first opportunity to experience Sony's new Project Morpheus, the PS4 VR dev kit, earlier today.
How Does it Feel to Wear?
Brian: I found it a little awkward...
Gamescom 2014: Hands-On With Pollen from Mindfield Games and Developer Interview (Video)
Pollen from Helsinki based developer Mindfield Games is an immensely promising 'Oculus Rift Optimised' story driven adventure set on Saturn moon Titan. I got a chance to catch up wit of the Mindfield team at this year's Gamescom in...
E3 2014: Project Cars Impresses with Near Photo Realistic Trailer, Coming to PS4 and Project Morpheus
Although the presence of Project Morpheus, Sony's VR Headset for the PS4, at Sony's press conference (it's first since announcing at GDC in March) was notably muted, Sony clearly isn't losing momentum or enthusiasm for the device.
Along with 2...
AltspaceVR Holding Open Beta This Weekend For Virtual Superbowl Party
AltspaceVR is hosting another open beta weekend, and they want you to bring the chips and dip this time for a shared viewing of Super Bowl XLIX. Whether you're rooting for the Patriots or the Seahawks, you're sure to...
Valve Has Tips, Tricks, and VR Standards to Share at GDC 2015
Valve isn't holding another Steam Dev Days this year, a developers conference organized by the company in 2014. Instead they seem to be focusing their developer outreach energy on March's rapidly approaching Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Alex...
VR Launchpad Deadline Extended to Wednesday – Apply Now for Your Chance to Pitch in the...
VR Launchpad, presented by SVVR and Road to VR, is the startup showcase for virtual reality companies. Applications for startups and entrepreneurs have been extended to October 7th. Apply today for an invitation to pitch before a crowd of investors...
Play ‘The Worst VR Game Ever’ and Support a Great Charitable Cause
It's not the moniker most developers would relish being attached to their work, but in the case of the developers at Shiny Shoe, creators of Desert Bus VR, it's entirely appropriate.
Drive the Desert Bus for Hope
On a very long and...
News Bits: Impressive VR Lightsaber Video Uses the Oculus Rift and a Serious Mo-Cap Rig
Let's face it, there's a large proportion of people reading this post that hold a secret (or not so secret) desire to kick Imperial ass using nothing but the Force and a Lightsaber.
Well a hacker named Benjamin Teitler just...
SteamVR Home Gets Virtual Collectibles, an Intriguing Glimpse at the Future of Achievements & Digital Goods
Valve has added the first wave of SteamVR Collectibles to SteamVR Home, unlockable rewards which can be used to decorate your virtual Home space or modify your avatar. This new feature further expands the rich customisation and interactivity found...
News Bits: ZVR Apocalypse Playable DK2 Demo Released – Dismember Zombies in Bullet-Time
Developer Shaun Edwards (aka Sh0v), not content with producing Lunar Flight, one of the best early VR enabled games for the Oculus Rift, is already releasing a playable demo of his second VR-enabled title. Lucid VR Games has been...

















