Bigscreen, the social screen-sharing app for VR, is striding into new territory with its new green screen environment, which aims to let creators repurpose their avatars for anything from Zoom chats to YouTube videos. The platform has a number of theater...

Facebook dropped the Oculus prefix for its social VR event viewing platform, rebranding it to simply Venues—another ostensible move to minimize the Oculus name (eg: Facebook Connect now, not Oculus Connect). Now the company is widening access to Venues in...

Social VR/AR platform vTime released a new update today that includes a few theater spaces where you can chat with friends and watch select sports programming on big screen TVs. The new theater feature is available on all supported platforms, including Oculus...

Bigscreen today released an update that brings to the social VR viewing platform a video player that lets you watch your own video files. Yes, even on Oculus Quest. Bigscreen's new video player lets you watch your own files alone,...

In the face of the ongoing lockdown, vTime today announced it's created a private version of its social AR/VR platform, vTime XR, which is designed to help social care continue in the UK for families and vulnerable children. The project...

Wave, the social VR music venue, today announced that acclaimed musician John Legend is putting on a concert next week in VR where he will be transformed into a digital avatar for a live performance. The concert is taking place...

In a time of conscientious social distancing, virtual reality has made large-format gatherings a possibility, albeit remotely. From live VR concerts in Wave coming from some of the biggest names in music, to HTC's annual developer conference taking place in Engage, social...

Wave, the social VR platform and virtual music venue, today announced a $30 million Series B funding round, putting its total funding to $40 million to date. The funding round was led by Maveron with participation from Griffin Gaming Partners....

At a special event in Taipei, Taiwan, HTC cofounder and former CEO Peter Chou today revealed the first products from the new startup XRSPACE. It's serving up both its own 5G-enabled standalone VR headset as well as a new social...

For many, remote work may be a new long-term reality. In that spirit, Facebook today announced that it will be introducing more collaboration and productivity apps to the Oculus Store for Quest soon. The first productivity apps are said to...

Bigscreen, the social VR viewing platform, launched on-demand 2D and 3D video late last month. Shortly afterwards, the studio announced it had partnered with Sony Picture's anime distribution company Funimation to bring some of the biggest names in anime to its...

Comedian, lyrical wizard and beatboxer extraordinaire Reggie Watts is set to return to AltspaceVR on Saturday, May 2nd, for an inaugural live show in his newly unveiled multi-week series called 'Reinterpreted Reality'. Watts is returning to the social VR platform tomorrow,...

In the time of social distancing and the new work-at-home culture, video conferencing has undoubtedly become king. Companies looking to get a little more out of meetings though, namely the ability to virtually chat face-to-face with colleagues, might be...

Wave isn't your garden variety social VR platform. With an emphasis on virtual raves, replete with immersive visualizations and regular live performances, it's become the de facto concert platform for VR users. Now Wave says it's bringing more artists this...

Bigscreen, the social VR viewing platform, introduced paid movies late last year so you could buy a ticket to join people in watching a number of 2D and 3D films at set times, working more or less like a...