Social Virtual Reality
10 Apps to Hang Out with Friends in VR
Stuck indoors? Well, you should know that your VR headset is way more than just a Beat Saber machine. You can actually chat, play, and watch movies with your friends, almost as if the world wasn't thrust into a global...
‘Bigscreen’ Brings Paid Movies to Social VR Platform, Showing Select 2D & 3D Films
Bigscreen today announced it's launched a new feature called Bigscreen Cinema, which brings a paid option to its free social VR platform that will let you buy a ticket to watch select 2D and 3D films each week.
Films, which...
Glue Collaboration Raises $3.85M Financing to Further Develop Business-focused Social VR Platform
Glue Collaboration, a Helsinki-based company developing remote collaboration tools for AR/VR, today announced that it has completed a new seed round of financing, raising a total of €3.5 million (~$3.85 million) to support continued growth of its business-focused social...
‘Bigscreen’ Halloween Week Brings New Spooky Channels, PSVR Support Slated for 2020
Bigscreen, the social VR viewing platform, got a big overhaul recently that brought 50+ livestreamed TV channels for free to users on all supported VR platforms. Now, Bigscreen is getting a Halloween update that includes more spooky channels and a new...
Bigscreen Boasts 5,000+ RSVPs for SpaceX Launch Viewing Today
Bigscreen released their 'Bigscreen TV' update two weeks ago, which brought 50+ livestreaming TV channels to the platform for free. Now, company founder and CEO Darshan Shankar reports the social viewing platform received more than 5,200 users who want...
‘Bigscreen’ Brings 50+ Free Steaming TV Channels to Social VR Viewing Platform
Bigscreen, the social VR platform that lets you stream your computer's screen to others, just got a substantial update that brings with it 50+ streaming TV channels, including sports, gaming, movies, anime, news, and more.
All streaming TV is served up...
‘Rec Room’ is Coming Soon to iPhone & iPad
Rec Room, the popular social VR platform, is set to take its next big step outside of VR by offering a version of the app for iPhone and iPad.
Against Gravity's Head of Community Shawn Whiting says it should be available in the...
Somnium Space Raises $1M to Expand Social VR Platform
Somnium Space, the studio behind the titular social VR platform, announced they've successfully completed a $1 million seed round, something the company says will help them "further strengthen its development of a huge-scale Persistent, Open and Social Virtual Reality...
Linden Lab CEO: ‘We’re Pitching ‘Sansar’ Less as a VR Platform Now’
Linden Lab's website maintains Sansar is their platform for creating social VR experiences, and that "Sansar will democratize VR as a creative medium, making it easy for people to create, share, and sell their own social VR experiences." It seems however the company...
Sony Brings Social VR Theater App to PSVR Users in Japan
PSVR users have been waiting for an app that essentially lets them watch all of their favorite content with their other VR headset-owning buddies, or something akin to how Bigscreen Beta works on headsets like Rift, Vive, and Go. Sony...
‘High Fidelity’ Shifts Focus Towards Non-VR Due to Slow Growth
Philip Rosedale, CEO of High Fidelity and founder of Second Life, announced at a High Fidelity community meeting recently that the company will be scaling back their VR efforts, focusing more on improving their PC and Mac performance. The company has also...
Oculus Brings More Lifelike Avatars to Rift & Go in ‘Expressive Avatars’ Update
Oculus is today launching their 'Expressive Avatars' update on Rift and mobile VR; it's a significant step up in realism thanks to a few additions including cleverly simulated eye models, lipsync, and even microexpressions. If you're also hurting for more...
Facebook Shows Off Research Aiming to Deliver Truly Realistic Avatars
Facebook Reality Labs (FRL) chief scientist Michael Abrash believes AR and VR will be the primary way people work, play, and connect in the future. Abrash regularly speaks about when he expects these fundamental milestones in technology to occur,...
‘vTime’ Goes XR with New Cross-platform AR Support for Apple & Android Devices
vTime, the social VR platform, today announced that users can now connect with friends through smartphone-powered augmented reality in addition to VR.
In the past, users popped into vTime using a number of devices, including Cardboard, Go, Gear VR, Rift, Vive, Windows...
‘Neos VR’ Update Brings “massive improvements” to User Friendliness, Social Features & More
Neos VR, the social VR platform, is celebrating a milestone with the release of its 0.8 build, which brings what the creators call "massive improvements" to usability and social features, and integration with its own cryptocurrency.
Essentially Neos VR is a social...

















