Social Virtual Reality
‘Bigscreen’ Free Screenings of ‘Stargate Origins’ Start Today, Check Showtimes Here
Bigscreen, the social VR app that lets you mirror your desktop to a massive movie screen, has partnered with MGM to bring the first two episodes of Stargate Origins for free to the platform for some limited-time showings. The Stargate Origins showing...
‘Rec Room’ Gets New ‘Isle of Lost Skulls’ Quest Alongside Substantial Update
Rec Room (2016), the social VR app from Against Gravity, now has a brand new Quest (a four player co-operative mission) alongside a number of other improvements thanks to a new update.
Update (3/2/18): It might not be Sea of Thieves...
Win a Nintendo Switch & ‘Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ in ‘Rec Room’ Creators Contest
Rec Room, the social VR app, recently updated to include the ability to create your own customized environments. To celebrate the 'custom rooms' addition, developers Against Gravity are putting on a contest and offering up the grand prize of a...
‘Bigscreen’s’ New “Big Rooms” Support up to 12 Users, Update Overhauls Performance
Bigscreen, the social VR app that lets you mirror your desktop monitor in virtual reality, and share it with friends, has received a new update which adds three new "Big Room" environments which support up to 12 players simultaneously...
AltspaceVR CEO Eric Romo Joins Facebook’s Social VR Team
Eric Romo, co-founder and CEO of AltspaceVR, is joining Facebook's Social VR team.
Following financial difficulties, which almost saw the complete shut down of the social VR app, AltspaceVR found new life when it was acquired by Microsoft back in October.
Romo, who founded AltspaceVR in January 2013,...
‘High Fidelity’ Makes First Strides into its Blockchain-based Digital Economy
High Fidelity, the social VR app founded by Second Life founder Philip Rosedale, recently launched Avatar Island - the first of many future in-world stores stocked with digital assets for its users to buy. While purchasing digital items like hats and t-shirts may not...
‘Kill The Noise’ to Perform Live Concert in ‘TheWaveVR’ This Thursday, November 30th
Social VR platform TheWaveVR is hosting a concert with electronic dance music (EDM) DJ 'Kill The Noise' this Thursday, November 30th at 7PM PST (local time here). The concert will feature a mix of interactive, psychedelic 3D visuals and a live set by Kill the Noise.
Known...
New ‘High Fidelity’ Partnership Makes it Easier to Host Your Own Virtual World
VR metaverse company High Fidelity recently released an update that allows users to easily deploy their own High Fidelity domains to the cloud. The project was created in collaboration with DigitalOcean, one of the largest hosting and cloud service providers in...
‘Rec Room’ Goes into Open Beta for PSVR Today, Available Free Worldwide
In comparison to the various PC VR platforms and even mobile VR headsets like Samsung Gear VR, PlayStation VR has been at a bit of disadvantage when it comes to the depth and breadth of social VR spaces available....
‘Bigscreen’ Lets You Stream Console Games in VR – Nintendo Switch, Xbox One & PS4
It's not every day you get to play The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) on a movie theater-sized screen, but the developers at the social screen mirroring VR app Bigscreen have written a handy guide on how to play...
‘Bigscreen’ Raises $11 Million Series A Funding to Grow, Improve & Expand Services to More AR/VR...
The team behind Bigscreen, the app that lets you view and share your desktop in social VR, today announced they've raised $11 million in Series A financing. The funding round, which comes only a year after their initial $3 million...
Microsoft Picks up AltspaceVR, Plans to Build the “preeminent [AR/VR] community”
Following weeks of speculation surrounding the social VR platform’s successful turnaround, it has been revealed today that AltspaceVR is now part of Microsoft. Despite being one of the original social VR services, the company fell into financial difficulties in...
‘Rec Room’ is Coming Soon to PSVR, Applications for Beta Testing Now Open
Rec Room (2016), the popular social VR app for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, is coming soon to PlayStation VR. Production studio Against Gravity announced Rec Room's PSVR release via the PSVR reddit page, saying that the game is slated...
HTC Leads $4M Series A Investment in Social VR Platform ‘VRChat’
VRChat, one of the earliest social VR apps, announced that they've completed a $4 million Series A investment round lead by HTC's Vive group. Joining HTC are venture capital firms Brightstone VC, GVR Fund and Rothenberg Ventures.
The Series A funding round...
Facebook Spaces Now Lets You Broadcast Live from VR to Any Facebook-capable Device
Facebook today announced their Oculus Rift app Spaces is getting an extra feature, bringing it closer in functionality to the rest of Facebook's near ubiquitous platform—of course with a few extra 'VR perks'. Starting today, Facebook is letting Rift owners...











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