I had a chance to try out VREAL's VR streaming technology a few weeks ago, and I think they've made some key technological breakthoughs that makes it possible to livestream an entire virtual reality experience. Rather than render out...

Darshan Shankar started BigScreen VR with a deceptively simple premise of wanting to have Virtual LAN parties with other gamers in VR, but using your computer screen as a center point of conversation has catalyzed a wide range of...

During Google's Daydream Labs presentation at Google I/O, they discussed how to deal with different types of trolling behaviors. Suzanne Leibrick is a VR user interface and user experience designer, who has experienced different types of online harassment within...

Didn't get the memo that the critically acclaimed comedian/beatboxer/musical magician Reggie Watts is coming to VR? There's still time to sign up for the AltspaceVR event, which is being billed as "the largest attended event in VR ever." With the social VR...

Noitom, a leading mo-cap company, are using their affinity with capturing reality by fusing it with virtual reality to create a multi-user mixed reality experience that allows users to interact in VR and others using real world objects. Noitom calls...

Linden Lab's Second Life has been one of the largest and most successful virtual world ecosystems with nearly 13 years of existence. But Linden Lab recognized that the infrastructure and foundations of Second Life was not going to be...

Acclaimed comedian and musician Reggie Watts is bringing his surrealist lyrical style and infectious comedy act to virtual reality later this month. Fans can attend the show from within AltspaceVR's social VR platform, or spectate via the YouTube livestream. Watts will be...

BigScreen is a social VR app currently in beta for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive that lets you livestream your monitor to friends in an online environment, essentially letting you throw a virtual LAN party or movie night with your best...

Starship Group, the makers of the social app vTime, today announced early access release of their Google Cardboard app, which allows anyone—provided you own one of the supported Android phone models—to enter the space and chat with Gear VR users. We went hands-on with vTime...

Social VR platform AltspaceVR today announced the general release of their Gear VR app—now making their software cross-compatible with both Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Not too long ago, AltspaceVR only allowed users into their social platform for special 'beta weekends' where anyone could mingle, browse webpages or watch...

Are snow storms threatening your existence, your livelihood, your sanity? Well, we can't help with that in the slightest, but we do know of some good VR beaches you can visit as the storm rages outside. If you're in the North of...

AltspaceVR, the social VR platform, is touring major cities in the US and Canada on a new 'VR Hype Tour' starting today. The team will be demoing their platform and letting attendees enter to win VR headsets. AltspaceVR will be attending a number...

vTime, the newest social VR app in the Gear VR store, is different. It's seemingly the first social VR app to use the familiar 'friending' mechanic borrowed from traditional social networks, which essentially creates a digital handshake that allows...

Starship, a Liverpool-based digital entertainment studio, has today released vTime on the Gear VR store, the mobile platform's latest social VR app. I got a chance to check out vTime's alpha and sat down with Paul Hollywood, the studios product development director, to find...

Convrge, the social VR platform known for hosting some of the first large-scale social meetups in virtual reality, has announced signups for a Gear VR beta, which will allow Samsung Gear VR users to mingle and also watch YouTube...