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...

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 ease of use and low poly style, is officially opening their Gear VR beta on Saturday, Dec 19. To add to the news, the team behind Convrge has also revealed that they have recently...

James McCrae wants to lower the barrier to entry for creating virtual worlds with janusVR. He has a PhD in computer science from University of Toronto, and he's created a sophisticated technology stack that allows front-end web developers to...

Casino VR is an online multiplayer casino, currently hosting Texas hold’em poker games in a social VR environment. Created by a San Francisco based team, the free online casino is gearing up to not only offer more social casino games, but also a...

AltspaceVR, the social VR platform, has always had a unique visual approach to presenting your digital self in a virtual space, but it may not have been to everyone's tastes. Now, the company has introduced for familiar looking avatars...

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...

There's no cover charge, no two-drink minimum, and you don't even have to put on pants. Yes, improv and stand-up comedy is coming to virtual reality starting tonight (Dec 2) in AltspaceVR, the social VR space that brought you...

Convrge, the virtual reality social platform known for hosting one of the largest gatherings in social VR history—a shared viewing of the Oculus' pre-E3 event—is now taking the online space in a new direction, one that is decidedly much more intimate...

Social virtual reality platform AltspaceVR have today announced they're partnering with Wizards of the Coast, publisher of Dungeons and Dragons, to bring the brand into virtual reality, retaining the social aspects that makes the table-top incarnations so popular. Role playing...

Social VR platform AltSpaceVR has announced that users can now communicate via emoji. The initial release includes six emoticons that "let you smile, frown, laugh, heart, high-five, and wave," according to a press release announcing the new feature. Pressing number...

Oculus released their first social platform to the world last week, a Gear VR app called Oculus Social that currently connects up to five people to watch shared viewings of Twitch and Vimeo streams. And like Facebook, Oculus' parent...

Oculus quietly released their first foray into virtual reality interaction last week when Oculus Social appeared for the Gear VR. However, the initial release was region locked to North America. Oculus has now announced that it has now launched...