As of October 25th, Facebook Spaces has been shut down to "make way" for the company's next try at a social VR platform, Horizon. While Spaces didn't catch on, it represented some of the company's finest VR design work to date....

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...

Facebook Reality Labs, the company's AR/VR R&D group, published detailed research on a method for hyper-realistic real-time virtual avatars, expanding on prior work which the company calls 'Codec Avatars'. Facebook Reality Labs has created a system capable of animating virtual...

Social VR app Bigscreen is planning to launch on PSVR, the company affirmed this week. Though it may not come until late 2019 or early 2020, when it does, Bigscreen will be just about the only app to support every...

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...

While Oculus Quest was devoid of any of Facebook's social VR applications at launch, Oculus Venues is finally available for the headset. That means that, for the first time, Quest users will have a first-party social experience in which they can...

EDM artist REZZ is hosting a world premiere listening party of her new album 'Beyond the Senses' in Wave, a social VR rave platform. The event kicks off at 3PM PT . Wave (previously TheWaveVR) is a social VR platform that brings...

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...

Ruffian Games, a Dundee, Scotland-based game studio, recently announced their long-awaited hot-seat multiplayer VR party game, RADtv, finally has a release date. Update (July 4th, 2019): It's been a while since we last reported on RADtv, and while we thought the innovative...

Against Gravity, the studio behind the popular social VR game Rec Room, has raised an addition $24 million in venture capital across two investment rounds. Speaking to TechCrunch, Against Gravity says that it has raised $24 million in venture funding in...

Facebook's fragmented approach to social VR hasn't gotten any better with the launch of Quest. The company now has four separate social VR apps, and none of them are currently available on its newest headset. With Oculus, Facebook has aimed...

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, 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'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...

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...