Sam Gebhardt, developer of VR cinema app Go Show, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to bolster the feature set of the app. Designed for Smartphone VR headsets, Gebhardt hopes to add custom theaters, streaming media support, and more to...

The team behind Project Holodeck has announced that it has secured $4 million in venture funding to help them build their immersive VR experience.Project Holodeck - From University Project To Investment OpportunityWe've been following Survios (or Project Holodeck as they...

Virtual Reality And Next Generation Marketing Brighton based digital agency Makemedia recently produced an Oculus Rift multi-player racing game to promote an electronics component brand. In late March, over 700 EPC (Electronica Productronica China) show delegates virtually raced ‘Wipeout’ style cars...

One of the challenges facing virtual reality gaming is hitting key performance benchmarks which help increase presence and reduce simulator sickness. Umbra Software, a company that makes middleware for game development, says their technology can help developers of VR...

Oculus VR has launched a preview build of their latest Oculus Rift SDK, v.0.3.1. The new SDK adds initial support for the Oculus Rift DK2, improved distortion quality, John Carmack's 'Timewarp' technique to reduce latency, and much more. The Oculus...

More game engines with Oculus Rift support means more choices for developers! Recently, TouchDesigner and CopperCube have updated their engines to work with the Oculus Rift. Derivative TouchDesigner Derivative's TouchDesigner software is a visual programming language for artists. It's been used...

After nearly a year, Jaunt comes out of stealth mode today with what they hope will be the launch of a new content medium: cinematic virtual reality. For many months now, they have teased on their their website: "At...

Valve has recently confirmed that the company is getting their highly anticipated Source 2 game engine "working well with VR." Oculus subreddit moderator, Dudelsac, compiled a list of questions from the community to ask Valve during a recent Q&A session...

Developer Michael Blix has created an Oculus Rift Simulator web app which gives an idea of what an Oculus Rift could look like equipped with a 1080p, 2k, and 4k screen. The demo also features simulated 'low-persistence' which helps...

Today Sixense launches their Kickstarter for MakeVR, an impressive piece of software that seeks to make computer aided design so easy that anyone can do it. With support for the Razer Hydra or STEM System, the Oculus Rift,...

Oculus VR Inc has released a draft Best Practices guide for VR developers that, in their words, seeks to maximize:  1) oculomotor comfort, 2) bodily comfort, and 3) a positive user experience. The document can be found on the Oculus...

Ahead of Steam Dev Days, the annual conference where this year Valve will demonstrate VR hardware and hold several talks on VR, the company has released a beta for 'SteamVR' a new way to interact with Steam using the...

We take a look at a new application from the founder of the Silicon Valley Virtual Reality meetup (SVVR), Karl Krantz, that lets you launch your favourite VR games and apps from one VR-enabled user interface. Never Leave VR We love...

HL2VR is a mod for Half-Life 2 which adds Razer Hydra support and a bunch of other tweaks, it turns Half-Life 2 into one of the best virtual reality experiences available today. The latest version of HL2VR adds new...

VorpX, the highly anticipated utility that adds Oculus Rift support to many existing games, is finally available to the public. The program makes it easy to enjoy your existing game library in virtual reality. VorpX is a stereoscopic 3D driver...