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Unity Gets $400 Million Investment From Silver Lake
Unity Technologies’ Unity Engine is playing an increasingly important role in the VR industry, and new funds announced today should help it grow further still. Unity Technologies is getting $400...
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Daydream Elements Is A VR Development Guidebook From Google
If there’s one golden rule in the vast unknown that is VR development right now it’s this; give players choices. Not everything works for everyone, and people will likely need to tinker with your...
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E3 2017: Ubisoft Showcases New VR Engine Brigitte In Space Junkies
Ubisoft only had one new VR game to showcase at its E3 conference this year, but it has another to talk about off-stage, and it comes with a new engine. That title is Space Junkies. This new project...
View ArticleE3 2017: Watch Sony’s PSVR Showcase Right Here
We made it to the end! Nintendo’s still to come tomorrow but this is pretty much it for relevent VR press conferences at this year’s E3. Sony’s show goes live at 6pm PDT/9pm EDT/2am BST and you can...
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MIT Accelerator Play Labs Announces Class of 13 AR/VR Startups
Play Labs, a summer accelerator at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), announced its first batch of 13 startups that are developing augmented reality and virtual reality technology. The...
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Syndrome Coming To PSVR This Week, Support Explained
Between Arizona Sunshine and Ancient Amuletor launching it’s a big week for PlayStation VR (PSVR), but there is another more obscure title set to release too. First-person horror experience Syndrome...
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Google, BBC And More Set To Speak At VRUK In London This Week
Industry leaders are gathering once again to talk about all things VR as the second annual VRUK festival gets underway later this week. Set to take place in Ravensbourne, London, the show is gathering...
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Ark Park Lets You Shoot Dinosaurs As Well As Learn About Them
Thought Ark Park was purely a friendly, educational experience? Think again. New gameplay of the VR spin-off to Ark: Survival Evolved was revealed this week, and it’s quite different from anything...
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ARKit is a Goldmine for VR Developers
One of the most enjoyable accounts on Twitter in recent days has been @MadewithARKit, which curates some of the best new pieces of content created in Apple’s new ARKit toolbox. The possibilities for...
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VR Health Group Is Rating How Many Calories Games Burn
As well as delivering immersive experiences, VR gaming has another welcome, if unintended side-effect: getting players fit. The Virtual Reality Institute of Health and Exercise wants to show you how....
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Chroma Lab Is A Trippy Particle Physics Sandbox Available Now On Vive and Rift
Mesmerizing particle physics simulator Chroma Lab is now available on Steam for $4.99. It works with both Vive and Rift and lets you use your hands to interact with colorful particles floating around...
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TPCAST Wireless Vive Accessory Available For Pre-Order In Europe
HTC Vive owners in Europe eager to cut the cord between the PC and headset can now pre-order the TPCAST wireless accessory. We’ve found the system pretty capable in our testing with a few key caveats....
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CurioPets Is Like An AR Tamagotchi That Encourages Exploration
If you’re like me then you probably played Pokemon Go for a few weeks and stopped. A few months later, like me, you might have even deleted it off of your phone to make room for some more videos of...
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iPhone 8 Is Carefully Calibrated For Augmented Reality
Apple revealed its iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus have specially calibrated sensors and cameras ideal for superior AR experiences. This is in line with what we expected Apple to reveal heading into its...
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Apple’s Animoji Lets You Become An Animated Pile of Poo
Apple’s iPhone X includes animated emoji that lets device owners send messages animated as a variety of cartoon characters, including a pig, fox, puppy and poop. This is very likely the result of the...
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Signing Investment Deals In VR Is A Thing Now
I’m weary of calling anything we see with VR a “first-ever” as the technology has been around for decades and people often pop up to point out things have happened in the past that might technically...
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VRChat Raises $4 Million Round Led By HTC
Startup VRChat just raised a $4 million Series A round of funding led by HTC. The money for the social VR startup comes in the wake of AltspaceVR running out of cash and the earlier closure of...
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Palmer Luckey Experimenting With VR Directly Into The Nervous System
Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey discussed his experiments with brain-computer interfaces at an adult VR event. Luckey departed Oculus and Facebook earlier this year several months after an article in...
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CCP’s VR Sport Sparc Coming To Rift And Vive This Month
As Iceland-based CCP Games shutters its VR efforts, it looks like the studio has one more release to get out the door. The studio is launching its Tron-like VR sport Sparc [Review 8/10) for Rift and...
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Fishing Master Review: Trouble On The Open Seas
I’m not a fisherman, but fishing games feel like a perfect fit for VR. Despite my lack of prowess on the waters (I’ve caught my fair share of fish in my day, and even watched my uncle clean and cook...
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