A large-scale Los Angeles VR conference is “on hiatus” in 2019, according to a co-organizer. VRLA grew from a meetup in 2014 to a multi-day conference in 2017 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Around 10,000 people attended the last event on May 4 and 5, 2018, according to co-organizer John Root. “VR is in a weird...
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NHL VR Highlights On The Way Via The NextVR App
Undeterred by recent layoffs, VR broadcasting app NextVR is announcing a new partnership with the National Hockey League today. Get ready for NHL VR highlights. NextVR is set to showcase highlights of key NHL games from the 2019 season in VR. The app now features a new NHL channel that will store the stereoscopic 3D...
WellTown Turns Wellington New Zealand Into A VR City With Games
You no longer need to spend roughly one billion hours on a plane to get to New Zeland. WellTown takes you there in an instant using VR. Launching today on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, WellTown turns the New Zealand city of Wellington into a VR landscape. It’s a little like Google Earth VR,...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with search, mixed reality, and keyboard improvements
Microsoft’s Windows 10 build 18329 (19H1 branch) brings improvements to search, Windows Mixed Reality, and the touch keyboard.Read More Source: Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with search, mixed reality, and keyboard improvements
GamesBeat Summit 2019: Rami Ismail, Peter Levin, and Eric Goldberg
GamesBeat Summit 2019 is closer than ever. We’d like to introduce to you the amazing Peter Levin, Eric Goldberg, and Rami Ismail.Read More Source: GamesBeat Summit 2019: Rami Ismail, Peter Levin, and Eric Goldberg
Digi-Capital: AR/VR investment stabilized in Q4 2018
2018 returned to more normal levels of deal flow and dollars invested globally, but the first two quarters of 2019 could set the tone for AR/VR investment.Read More Source: Digi-Capital: AR/VR investment stabilized in Q4 2018
I Played Beat Saber On Oculus Go With Two Controllers Using RiftCat
Want to play Beat Saber on Oculus Go or other low-end VR devices? There’s a way, though we wouldn’t necessarily recommend it. VRidge Controller is the latest release from RiftCat, a company best known for its PC VR streaming app. The $4.99 download turns your Android smartphone into a three degrees of freedom (3DOF) pointer-based...
Subnautica’s Below Zero Expansion Probably Won’t Ever Have VR Support
Subnautica is often regarded as one of the premier examples in PC gaming of how to introduce VR support to a title that was originally developed without VR in mind at all. Everything from the sound design, visual smoothness, and head tracking are excellent and provide a serious sense of presence. You spend most of...
5 Super Bowl VR Apps To Get You Primed For The Big Game
It’s nearly game day! The Super Bowl 2019 is nearly upon us and the hot dogs are cooking. But if you’re hosting a party this year, what better way to get people hyped than with a VR headset? So here are the best Super Bowl VR experiences to get you ready for the big match....
Facebook’s Leaders: The People Responsible For VR And AR Strategy
We’ve been following the development of VR headsets at Facebook since its acquisition of Oculus VR in 2014. That’s when Facebook, under the direction of CEO Mark Zuckerberg, bought the two-year-old Oculus VR startup. In the process, they hired Oculus employees John Carmack, Nate Mitchell, Michael Antonov, Brendan Iribe, Palmer Luckey, and a long list...
