EXCLUSIVE: ADVR today announced the launch of the first discovery marketing engine for virtual and augmented reality applications. The company has also raised $3 million in an initial round of funding so that it can create new kinds of in-app advertising in VR and AR applications. The San Francisco startup has built a content-marketing platform...
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Hands-on: Rhythm Game ‘Audio Beats’ is a Hidden Gem That Plays to VR’s Strengths
At SVVR 2017 this week in Silicon Valley, Chinese VR developer organization VRCore brought a range of content to the show representing some of the VR work happening in the West. Among that content was Audio Beats by developer Famiku, a SteamVR game for Vive and Rift with surprising polish and compelling gameplay. We’ve seen a...
How to Get Windows Mixed Reality Before the Creators Update Drops April 11
Soon, users will no longer need an expensive headset or even a smartphone to experience mixed reality. The new Microsoft update will be bringing mixed reality applications to every Windows computer next month. This new upgrade to Windows 10 named the Windows 10 Creators Update. The changes, which all Windows users will be forced to...
Nyko Charge Block VR Review: Simple Charging for PSVR Move Controllers
The need to keep devices charged occupies roughly 10% of my brain activity each and every day all in the attempt to avoid these situations: “How much phone battery do I have left? Okay, I can put it on the fast charger while I finish getting ready and it should be over 50% before I...
Oculus Co-founder Palmer Luckey Bids Goodbye to Facebook
Palmer Luckey, the co-founder of Oculus VR and designer of the Oculus Rift, is stepping down from his position at the company. Oculus told Upload VR the news, saying that it will be Luckey’s last week at the Facebook-owned VR headset company. “Palmer will be dearly missed. Palmer’s legacy extends far beyond Oculus. His inventive spirit...
MixCast VR Studio Helps Devs Add Mixed Reality Capture Features to VR Games
Blueprint Reality, developers of VR puzzle game Awaken, have launched the MixCast VR Studio on Steam. Developers can quickly add the free SDK to their Unity-based VR games, which allows users to easily set up, broadcast, or record mixed reality gameplay footage with the help of the utility. Marketing VR products to the masses is...
Kaon Pitches Interactive AR Sales Apps for Tango Phones
At the moment, it would be safe to say that demand for devices running Tango, Google’s augmented reality smartphone platform, is relatively low among consumers. Kaon Interactive, a B2B software company who has built more than 5,000 interactive applications for use at trade shows, remote sales demonstrations, and other customer engagements, is betting that there...
Oculus Co-Founder and Rift Creator Palmer Luckey Departs Facebook
Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey, the man behind the Rift concept and its first prototypes, is leaving the company three years after selling to Facebook. According to Oculus, this will be Palmer’s last week with Friday marking his official last day as an employee of Facebook. In an official statement, the company said that: “Palmer will...
VRLA Expo Prepares to Host Mixed Reality Easter Egg Hunt
The Easter Bunny is about to get his first experience with mixed reality. Virtual Reality Los Angeles (VRLA) will host its third annual expo in April, and this year’s attendees will get to experience a fun Easter egg hunt sponsored by AfterNow and VRLA, in partnership with augmented/virtual reality king, the Microsoft HoloLens. Check out...
Bee Bee Q Is A Ridiculous Multiplayer VR Game About Summertime Barbeques
British summers aren’t really summers. They’re really just precious, all-to-brief moments where it’s not quite as cold and rainy as it is normally and both humanity and bug life makes the most of it. Our barbecues rarely go as planned, either; our good intentions, high spirits and sheer determination to cook a delicious plate of...
