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I don’t know about you, but I am exhausted. At the speed VR is moving, there’s no such thing as a quiet month, but October in particular has been malicious. We’ve had big events from practically every major headset maker with announcements that mean big things for both the short and long-term futures. So what...

One of the biggest games of the year is embracing seasonal events to get players excited all over again. Pokémon Go is back on top of the iPhone top-grossing charts in the United States after falling as low No. 10 last week, according to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. Developer Niantic updated the location-based augmented reality...

Google will soon make its biggest hardware reveal of the year. The company is hosting an event in San Francisco on Tuesday that promises to be big on several fronts.  SEE ALSO: Google’s Tilt Brush will soon create windows from VR into reality We’re expecting to see two new smartphones, a new Chromecast and possibly...

Google’s Tilt Brush, the app that lets you “sculpt” paintings in virtual reality, is getting a new set of features that move the VR tool far beyond the realm of interactive art.  SEE ALSO: Virtual reality fans are disappointed in Palmer Luckey’s secret Trump fund Previewed in a video released on Friday, a new set...

eStream gets you ready for ESL One New York and takes a look at Dota 2’s game-changing VR. Read more… More about Mashable Video, Eleague, Estream, Esports, and Counter Strike Source: eStream: Previewing ESL One NY

The digital ad industry’s biggest trade group says consumers want to see more commercials they can immerse themselves within — as long as they’re done right. A new report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau on Monday pointed to substantial growth potential in the nascent world of virtual reality advertising, despite some marketers’ concerns that the...

When you find out the enigmatic 24-year-old who built one of the first commercially viable virtual reality headsets also funds a pro-Trump political action group aimed at spreading anti-Hillary Clinton memes, you may feel like your worldview has shifted a bit. At least that was the response of scores of virtual reality fans, some of...

Just how popular is virtual reality? It’s hard to tell, but Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said “1 million people use VR every month” at the Oculus Connect 3 developer conference. Zuckerberg didn’t specify what VR specifically referred to. Does that include Google Cardboard? Samsung Gear VR and all of the mobile VR headset clones? He...

Imagine witnessing the atomic tests that were performed in outback Australia in the ’50s. A landmark new virtual reality film is allowing you to do just that — from the perspective of a man with no prior contact with the western world. Collisions is the tale of Nyarri Nyarri Morgan, a revered elder of the...

An Indian startup is pushing through limits of virtual reality technologies, creating business solutions that are mostly unheard of in the industry. But is India ready for such solutions yet? After working for a decade at Space Matrix Design Consultants, one and a half year serving as its Director of Global Projects, Gautam Tewari knew...