We’ve seen a steady stream of physical spaces devoted to virtual reality and augmented reality popping up recently — hubs where VR and AR developers can share resources, experiment, and network. One of the first VR spaces was the Upload Collective in San Francisco, which launched at the beginning of the year as a hybrid coworking...
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Field in View: My VR Highlights Of 2016
Whew. What a year, huh? Last December the VR community was left guessing as to when the Oculs Rift, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR would really release, and 12 lightning-fast months later we have them all and a new headset from Google to boot. This industry continues to move at a dizzying pace, and we can’t...
AR Optics Company Lumus Secures Further $30M in Funding
Lumus Ltd. recently confirmed a $30 million funding round led by Quanta and HTC. Lumus is a leading provider and developer of augmented reality technology. Following from the $15 million funding led by Shanda Group and Crystal-Optech in June, Lumus Ltd. recently announced a $30 million Series C round of funding led by Quanta Computer,...
New HTC Vive Releases For The Week Of 12/19/16
Along with Steam’s Winter Sale and Oculus’ as well, there’s a massive number of new Vive games to choose from this week at discounted prices. Deisim is one of the more curious highlights, giving us a god simulator from the VR perspective as you watch over your AI villagers or destroy the society they build. Mass Exodus is a...
New Oculus Rift and Gear VR Releases For The Week Of 12/18/16
We are officially in the post-Touch phase of Oculus Rift, meaning that releases are going back down to their usual consistency. A bunch of stuff will hit Steam each week and Home will get a few things here and there to pad out libraries. Let’s take a look! If you missed last week, you can...
New PlayStation VR Releases For The Week Of 12/18/16
It’s a meager week of releases for PlayStation VR leading up to the end of the year. There’s some interesting stuff, but with a new sale just launching in the EU and plenty of friends and family to show off the device to in the next seven days, we recommend going back and maybe picking...
‘The Price of Freedom’ Is A Mind Bending VR Spy Story with ‘Dragon Ball’ Voice Actors
Have you ever heard of Project MK Ultra? If the answer is “No” then don’t worry, you’re safe for the time being. If that rings a bell, however, I’d suggest you check your floorboards for a cash box full of fake passports, international currency, and handguns. You may be an agent in disguise. Project MK Ultra is...
UploadVR’s 2016 Game of the Year Nominations
The first (almost) full year of full-scale consumer-grade virtual reality is just about in the books. We saw the release of the Oculus Rift, the HTC Vive, the PlayStation VR, Google’s Daydream platform, the Oculus Touch controllers, and the continued growth of both the OSVR and Samsung Gear VR platforms. Throw in plenty of other...
Steam Goes Down For A Bit During The Winter Sale
In a stroke of luck for our collective bank accounts and wallets, but bad luck for developers and those wishing to empty their wallets, it seems like Steam went down for a while today during their massive Winter Sale. Steam sales have become major events within the gaming community and VR consumers were likely looking forward...
‘Rec Room’ Update Adds Private Lounge Space and Invite-Only Activities
A new update to popular Social VR app Rec Room adds a new invite-only space where friends can gather to play new activities in a private space. And now, players can host their own invite-only activities. Normally, when you load into Rec Room, you’ll join a randomly selected lobby full of strangers. When you go to partake...