As consumer VR continues to establish itself in the market, awards ceremonies for the medium are increasingly inevitable. We already have some winners, but today we have a new event, too. The VR Awards is an international ceremony organized by VR Bound and partner companies, set to take place in London on September 23rd 2017. The...
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This Tilt Brush Virtual Reality Painting is Unbelievably Realistic
Tilt Brush was already having a big week. On Monday, the highly praised virtual reality creation app made its debut on the Oculus Rift after only officially working on the HTC Vive for almost a year. Becoming available to an entirely new audience of content hungry VR fans will certainly be a boost to Tilt...
Wevr’s theBlu Lets Dubai Aquarium Visitors Go Beyond The Glass
The Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo now lets visitors go beyond the glass and having an astonishingly intimate encounter with sea life thanks to the HTC Vive. Wevr’s theBlu, one of the first experiences to feature on the SteamVR headset, is one of a handful of VR apps on offer at the site’s new VRZOO....
Sony Showing More Believable VR Characters In PSVR GDC Tech Demo
Creating more believable virtual characters will play an essential role in further immersing us in single-player VR experiences in the future, and Sony intends to demonstrate that on PlayStation VR (PSVR) this GDC. The company’s headset traditionally has a big showing at the event, having been revealed there in 2014, but this is the first...
Hands-On: Superhot VR’s Forever Update Makes a Great Game Even Better
Like most people that have played it, I only had one complaint after completing Superhot VR for the Oculus Rift: I wish there was more. Well, get excited people because more is almost here. According to a message from Superhot Team, Superhot VR’s “Forever” update will be available in just a few weeks. The update is slated to...
Superhot, Pokemon Go Win For VR/AR At 2017 DICE Awards
There are plenty of awards ceremonies for gaming, but few are as respected and prestigious as the annual DICE Awards, tied into the developer conference in Las Vegas. This year’s event featured the first VR and AR games to be recognized. While console and PC juggernauts like Blizzard’s Overwatch walked away with most of the...
Panasonic’s Autonomous Car Design Includes An AR Equipped Cockpit
In many works of science fiction, from books to film, you’d be hard-pressed to not come across some sort of augmented reality. From glasses and goggles to cell phones and viewing screens, writers and filmmakers regularly lean on AR to express a futuristic aesthetic. In the real world, engineers have tried to recreate those futuristic...
Viveport Subscriptions To Feature Free Trial Month, First Apps Revealed
Earlier this week we wrote about how HTC Viveport’s upcoming subscription service could push acceptance of shorter VR experiences. Now it appears that service is prepping for launch. Variety is reporting that VR developers can now submit their applications to feature as part of the service, which will launch within the coming weeks. Viveport President...
On the Hunt for VR’s Killer App with Epic Games’ Technical Director of VR & AR, Nick Whiting
Everyone in the VR industry can envision a world in the next 10 years that’s radically changed by virtual reality. From healthcare, education, social, training, cinema, gaming, and more, VR has a lot of Killer Use-cases. But it seems most of the industry is in agreement that the Killer App—a single, platform-defining piece of software...
Samsung and Six Flags Re-up Collaboration with New VR Coasters Combining ‘Mixed Reality’ and ‘Complex Gameplay’
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation—which runs theme park properties across the americas—and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. recently launched a renewed collaboration on new rides at two Six Flags theme parks which place users on real roller coasters while using a VR headset to add virtual visuals. ‘Galactic Attack’, which improves on the existing ‘New Revolution’ VR...