Jaunt is a Palo Alto-based company that is currently one of the leading providers of 360-degree virtual reality content. The young organization managed to carve out a name for itself during the early days of the emerging VR industry and that first to market approach earned it a $65 million fundraising round in 2015 that was led...
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Steam Winter Sale Discounts More VR Games Than You Could Ever Play
It was a good move on Oculus’ part to get out ahead of the Steam Winter Sale with its own deals; price cuts have just hit Valve’s digital store and there are more discounted VR games than you could ever hope to play. There are over 400 VR experiences now discounted on the platform. That’s nearly...
Amazon Hires Former Tribeca Director To Work On VR Content
Amazon’s plans for VR content still remain under wraps, but the company recently made a significant hire that gives us a small glimpse into what it’s working on. Film fanatics will know that Genna Terranova left her post as director of the Tribeca Film Festival last month. This week, The Hollywood Reporter noted that she...
‘Wonderglade’ On Google Daydream Gets Local Multiplayer Mode And New Mini-Game
Carnival-themed apps and experiences are becoming something of a sub-genre in the VR market these days. Between Pierhead Arcade, Carnival Games, and now Wonderglade, there’s a bit of something out there for carnival goers on most every VR device available. Wonderglade, the latest VR outing from Resolution Games, the creators of Bait! on Gear VR,...
‘A.I am Monster’ Is A Japanese VR Game Where You Play As A Giant Robotic School Girl
We see plenty of strange (and sometimes downright creepy) VR games coming out of Japan, but every once in a while there’s one that we can’t help but highlight. A.I am Monster is one such game. Cave, a studio known for scrolling shoot’em up arcade titles, is working on this bizarre experience in which you...
Update: Robinson: The Journey Due For Oculus Rift Next Month
Update: Crytek has informed UploadVR that it currently doesn’t have plans to bring Robinson to Oculus Touch or the HTC Vive, though it will “see what comes after” the original Rift release. Original story: Crytek’s Robinson: The Journey [Review: 7/10] won’t be a PlayStation VR exclusive for much longer; the game’s coming to Oculus Rift...
Neurable Raises $2 Million, SDK For Brain Powered Input Slated For 2017
User input is a hot topic across the virtual reality industry as different entities try to curve motion sickness and find ways to better immerse audiences in these dynamic experiences. VR itself was a visual leap forward and Neurable is attempting to make such a leap for input by allowing users to control objects with...
Robinson: The Journey Due For Oculus Rift Next Month
Crytek’s Robinson: The Journey [Review: 7/10] won’t be a PlayStation VR exclusive for much longer; the game’s coming to Oculus Rift next month. The developer shared very little about the port, which will bring the adventure game from console to PC. We’ve asked Crytek if there are any plans to support the Rift’s new Touch...
Actress Elizabeth Banks Brings Pedigree To VR Animation ASTEROIDS!
While we may be a ways off from having full length virtual reality or 360-degree feature films and even further than that from having them debut in movie theaters in some way, that isn’t stopping big names from getting behind the formats. 20th Century Fox partnered with a production group for VR and 360-degree projects...
Next TPCAST Wireless Vive Kit Pre-Orders Launch Tomorrow Only In China
By now you’ve hopefully read our exclusive hands-on with TPCAST’s wireless upgrade kit for the HTC Vive. Another chance to pre-order the kit is coming tomorrow, but you’ll need to make friends in far places to get one. Alvin W. Graylin, China Regional President of Vive at HTC recently confirmed that a second round of...