The dream of watching live sports courtside from the comfort of your home through VR is steadily becoming a reality. Oculus and Intel have teamed up with Turner Sports and CBS to stream six March Madness games live in VR, with prices starting at just $2. The NCAA March Madness Live VR app returns for...
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Walmart Focuses On Future of VR/AR at New Silicon Valley Tech Incubator
Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the big-box retail giant, is focusing on the future of VR and AR, along with other emergent technologies, with its newly unveiled tech startup incubator. According to a Bloomberg Technology report, Wal-Mart is creating the incubator to “identify changes that will reshape the retail experience, including virtual reality, autonomous vehicle and drone delivery...
Escape My House Lets You Experience Virtual Fire Roaring Around You
A new 360 Video experience from the New Zealand Fire Service allows you to experience what it is like to see a fire spread before your eyes. The VR experience, Escape My House, is a free app designed with Google Cardboard in mind, although as a 360 video app basically any VR set up will run...
Anonymous Sources Say Apple Wants To Evolve With AR
Industry professionals and tech enthusiasts always keep their ears to the pavement for any potential ripples from one of the big companies and even the smallest drop from Apple can send waves across multiple markets and publications. Many wondered if Apple would officially step into the VR or AR markets with something exhibiting their usual simple...
Vive Cat Tracker Video Shows Purrrfect Use Of New Add-On In Action
Last week we reported on a rather purffect application for Vive’s new Tracker. Indie developer Triangular Pixels is using the device to keep tabs on their pet cats, thus not bumping into them when wearing a headset. Today, we’ve got a first look at it in action. Triangular Pixels posted the below video today. It...
UploadVR is Looking for a Social Media Growth Manager
We’re looking for someone who’s equal parts fun and business to help us grow UploadVR’s digital presence. The ideal candidate is someone who knows how to grow a brand, can talk to anyone, has an analytical mind, is comfortable on camera and is passionate about VR/AR. What does UploadVR’s Social Media Growth Manager do? Responsible...
Cloudhead Games Reveal Story Details for The Gallery: Episode 2 – Heart of the Emberstone
There are a few constants in the this world. For example: The Legend of Zelda is basically perfect always, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches never sound like a bad idea, the VR community will never not ask for more AAA games, and the folks at Cloudhead will never stop teasing us reveals. We had the...
‘Warpaint’ Brings Tabletop Gaming-inspired Turn-based Strategy & Customization to VR
Recently launched on Steam, Warpaint is a turn-based strategy game that lets you customize your troops by painting them to your taste. The game supports both Mac and PC, and features VR support via SteamVR (Vive, Rift, and OSVR). Taking inspiration from board and tabletop games like hexagonal chess and Warhammer, Warpaint’s gameplay is easy...
Advanced Brain Monitoring EEG Metrics and Experimental VR Treatments for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Advanced Brain Monitoring is a 17-year old neurotechnology company that has been able to extract a lot of really useful information from EEG data. They’ve developed specific EEG Metrics for drowsiness, inducing flow states, engagement, stress, emotion, and empathy as well as biomarkers for different types of cognitive impairment. They’ve also developed a brain-computer interface...
Obduction from Myst Creator Gets Long-Awaited Vive and Touch Support
Cyan Studios, creator of legendary PC games Myst and Riven, is officially releasing an update today ot bring its first ever virtual reality (VR) title, Obduction, to more platforms. The Myst successor originally debuted as a timed exclusive for the Oculus Rift and will now be available for the HTC Vive as well with motion controller support. In...
