GoPro Ships First ‘Fusion’ 360 Cameras to 10 Select Broadcasters

GoPro's first batch of Fusion 360 cameras is now headed to some big brands, agencies and content creators as part of a pilot program to help source initial content partners. GoPro started taking applications in April. Picking from a pool of more...

Disney Invests in VR Arcade The VOID, Epic Games in 2017 Accelerator

The Walt Disney Company has announced participants in its 2017 incubator Disney Accelerator, a program intended for early and venture-backed tech startups working in media and entertainment. Among the 11 picked for the company's 2017 Accelerator is location-based VR arcade The Void and Unreal...

Video Gives Us a Peek Into the Future of How AR and VR Will Work Together

We're all waiting for the day when you can put on a singular, tether-free headset and experience all the 'R's that VR/AR/MR have to offer—and NormalVR, a "small but focused" group of passionate immersive media creators just gave us a peek...

‘Legion’ HoloLens Experience Coming to San Diego Comic-Con

FX TV series Legion (2017) is getting an immersive, mixed reality experience powered by Microsoft's HoloLens, and it's coming to this year's San Diego Comic-Con on July 20-23. Sessions: The Legion Mixed Reality Experience will take fans into the headspace of show's protagonist David...
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‘Echo Arena’ Extends Open Beta to Monday, July 17th

Echo Arena, the VR sports game from Ready at Dawn and Oculus Studios, went back into open beta last week. Although it was supposed to end yesterday, the developers are extending the access window so Oculus Rift owners can rocket...

Meet Bill Nye in VR & ‘TheWaveVR’ Concert, Two Virtual Events Worth Attending This Wednesday

This Wednesday, you can fill up your brain with knowledge in a unique opportunity to meet Bill Nye 'the Science Guy' in the digital flesh, and then melt your brain immediately afterwards at a VR concert, where crowds can interact...

VR Presence Researcher Finds Full Embodiment to be Key Component in Plausibility

Mel Slater's Theory of Presence includes two major components including the Place Illusion (the degree to which you're transported to another world), and the Plausibility Illusion (the degree to which you believe what's happening in that world is believable)....

Best VR Graphics Cards for Rift and Vive

Looking to get into virtual reality but need to beef up your gaming PC to handle it? Here's a quick cheat sheet on our current top picks for NVIDIA and AMD Radeon graphics cards suited for virtual reality. Among the myriad aspects...

Director of ‘The Hills Have Eyes’ is Making a Live-Action VR Horror Series, Releasing Halloween 2017

Veteran horror director Alexandre Aja, known for his work on The Hills Have Eyes (2006), Pirahana 3D (2010), and Horns (2013), is teaming up with Oculus and VR production studio Future Lighthouse to create a 360 live-action horror series...

Here’s 17 Pieces of Free Content You’ll Get With Oculus Rift + Touch

While Oculus had a robust day-one launch lineup of more than 50 titles back when Touch initially dropped in December of last year, owning an Oculus Rift + Touch grants you more titles than ever with unfettered access to at least...