VR analytics startup Virtualitics raises $4.4 million
Virtual reality needs analytics to show developers where people are visiting in virtual worlds. And Virtualitics has raised $4.4 million to provide analytics for...
AltspaceVR founder wants to make virtual reality as accessible as the web
Eric Romo and his cofounders at AltspaceVR want to make virtual reality as pervasive and accessible as the worldwide web. AltspaceVR is leading the...
Sixense’s Siege VR takes advantage of VR motion controllers
Virtual reality immerses your eyes in another world, but it still isn’t that great at bringing the rest of you into it. The HTC...
Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey leaves Facebook
Palmer Luckey, who founded Oculus Rift and who many credit with reviving the virtual reality industry, has left Oculus VR and Facebook, as UploadVR reports. Facebook and Luckey are not sharing the details of the split, but it comes after months of silence from what the social network once positioned as the father of VR.
Tech pioneer Tony Parisi wants VR to change the world
Tony Parisi helped pioneer virtual reality when he worked on the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML), a tool for creating 3D environments on the web,...
Hands-on with the Samsung Gear VR controller
Samsung launched a virtual reality controller today for its Gear VR mobile headset to go with the new Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone also introduced...
Guitar Godz VR launches Kickstarter campaign to be Rock Band’s virtual reality rival
Flow State Media has launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for a music virtual reality game, Guitar Godz VR. The San Francisco company says its...
Hands-on with Wilson’s Heart psychological thriller for the Oculus Rift
Virtual reality still needs big blockbusters to get off the ground, and Oculus Studios hopes that its Wilson’s Heart psychological thriller will be one of them....
HTC will be VR partner for Steven Spielberg’s ‘Ready Player One’ film
HTC Vive will be the official partner for virtual reality content, experiences, and offline activations for the highly anticipated film Ready Player One, which...
HTC adds 30 more companies to its virtual reality accelerator
HTC is announcing that 30 new startups have joined the second batch for its global virtual reality accelerator program. Maker of the HTC Vive...