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SuperData: VR Hardware will earn $3.6 billion in 2017

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 24, 2017
1 min

Virtual reality is ready to grow. Research firm SuperData released a new report predicting that VR hardware will earn $3.6 billion in 2017. That would be an increase of 142 percent over the previous year. It expects VR hardware to reach $17.8 billion by 2020.

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Dungeons & Dragons’ first VR app is a fantasy version of chess (update)

Posted byby Jason Wilson
February 23, 2017
3 min

Dungeons & Dragons is heading into virtual reality, and its first battle ground is going to be a chess board. Wizards of the Coast...

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Google launches Tilt Brush for Oculus Rift with Touch controller support

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 21, 2017
2 min

The Oculus Rift and its Touch controllers are now the go-to platform for creating art in virtual reality. Google has launched its Tilt Brush...

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Inside an IMAX virtual reality arcade

Posted byby Jason Wilson
February 20, 2017
4 min

We don’t know yet if VR arcades in the United States are going to find success, but it is looking like IMAX VR is...

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Everest VR now represents the most epic mountain climb on Oculus Rift

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 14, 2017
3 min

Sólfar Studios has launched its ground-breaking Everest VR virtual reality climbing experience on the Oculus Rift and Touch platform. VR is going through its...

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12 virtual reality talks you shouldn’t miss at GDC 2017

Posted byby Jason Wilson
February 12, 2017
6 min

The Electronic Entertainment Expo, Gamescom, Tokyo Game Show, and PAX are all great trade shows and fan events for exhibiting virtual reality. But in...

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Oculus Rift update boosts sensors for larger setups — and fixes carpet

Posted byby Jason Wilson
February 6, 2017
2 min

Rift leader Nate Mitchell confirmed an update is rolling out to owners of the Facebook VR headset that smooths out the carpet on the...

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SuperData: VR’s breakout 2016 saw 6.3 million headsets shipped

Posted byby Jason Wilson
February 4, 2017
2 min

A new report from market research firm Super Data offers new estimates for the market size of virtual reality in 2016, suggesting 6.3 million...

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Small mistakes led to a $500 million verdict against Oculus

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 2, 2017
6 min

Mistakes in doing everyday business led to a $500 million verdict against Facebook’s Oculus division in a legal battle with ZeniMax. ZeniMax sued Oculus,...

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ZeniMax has a legal right to some of Oculus' success, according to jury.

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ZeniMax v. Oculus: Jury orders Facebook’s VR company to pay $500 million because Palmer Luckey broke his NDA

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 1, 2017
3 min

The jury has come in on one of the first major lawsuits for the burgeoning virtual reality industry. Facebook’s Oculus VR must pay $500...

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