Baobab Studios aims to tell animated stories in VR, with $6M in funding
Baobab Studios has raised $6 million as part of its plan to usher in a new era of virtual reality animated stories. The funding...
Eyefluence raises $14M for eye-popping eye-tracking technology for VR
Eyefluence has an eye-popping technology straight out of science fiction. The Silicon Valley company is announcing it has raised $14 million for its eye-tracking...
Iceland’s Sólfar Studios gets $2.1M for VR games from Asian and Nordic investors
Sólfar Studios announced today that it has received a seed investment of €2 million, or $2.15 million, to make new virtual reality games and...
Virtual reality enterprise software startup Envelop VR raises $4M
Virtual reality is one of the hottest sectors in the tech economy, and today’s $4 million in funding for software maker Envelop VR announced...
The landscape of VR is complicated — with 234 companies valued at $13B
Virtual reality has drawn a huge amount of investment in the past few years, generating about $13 billion in value, according to a new...
Mattel and Google teamed up to make VR kid friendly, and they got pretty darn close
Mattel thinks it’s cracked the code to making virtual reality kid friendly. The 70-year-old toy company, under the guidance of Google, released its Cardboard-powered View-Master on...
Unity CEO: Virtual reality hinges on your PC’s specs, not the headset
Virtual reality and augmented reality headsets are not the reason multibillion-dollar companies are putting their collective eggs in the immersive basket, according to Unity...
Virtual reality will make Burning Man even trippier — if you Kickstart this project
You might now be able to experience the wonders of virtual reality while being high in the middle of a desert. Burning Man, an...
Paralo launches Kickstarter campaign for another inexpensive VR headset
Paralo aims to create an inexpensive yet high-quality virtual reality headset.
VR shooting can be great on Sony’s Morpheus, but the Rigs demo made me seasick
We spell out the good and the bad with Sony's virtual reality platform.