Android N operating system will include a ‘VR Mode’ to boost performance of experiences on ‘Daydream-ready’ smartphones
Read More »Oculus invests $1m into improving society through the use of VR
VR for Good initiative launches with two programmes aimed at filmmakers
Read More »Samsung and Oculus’ Gear VR hits 1m users
Over one million people have used Samsung’s Gear VR headset in the last month. That’s according to Oculus’ blog, which says that in the six months since its mobile VR headset hit shelves over one million people used the new tech. Note – this does not necessarily mean that one …
Read More »Made for Samsung mobile app initiative opening up to indie games devs
Mobile platform to offer services such as testing, promotion and analytics in lieu of cash incentives
Read More »CCP CEO: ‘The first five years of VR will be very slow, then very chaotic’
Hilmar Pétursson sees virtual reality as a ‘ten-year plan’, with the latter five years heralding ‘rapid expansion like we've never seen before’
Read More »Live streaming start-up VREAL is ‘Twitch for virtual reality’
Platform will support 360-degree streaming to both headsets and PC screens
Read More »Mojang brings Minecraft to Gear VR
Separate Oculus Rift version still in the works, studio confirms
Read More »Samsung giving away Gear VR with Galaxy S7 pre-orders
Consumers pre-ordering Samsung’s new Galaxy S7 smartphone will be receiving its Gear VR headset free of charge. This news comes by way of Ars Technica, which says that the Korean tech giant announced the offer at Mobile World Congress. Pre-orders open today (Tuesday, February 23rd), and consumers have until March …
Read More »Everybody who buys an Oculus Rift will get £200 worth of Unity Pro for free
VR headset includes four-month trial of game engine, which was used to create 90% of Gear VR content
Read More »Independent VR platform Transport raises $25m in funding
Distribution network aims to offer a single route to market for all of the major virtual reality headsets
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