President Obama can make anything look great. Anything. Even a dorky VR headset. At the Hannover Messe Industrial trade show in Hanover, Germany, Obama tried out a very special VR headset. How special? It had googly eyes on it. Yes, … Read More
Virtual reality can be a truly transformative experience. But if you’re a space cadet wanting to take things to the next level, no one’s gonna stop you. In fact, we get it. In celebration of 4/20 — and really, every … Read More
In our Harry Potter-obsessed generation, who hasn’t wanted to hurl spells at their foes with the flick of their hands? That’s the promise of The Unspoken, an upcoming virtual reality title from Insomniac Games. You play a magician climbing their … Read More
The race to create both the hardware and the software that will drive the emerging virtual reality market is heating up, and now GoPro has unveiled its latest plans to attract those VR filmmakers and fans At this week’s NAB … Read More
There are three questions people tend to ask when virtual reality comes up in conversation. “Will it make me sick?” “When can I buy it?” “Is there porn on it yet?” Don’t get them wrong: People don’t necessarily want to … Read More
For the sake of bringing virtual reality to the public, a then-88-year-old David Attenborough clambered into a tiny Triton submarine in late 2014. The beloved documentary maker and naturalist was filming a virtual reality experience, David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef Dive … Read More
This past week, Facebook showed us what it’s like to take a virtual reality selfie using the Oculus Rift — an experience that has to be seen to truly grasp its awesomeness But that demo was just a prototype. You … Read More
How times have changed. For years, Samsung has been accused of copying Apple’s ideas. But now, companies are copying it for a change. At Huawei’s Shanghai P9 and P9 Plus launch, the company brought out its Samsung Gear VR headset … Read More
Bravo, Facebook. Social VR is now officially something I want in Facebook. You made me want it, damn you. Ever since Facebook bought Oculus VR for $2 billion in 2014, Mark Zuckerberg has made clear his intention to merge social … Read More
2015 gave us the despised yet useful selfie stick. 2016 however, has brought us the virtual reality selfie stick. During Facebook’s F8 Developer conference on Wednesday, CTO Mike Schroepfer showed off a virtual reality selfie stick, because why travel somewhere to … Read More