While Oculus is still “baby stepping” out its app store for the Samsung Gear VR, Oculus CTO John Carmack said the company plans to do a broad release of the virtual reality… Read more »
Oculus launched a developer contest today that will distribute $1 million in prizes for games and apps built for Gear VR — the mobile virtual reality headset it helped Samsung build. The… Read more »
Creating video content for virtual reality is a bit awkward. When a camera shoots in 360 degrees, that means the director, and anyone else who shouldn’t be in the shot, has… Read more »
Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard and Samsung’s Gear VR are all trying to get developers excited about building immersive virtual reality (VR) experiences. But as VR is capturing our imaginations, developers are… Read more »
Kickstarter has told the world it is not a store, but can a store be Kickstarter? After tries by a few startups to improve the preorder experience, the king of online… Read more »
I don’t think Microsoft is going to make real inroads in the mobile device market, but in other markets the company is finally making solid moves. Last week, Nadella’s Microsoft finally… Read more »
Facebook is growing its head count by as much as 14 percent according to a new Reuters report. It has 1,200 open job listings on its website, mostly for virtual reality roles with Oculus… Read more »
Some of the first animators in virtual reality gathered over the weekend in San Francisco. Their films ranged from beautiful to awesome to inane, but they were all up against the same… Read more »
The virtual reality craze begins today. Samsung is now selling its Gear VR headset in the U.S. at the expected $199 price tag, though it is only compatible with the Galaxy… Read more »
VCEMO, which started raising funds on Kickstarter on Monday, wants to become a platform for streaming 360-degree videos that works with most virtual reality headsets — like a “Vimeo for VR.” Read more »