Provider of realistic haptic technology for virtual reality controls HaptX Inc. announced today it has closed a funding round for $12 million from existing investors NetEase and Amit Kapur of Dawn ...

Korean company MGame brought its in-development Princess Maker VR to Korea VR Festival 2016 in Seoul, which ran from October 6 to 9. The game, which is due out for PC and console in 2017, is a rebuild ...

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We've all seen those Meta Quest adverts, in which a practically-challenged human being wears a VR headset for basic construction tasks, like building a crib, with great success. However, The Swedish ...

Adam Savage is swinging a sword at my face. We’re standing on opposite sides of a bench in the television host’s workshop in San Francisco’s Mission district. A giant model of a hammerhead shark ...

TikTok parent company ByteDance has acquired Chinese virtual reality (VR) startup Pico. The company sees VR as an “emerging” next-gen technology, terming this acquisition as a “long-term investment”.

Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap Earlier this week, I had a chance to join a select group of games journalists in getting a sneak peek behind the scenes of ...

Facebook has announced plans to purchase Oculus VR, the company behind the Rift headset, for around $2 billion in cash and stock. This includes $400 million, and 23.1 million Facebook shares. An ...

The $2 billion Facebook deal announced last month for Irvine startup Oculus VR still hasn’t closed, but the former employer of 3D engineer John Carmack appears to be looking for a cut. ZeniMax Media ...

Korean developer MGame announced Princess Maker VR for console and Windows PC. The game is a rebuild of Princess Maker 2 and launches in 2017. A demo using the HTC Vive was shown off at the Korea VR ...

Virtuix, maker of the Omni virtual reality treadmill, said today it will move ahead with a “mini-IPO” under new regulations that allow companies to raise money in a different way. The move comes after ...

MENLO PARK -- A federal judge has sided with Facebook parent Meta and cleared the way for the company to buy virtual reality startup Within Unlimited, the maker of the popular fitness app Supernatural ...