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PlatformaVR to open free-roaming VR location in Las Vegas this monthEx-Oculus CEO and co-founder Brendan Iribe follows Palmer Luckey out the doorOculus Quest offers all-in-one wireless VR headset for $399Facebook Messenger gets AR games
PlatformaVR to open free-roaming VR location in Las Vegas this month VIVA VR

PlatformaVR to open free-roaming VR location in Las Vegas this month

From Moscow to Vegas! Russian startup PlatformaVR announces its first US location

Ex-Oculus CEO and co-founder Brendan Iribe follows Palmer Luckey out the door JOBS NEWS

Ex-Oculus CEO and co-founder Brendan Iribe follows Palmer Luckey out the door

Spent six years with the virtual reality pioneers

Oculus Quest offers all-in-one wireless VR headset for $399 STANDALONE

Oculus Quest offers all-in-one wireless VR headset for $399

No PC or smartphone required

Facebook Messenger gets AR games AR

Facebook Messenger gets AR games

Augmented Reality extends possibilities as a games platform

Magic Leap One Creator Edition out now!

Magic Leap One Creator Edition out now!

Pokemon Go dev Niantic swoops for London machine learning outfit Matrix Mill

Pokemon Go dev Niantic swoops for London machine learning outfit Matrix Mill

Resolution Games recruits Mogi creator Mathieu Castelli as chief creative officer

Resolution Games recruits Mogi creator Mathieu Castelli as chief creative officer

Judge halves Facebook’s Zenimax payout to $250m in Oculus dispute

Judge halves Facebook’s Zenimax payout to $250m in Oculus dispute

ImmVRse partners iagon for blockchain VR platform

ImmVRse partners iagon for blockchain VR platform

as Entries open for The Big Indie Awards at G-STAR

Entries open for The Big Indie Awards at G-STAR

Limited expo space at Big Indie Fest closes next week

Limited expo space at Big Indie Fest closes next week

Talentspotting at Big Indie Fest @ ReVersed

Talentspotting at Big Indie Fest @ ReVersed

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Entries open for The Big Indie Awards at G-STARPocket Gamer and G-STAR launch international promotional partnership and bring the Big Indie Awards to KoreaARCore for ChinaCES: TPCAST To Provide Wireless WMR Support
Entries open for The Big Indie Awards at G-STAR DEVELOPER AWARDS

Entries open for The Big Indie Awards at G-STAR

Gala ceremony in South Korea the grand finale to another fantastic year of international Big Indie Pitches: VR and AR included!

Pocket Gamer and G-STAR launch international promotional partnership and bring the Big Indie Awards to Korea INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

Pocket Gamer and G-STAR launch international promotional partnership and bring the Big Indie Awards to Korea

UK publisher Steel Media Ltd extends partnership with South Korea’s leading game expo G-STAR, including the Big Indie Game Awards in Busan in 2018

ARCore for China ASIAN AR

ARCore for China

Google partners Beijing electronics firm Xiaomi

CES: TPCAST To Provide Wireless WMR Support WIRELESS WMR

CES: TPCAST To Provide Wireless WMR Support

Chinese tech co developing a universal wireless VR module offering a plug-and-play solution to HMD OEMs, starting with Windows Mixed Reality.

CES: Oculus Partners Xiaomi

CES: Oculus Partners Xiaomi

Resident Evil 7 Best VR/AR At The Game Awards

Resident Evil 7 Best VR/AR At The Game Awards

HTC Vive Focus Headset Gets China Release Date

HTC Vive Focus Headset Gets China Release Date

HTC Trials Vive Cloud Service

HTC Trials Vive Cloud Service

Work, Meet Play: Connecting The Global Games Industry

Work, Meet Play: Connecting The Global Games Industry

Star Wars AR Hardware And Games Coming Soon

Star Wars AR Hardware And Games Coming Soon

First Images Of Third Party Microsoft HMDs [UPDATE]

First Images Of Third Party Microsoft HMDs [UPDATE]

Steel Media And G-STAR Announce International Partnership

Steel Media And G-STAR Announce International Partnership

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Interviews & opinion

Past, Present And Future: Three Ways VR Transforms Learning VR TRAINING May 17th, 2018

Past, Present And Future: Three Ways VR Transforms Learning

"Investigating is a natural human interest": the Silent Streets creator talks about bringing puzzle games to life VICTORIAN REALITY May 6th, 2018

"Investigating is a natural human interest": the Silent Streets creator talks about bringing puzzle games to life

VR And AR Events Industry Trends For 2018 OPINION Feb 23rd, 2018

VR And AR Events Industry Trends For 2018

Tommy: VR Wizard INTERVIEW Feb 22nd, 2018

Tommy: VR Wizard

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Features

Ready Player One Movie Review Round-Up FEATURE Mar 28th, 2018

Ready Player One Movie Review Round-Up

Is the Ready Player One movie a breakthrough moment for VR? OPINION Mar 28th, 2018

Is the Ready Player One movie a breakthrough moment for VR?

Oculus Just Accidentally Bricked Rifts Everywhere - And They Could Do It Again Tomorrow If They Wanted To… FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION Mar 9th, 2018

Oculus Just Accidentally Bricked Rifts Everywhere - And They Could Do It Again Tomorrow If They Wanted To…

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Data & Research

British Videogames Industry's £5.11bn Revenue In 2017 RESEARCH Mar 2nd, 2018

British Videogames Industry's £5.11bn Revenue In 2017

Rift Most Popular VR Headset On Steam MARKET SHARE Jan 4th, 2018

Rift Most Popular VR Headset On Steam

VCs Shift Focus From VR To AR, Computer Vision And Machine Learning AR YOU MOBILE? Dec 18th, 2017

VCs Shift Focus From VR To AR, Computer Vision And Machine Learning

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Videos

Panel: The Future Of Platforms For XR

How To Change VR Challenges Into Opportunities With A Few Simple Tricks

Creating A Toolset For Rapid VR Prototyping

Building ARCore Apps With Unity

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Regulars

Focal Point: What Does Blockchain Mean For XR? Focal Point Apr 25th, 2018

Focal Point: What Does Blockchain Mean For XR?

XR Web Roundup: 13th March XR Web Roundup Mar 13th, 2018

XR Web Roundup: 13th March

Oculus Just Accidentally Bricked Rifts Everywhere - And They Could Do It Again Tomorrow If They Wanted To… Feature Mar 9th, 2018

Oculus Just Accidentally Bricked Rifts Everywhere - And They Could Do It Again Tomorrow If They Wanted To…

Six Of The Best: 5th March News Mar 5th, 2018

Six Of The Best: 5th March

Profiles

Company Profile: Jobs in XR PROFILE Jan 19th, 2018

Company Profile: Jobs in XR

Speaker Profile: Tracy Spaight, Wargaming.net XR CONNECTS LONDON Jan 18th, 2018

Speaker Profile: Tracy Spaight, Wargaming.net

Speaker Profile: Jan Wagner, Black Cell XR CONNECTS LONDON Jan 15th, 2018

Speaker Profile: Jan Wagner, Black Cell

Speaker Profile: Patrick O’Luanaigh, nDreams XR CONNECTS LONDON Jan 10th, 2018

Speaker Profile: Patrick O’Luanaigh, nDreams

Speaker Profile: Sami Hamid, Glitch Studios XR CONNECTS LONDON Jan 10th, 2018

Speaker Profile: Sami Hamid, Glitch Studios

Speaker Profile: Marcus Pullen, Blue Donut Studios XR CONNECTS LONDON Jan 9th, 2018

Speaker Profile: Marcus Pullen, Blue Donut Studios

Job News

Ex-Oculus CEO and co-founder Brendan Iribe follows Palmer Luckey out the door JOBS NEWS Oct 22nd, 2018

Ex-Oculus CEO and co-founder Brendan Iribe follows Palmer Luckey out the door

Resolution Games recruits Mogi creator Mathieu Castelli as chief creative officer JOB NEWS Jun 29th, 2018

Resolution Games recruits Mogi creator Mathieu Castelli as chief creative officer

HTC Vive appoints Vive X director for Europe VIVE X BOSS Mar 29th, 2018

HTC Vive appoints Vive X director for Europe

Crytek CEO And Co-founder Steps Down CE-NO Feb 28th, 2018

Crytek CEO And Co-founder Steps Down

Deals

Pokemon Go dev Niantic swoops for London machine learning outfit Matrix Mill ACQUISITION Jun 29th, 2018

Pokemon Go dev Niantic swoops for London machine learning outfit Matrix Mill

VR Social Network vTime Closes £5.4 Million Series A Funding Round INVESTMENT Apr 13th, 2018

VR Social Network vTime Closes £5.4 Million Series A Funding Round

Blockchain and VR combo to disrupt ad tech ADVERTISING Apr 4th, 2018

Blockchain and VR combo to disrupt ad tech

HTC Vive And IGT Partner For VR Casino Entertainment IT’S A GAMBLE Mar 22nd, 2018

HTC Vive And IGT Partner For VR Casino Entertainment

Events News

as Entries open for The Big Indie Awards at G-STAR The Big Indie Awards 2018 in association with G-STAR and Jagex Partners Jun 14th, 2018

Entries open for The Big Indie Awards at G-STAR

Limited expo space at Big Indie Fest closes next week The Big Indie Fest @ ReVersed Jun 8th, 2018

Limited expo space at Big Indie Fest closes next week

Talentspotting at Big Indie Fest @ ReVersed The Big Indie Fest @ ReVersed Jun 7th, 2018

Talentspotting at Big Indie Fest @ ReVersed

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