Terrifying VR Living Room Shows How Smart Devices Are Manipulating Us

Be warned: your at-home voice assistant is doing more than just listening. What if I told you that smart devices such as your iPhone and Google Assistant aren’t just listening to you, but persuading and manipulating your actions as well? Sounds like ... more - vrscout

You Can Now Play The Entirety of GTA 5 In VR, Cutscenes And All

The free “R.E.A.L” PC mod adds full VR compatibility to Rockstar’s beloved franchise. Despite having originally released all the way back in 2013, Rockstar’s fifth entry in their beloved Grand Theft Auto video game series is more popular than ever. Regular ... more - vrscout

Waltz Of The Wizard Experiments With Hand Tracking On Oculus Quest

A new video appears showing the potential of hand tracking in VR. When Facebook announced that they were bringing native hand tracking to the Oculus Quest back in September during Oculus Connect 6, attendees gleamed with excitement. Since rolling out ... more - vrscout

Elon Musk Drops EDM Song, Beat Saber Creator Wants It In The Game

Billionaire. Philanthropist. Beat Saber artist? Just a day after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk drops a killer EDM track on Soundcloud, the creator behind Beat Saber tweets out that he wants it in the game. Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk has his hands ... more - vrscout

Communal VR Music Video Took Us On A Volumetric Journey Through Reggae, Classical, Grime, And Calypso

All Kinds of Limbo: a beautifully-choreographed volumetric performance for the ages. The 2020 Sundance Film Festival has brought us some of the most interesting VR and AR projects we’ve ever seen on the festival circuit. From an aquatic VR experience ... more - vrscout

Facebook CEO: “On Christmas Day, People Bought Almost $5M Worth Of Content In The Oculus Store”

Mark Zuckerburg reveals interesting new sales figures during a Q4 2019 earnings call. If you were one of the poor souls desperately trying to purchase an Oculus Quest this holiday season, you know better than anyone how difficult it’s been to locate ... more - vrscout

Arizona Sunshine’s Free Old Mine Update Adds Terrifying New Horde Map To Oculus Quest

Take on endless waves of Freddies in one of the campaigns scariest locations, the Old Dutchman Mine. This past December, popular VR zombie shooter Arizona Sunshine made its way to the Oculus Quest, offering standalone users the chance to mow down hordes ... more - vrscout

Tavern Tales Is Bringing VR Dungeons & Dragons To The Oculus Quest

Drop your ten-sided dice and go sign up for the closed beta. Despite the visually breathtaking graphics and captivating sound offered by modern video games, sometimes you just can’t beat a good old fashioned board game. Perhaps it’s something about being ... more - vrscout

Pinterest’s New AR Feature Lets You ‘Try On’ Makeup Pins

Pinterest joins the ranks of Snapchat, Facebook, and Instagram with its new “Try On” mode. Pinterest, the popular social media platform that lets its 320 million active users worldwide everything from pin meatball recipes to the latest make-up tricks, ... more - vrscout

Gaming-Themed Atari Hotels Will Include VR And AR Entertainment

Eight locations are set to open across the US, beginning later this year in Phoenix. Earlier today legendary video game company Atari announced that it is partnering with innovation and strategic agency GSD Group to develop a new chain of hotels centered ... more - vrscout

2020 NAMM Show Highlights The Growing Impact Of Immersive Technology On Live Music

“The world’s largest trade-only music event” shined a spotlight on how VR and AR are changing how artists perform live. At the NAMM show (National Association of Music Merchants) in Anaheim last week, music artists were everywhere on the show floor making, ... more - vrscout

Sundance: Hypha VR Experience Had Me Spreading Fungal Spores To Save The Planet

The psychedelic mushroom simulator was one of the strangest experiences at Sundance 2020. If you’ve paid attention to our coverage of Sundance this past weekend, you’re already well aware of the eclectic, often bizarre lineup of truly strange and imaginative ... more - vrscout

Video Of An AR Pianist Playing A Real Piano Is Going Viral

In case you haven’t seen it, a new tweet from a medical doctor, software entrepreneur, and 3D artist, Fayez Salka shows him using AR technology to bring a virtual piano player to life on a real-world piano. The video, which has already garnered almost ... more - vrscout

Sundance: Exploring A Mixed Reality Graveyard Filled With Holographic Ghosts In Solastalgia

HoloLens technology brings this otherworldly meditative experience to life. Developed by French studio Providences, Solastalgia is a spine-chilling mixed reality piece that takes a handful of users through a mixed reality graveyard filled with the ghostly ... more - vrscout

Sundance: Aquatic VR Experience Simulates Outer Space By Lying You Face-Down In A Pool

Spaced Out ditches gravity to immerse you in a mind-bending trip through the cosmos. Along with serving as the premier showcase for the biggest independent films of the year, Sundance has quickly become notorious for its selection of wild and experimental ... more - vrscout

Sundance: Immersive Theater Piece Scarecrow Had Me Hugging A Live Actor In VR

K’ART’s one-on-one VR theater experience steals the show at Sundance 2020. I’m standing at the center of a massive gray field surrounded by hundreds of equally-uncolorful scarecrows cursed with an eternity of guardianship. As I scan my surroundings, ... more - vrscout

Sundance: Breathe Is A Multi-Person Mixed Reality Experience Powered By Breathing

Breathe offers a fresh take on climate change awareness with a breathing-focused coop experience. Environmentally-conscious XR is all the rage at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival New Frontier showcase. One such project, a mixed reality experience called ... more - vrscout

The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners Might Be The Darkest VR Game Yet

The post-apocalyptic VR RPG is now available on SteamVR, Oculus Rift, and Oculus Quest via Oculus Link. Skydance Interactive’s highly-anticipated Walking Dead VR RPG The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is finally available on PC VR headsets and boy ... more - vrscout

This Social AR App Turns You Into A Walking Social Media Profile

Create an AR belt of your favorite music and videos in this “people-powered” social platform. Whether it be Facebook, Twitter, or one of the many other popular social networks currently demanding the attention of billions of users, our online identities ... more - vrscout

Over 1 Million People Played The Uber Eats India Instagram AR Game

Uber Eats India created an Instagram Stories AR filter to give away a year’s worth of food. Instagram users around the world are having a blast discovering what Disney character they are using a now-viral roulette-style Instagram AR filter. All you have ... more - vrscout

VR Climbing Game To The Top Launches On SideQuest After Facebook Rejection

The relaunch of the popular 2017 VR platforming marks a big step for the SideQuest platform. Despite having released all the way back in May of 2017, Electric Hat Games’ To The Top remains one of the best climbing experiences currently available on VR ... more - vrscout

Apple CEO Tim Cook Says AR Technology Is “The Next Big Thing”

The business executive shared his excitement for AR while accepting an award in Dublin this week. With multiple reports indicating Apple’s ongoing development of an AR-dedicated headset, Tim Cook, Chief Executive Officer of the multinational technology ... more - vrscout

Spice Up Your Oculus Quest With Simpsons, Minecraft, And Star Wars Environments

Here’s how to add custom environments to your Oculus Home. Call me simple, but one of my favorite aspects of both the SteamVR and Oculus platforms is the ability to upload custom home environments. Whether it be the gargantuan control room of the legendary ... more - vrscout

Lenovo Reveals New Standalone VR Headset Designed Specifically For Classrooms

The Lenovo VR Classroom 2 features tools designed to guide entire classrooms through educational VR experiences. Lenovo has unveiled a new VR-based classroom solution for teachers called “Lenovo VR Classroom 2” which includes a new standalone headset ... more - vrscout

This Oculus Quest Mixed Reality Apartment Is Straight Out Of Minority Report

Oculus Quest hand-tracking turns one apartment into an XR playground. Remember that scene in Minority Report where Tom Cruise’s character cycles through a bunch of important police data by swiping his hands across a massive holographic display? Imagine ... more - vrscout

Rec Room Laser Tag Finally Available On Oculus Quest

The “On Again/Off Again” Update brings a new minigame and various creator tool improvements to standalone VR. After a grueling wait, fan-favorite Rec Room minigame Laser Tag is finally available to Oculus Quest users as part of the VR social platforms’ ... more - vrscout

Mojo Vision’s Smart Contact Lens Puts An AR Display Directly On Your Eyeball

Our mad descent into a cyberpunk dystopia continues with the Mojo Lens. Earlier today, augmented reality start-up Mojo Vision announced its development of the Mojo Lens, a smart contact lens that promises to revolutionize the way we interact with the ... more - vrscout

The Shared VR Of Tokyo’s TeamLab Borderless Offers A Glimpse Of An XR Future

Last month we visited teamLab Borderless in Tokyo, and as you’d expect, we were amazed by what we saw. It’s difficult to offer a simple description of teamLab; the Tokyo-based interdisciplinary group of ‘ultra-technologists’—artists, programmers, engineers, ... more - vrscout

Firefox Reality VR Web Browser Officially Heading To Pico Neo 2 VR Headsets

Mozilla partners with Pico in the hopes of bringing new innovations to enterprise VR. After releasing a new update for Firefox Reality that makes it easier for you to jump between your VR headset and your PC, Mozilla has announced a new partnership with ... more - vrscout

Recently Released Half-Life: Alyx Screenshots Tease New Enemies And Environments

Take a look at some of the baddies you’ll be facing in Valve’s upcoming Half-Life VR game. This March Half-Life: Alyx will make its highly-anticipated debut on VR headsets, marking the first official release of a Half-Life game in 13 years. The first ... more - vrscout