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Facebook releases Spaces for HTC Vive
Oculus parent officially supports rival VR hardware with social chat app
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"2018 is going to be the year where gamers take the power back"
At the Slush conference, Paradox CEO Fredrik Wester predicted that next year will be great for gamers, and another disappointing one for VR
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Squanchtendo rebrands to avoid Nintendo clash
Justin Roilland's VR studio now called Squanch Games, teases first title announcement at this week's Game Awards
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Sony experimenting with PSVR free trial program
The program has already reached max capacity, but it's an interesting tactic to spark more VR adoption
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BBC launches VR Hub studio
Broadcaster will focus on high-quality, high-impact experiences in effort to push tech to the mainstream
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VR to star in China's $1.5bn future tech theme park
Virtual rollercoasters, shooting games and alien tours will feature
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More than one million VR headsets sold last quarter
PlayStation VR accounts 80% of Japanese market
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Wargaming's symbiotic relationship with education and marketing
Director of special projects Tracy Spaight explores the applications for AR and VR outside of gaming
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"Life doesn't wait for you, and neither does VR"
Baobab discusses the difficulty of directing player attention, and why we need new terms for virtual reality experiences
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Crafting believable VR characters in Blood & Truth
Sony London's VR director Stuart Whyte on the need for stage-trained actors and truly interactive conversations in virtual reality
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"We want to be the masters of our own fate"
Gunfire Games on its new VR title From Other Suns, the upcoming Darksiders III and surviving in an industry which sees studio closures all too often
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HTC unveils wireless, 6DoF VR headset
Vive Focus expected to be first all-in-one option to feature six degrees of freedom head tracking, will debut in China
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Funomena: A holistic guide to VR development
CEO Robin Hunicke on finding common ground between business and creativity, and embracing the "new language" of VR with Luna
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Supermassive Games' PSVR title The Inpatient slips into 2018
Until Dawn project will now launch in January, while VR shooter Bravo Team is pushed back to March 2018
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The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Virtual Reality, at Develop:VR
Members of four VR studios join us to discuss the future of the industry's most talked-about technology
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CCP dev: "Virtual reality doesn't need a killer app"
Eve Valkyrie lead game designer Andrew Whillans also shares how to account for low install bases with VR multiplayer games
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Where is VR's Nintendo Switch?
Cloudhead Games CEO Denny Unger says that developers need a device that offers both mobility and a high-powered VR experience
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Sony ramping up Move production for PSVR push
Platform holder also reports virtual reality attach rate highest on PS4 Pro, five games sold per headset
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HTC Vive launches funding program for the arts
Vive to set aside multi-million dollar fund for creation and appreciation of the arts
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A word of warning on VR
Professor Mark Mon-Williams explains why VR headsets have different minimum age ratings, and what developers can do to avoid potential negative effects
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The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Getting Lucky on Xbox One X, with Playful's Paul Bettner
We discuss cutesy platformers and virtual reality on the newest episode of our podcast
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VR devs react to CCP exit: "VR is not dead"
Studios still optimistic about VR's future, saying headlines about its death are simply "scandalous"
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Google launches 3D asset library for VR/AR developers
New library Poly offers thousands of free models built with Tilt Brush and Blocks
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Virtual Arts: Making the case for a new engine for VR
CEO Nizar Romdan on the need to move away from "ported" engines to get the most from VR
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Oculus' Bernard Yee: "Everything we've done to date is the warm-up for VR"
Executive producer posits that VR is about 'the fantasy of the small space' during View Conference talk