American Express is using augmented reality (AR) to create a new way for music fans to buy merchandise from their favorite musicians — starting...
Justin Timberlake Connects Fans to Music and Merch With AR
AR Functionality Comes To Vive Pro With New Front-Facing Camera Tools
The Vive Pro gets new SDK tools unlocking advanced AR capabilities. The Vive Pro is one hell of a VR headset. A combined 2880 x 1600 pixel...
Google Helps Preserve Endangered Historical Sites in VR
Google assists CyArk in saving our heritage by preserving the wonders of the world in VR. In an effort to help capture and preserve endangered...
Beyond the Joystick: Companies Building the Future of VR Locomotion
How close are we to walking around a Ready Player One world? In Ready Player One’s opening act, Steven Spielberg sets the stage for the capabilities...
Mixed Reality and Medicine: Virtual Practice Makes Perfect
Mixed reality is becoming an increasingly useful tool for surgeons, but can it also help to train the next generation of doctors? Prestigious medical...
This App Brings Music to Life in Augmented Reality
It’s like an AR lightshow in your living room. San Francisco based startup, Wavy, is looking to help musicians enhance their music videos with...
Covering Jamiroquai’s ‘Virtual Insanity’ in VR
What happens when you can record yourself in VR creating beats from game sounds and musical notes from apps like Soundstage VR? You make a cover song...
Live Your Daytime TV Dreams In ‘The Incredible VR Game Show’
Lights! Camera! VR! I’ve yet to meet an individual that wasn’t a fan of at least one TV game show series. Maybe it’s the adorable contestants on...
VRLA 2018 Returns; Keynote Lineup Announced
The two-day conference’s full slate of keynote speakers also include live performances. The world’s largest VR & AR conference is back again May...
YouTube VR Creator Lab Now Accepting Applications
YouTube Space LA is bringing VR Creator Lab back with a focus on VR180. Last year, YouTube Space LA kicked off VR Creator Lab — a 3-month learning...
Jay and Silent Bob Series Heading to VR
It’s gonna be all Snoochie Boochie in VR with this Jay and Silent Bob series. In 1994, Kevin Smith introduced us to Jay and Silent Bob. The two...
YouTube Broadcasting Coachella Livestream in VR180 this Weekend
Tune in to Coachella’s YouTube Channel to watch select live performances April 13 – 15. One of the first festivals to bring VR to the masses...
The Simpson’s Infamous ‘Steamed Hams’ Scene Gets 360° Treatment
Step into the shoes of Superintendent Chalmers and relive this iconic Simpson’s moment in 360-degrees. The denizens of the internet are responsible...
Leap Motion Announces Open-Source AR Dev Kit ‘Project North Star’
The company reveals plans to release their prototype design for a $100 hand-tracking AR headset. If you’re looking to add accurate hand-tracking...
This Theme Park Has A VR Water Slide
The German waterpark lets riders strap on a waterproof VR headset. From VR roller coaster rides at Sea World to shooting yourself out of a cannon...
Vancouver Emerging As Top Five VR and AR Hub
Why Silicon Valley is looking north for new investment opportunities. Surrounded by towering mountains, picturesque lakes, and urban beaches, it’s...
Geek & Sundry Debuts Weekly VR180 Board Game Series
One of biggest indie geek culture providers on YouTube brings their colorful cast of personalities to VR. If you’re a fan of board games, Dungeons...
Step Into the Weird World of Sutu’s Immersive VR Paintings
Ten years ago, Australian artist Stuart Campbell imagined a cyberpunk world where young graffiti artists were constantly altering their surroundings...
This VR Exhibit Lets the Visually Impaired Touch Art
Prague’s National Gallery introduces a tactile VR experience for the blind. Over 253 million people in the world are visually impaired, and often...
High Fidelity Teams With NeoSensory For ‘Exoskin’ Haptic Jacket
The creator of Second Life looks to bring realistic haptic feedback to the budding VR platform. Released back in 2016, VR social platform High...
Adobe Launches Immersive 360° Editing, Improves Plane To Sphere
The update is a window into the future of immersive content creation. Adobe unveiled a slew of new features in its Creative Cloud update released...
Hands On With The HTC Vive Pro
The Vive Pro is coming and there’s also a discounted bundle for those just getting started. Two weeks ago, pre-orders opened up for HTC’s $799 Vive...
Recent Apple Patent Hints at a Future of Autonomous VR Cars
According to a patent filed by Apple in 2017, some very fun road trips could be on the horizon. At first glance, patents are nothing more than a...
Prototype AR App Translates Sign Language In Real Time
AR continues to break down the language barrier as these NYU students introduce a new form of augmented sign language translation. If the last decade...