Virtual Reality

Illustration: Chelsea Beck (G/O MediaKotaku Game DiaryKotaku Game DiaryDaily thoughts from a Kotaku staffer about a game we're playing.At this point, we’ve heard how good virtual reality can be for walking around imaginary environments and interacting with worlds up close. But what I never saw coming was how my frivolous,…

Apple is planning to acquire California-based virtual reality company NextVR in a deal said to be worth $100 million, 9to5Mac reported over the weekend. NextVR is a company that melds virtual reality with sports, music, and entertainment, offering VR experiences for watching live events on VR headsets from PlayStation, HTC,…

We've asked Apple and NextVR for comment.It's not certain just what Apple would do with NextVR, which is best known for its virtual reality versions of concerts and sporting events. However, VR might not play much of a role in the claimed deal. NextVR has run into financial difficulties in…

The Room VR: A Dark MatterScreenshot: Fireproof GamesLet’s call The Room series the Half-Life of puzzle games about locked boxes. It’s the best in its category, and its creators just released a sequel that’s only playable in virtual reality.The Room VR: A Dark Matter, the fifth game in The Room…

Step inside some of London’s most celebrated galleries and see the city’s latest exhibitions by joining these virtual reality tours. The new Nova exhibition by artist Zhuang Hong Yi at HOFA Gallery, London. HOFA Gallery Tate Modern London’s most prominent museum for modern and contemporary art, Tate Modern offers a…

Amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, people across the globe are being urged to work from home in an attempt to stop the spread of the virus. We have to re-think how we communicate with our colleagues to ensure continued performance and, importantly, morale. Getty During these unprecedented times, virtual reality (VR)…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Students who used immersive virtual reality (VR) did not learn significantly better than those who used two more traditional forms of learning, but they vastly preferred the VR to computer-simulated and hands-on methods, a new Cornell study has found. "We didn't know exactly what we were…

The game developer behind Second Life has abandoned its grand efforts for a virtual reality follow-up to its early 2000s hit. SF-based Linden Lab announced today that they’ve sold off assets related to Sansar to a small, little-known company called Wookey Search Technologies, which will take over development of the…

Valve today released their Half-Life: Alyx virtual reality first-person shooter game and built atop their Source 2 engine. Half-Life: Alyx does require a VR headset like the HTC Vive or Valve Index with Valve having no plans for a non-VR version of this game that is set prior to the…

As events around the world are starting to get cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak, companies are starting to find alternative means of delivering news and updates to their customers. The vast majority of it will probably come in the form of an online event, but HTC might have taken…