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• You can now play Smash Bros Ultimate in VR... kinda

  Nintendo just added a limited VR view to Smash Bros via the Labo goggles. It's not a very extensive update, but it's still ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Game of Thrones gets the VR treatment on HTC's Viveport Infinity

  HTC and HBO today announced an exclusive “Game of Thrones” VR experience will arrive on Viveport Infinity on May 31. Dubbed Beyond the Wall, the game is a VR-only experience that “transports users to the northern border of The Seven Kingdoms to fight and defend The Wall. ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Review: Blood and Truth is one of VR's best action games

  Blood and Truth is a decidedly British PSVR game that plays out like a Guy Ritchie flick. It's a grime-filled love letter to the kind of action pieces Vinnie Jones and Jason Statham flourish in – only you get to be the star of this one instead. It's a PSVR-exclusive on-rails ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Review: The Vuze XR handheld camera makes it dead simple to create VR videos

  HumanEyes' Vuze XR is a rare breed of camera. It's pocket-sized, shoots in VR, 360, and 5K formats, and it costs around the same as an entry-level DSLR. What really sets it apart, however, is how easy it is to use. I love VR. And the thought of making my own glorious, fully immersive, ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Review: Everybody's Golf VR (nearly) aces it

  Everybody's Golf VR is a delicious steak in dire need of some potatoes. It's a title that will easily make its way toward the front of the pantheon when it comes to both PSVR games and sports titles for the VR platform in general. I just can't help but feel it could be so much more. The ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Sony's proposed full-body gyroscope controller for VR looks incredibly fun

  Sony recently filed a patent for a VR-related input device that, were the company to make it, would potentially allow you to strap yourself into a gyroscope and spin around in a sphere with total freedom. The patent request, which you can have a gander at here, details a “a posture ...

  • Tristan Greene

• This ad agency is creating fake worlds to sell real products

  We took a deep dive into the creative process behind the wildly surreal marketing campaigns W+K's Department of New Realities ...

  • Mix

• Viveport Infinity is good – here's how HTC can make it great

  HTC unveiled its long-anticipated Viveport Infinity VR gaming service this week. It comes with a $13 monthly ($99 annually) fee and more than 600 titles you can play with unlimited access. The selection, price, and experience are all pretty good – but we're hoping HTC is just getting ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Facebook's new VR avatars are more lifelike than anything you've seen before

  Facebook has quietly been developing a revolutionary system to create virtual avatars of people that closely resemble them. ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• The VR revolution is already here -- and it isn’t gaming

  The people saying VR is an over-hyped technology might be fixating on the gaming aspect of virtual reality a bit too much. ...

  • Tristan Greene

• How to play Oculus games on your Vive headset

  Trying to figure out how to play a game you've downloaded in the Oculus Store on your HTC Vive headset? Here's how to do ...

  • Tristan Greene

• How AI will change storytelling and become the next great art form

  We spoke to Fable founder and executive producer Edward Saatchi about the future of VR, art, entertainment and AI. Get ready ...

  • Tristan Greene