‘Doraemon’ is a popular manga and anime involving a robotic cat who travels back in time to help a young boy. Among Doraemon’s many tricks from the future is the ‘Anywhere Door’ which can be opened to ...

The first time I tried the Oculus Rift it was in a small room in the middle of the show floor at E3, the annual gaming expo. It was 2012 and I was sat with John Carmack, a game programming icon and ...

Virtual reality has been on the horizon for a very long time now. The problem is, until quite recently the technology that would make it possible just didn't exist. Now, and largely thanks to Oculus ...

Virtual reality is great for gaming and movies, but when it comes to real-world use cases there’s still quite a bit of room for VR to prove itself. Google is hoping to kickstart this process by making ...

If you want to build a full, interactive game in VR, you’ll find plenty of tools and tips online. But what if you want to just mock one up first? What if you want to do a few quick sketches, and see ...

Platforms continue to lead the charge in VR funding as InstaVR lands a $2 million series A investment led by The VR Fund. InstaVR aims to offer dead-simple VR app creation, allowing non-developers to ...

If you want to make a website today, you can build a prototype in a matter of hours, if not minutes. Thank the cottage industry of rapid prototyping tools like InVision, Squarespace, and WordPress ...

Although there are rigs that allow gamers to walk on the spot while their avatar walks in a VR environment, such setups tend to be large and complex. A new system, however, simulates walking simply by ...

Communicating design intent and conveying space to non-technical clients has always been a challenge for architects. Fortunately, advancements such as virtual reality (VR) are starting to pave the way ...