VR is still a technology in its nascence, and that has lead to an exciting first year of consumer virtual reality. Today, we are reminded of the cruel reality of the challenges of being on the cutting ...

No matter how impressive a project may be, there are going to be unfortunate casualties in the life of any industry. Virtual Reality saw one of its biggest losses happen when news hit that AltSpaceVR ...

AltspaceVR has had a few close calls over the years, but the company that built virtual social spaces well before “metaverse” was a household word is shuttering for good this time. After announcing ...

The AltspaceVR social networking platform will be sunset on March 10. The announcement came days after Microsoft announced 10,000 layoffs and changes to its "hardware portfolio". Microsoft acquired ...

AltspaceVR might have just saved its virtual world at the 11th hour, because the company is halting its plans to shut down. According to a new post by the team, AltspaceVR isn't closing down and is ...

AltspaceVR has released tools to let users create their own sharable spaces in virtual reality. It uses a drag-and-drop interface, allowing you to place objects in a 3D space using ...

After selling his social virtual reality startup to Microsoft in October, Eric Romo, the co-founder of AltspaceVR, is joining the competing social VR team at Facebook as its product director, where he ...

The network that lets you hang out with friends over VR almost closed last summer. Now it has a new owner. Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and smartwatches ...

Social virtual reality platform AltspaceVR have today announced they’re partnering with Wizards of the Coast, publisher of Dungeons and Dragons, to bring the brand into virtual reality, retaining the ...

Social virtual reality (VR) startup AltspaceVR has done live music and comedy shows in VR for some time. Now, it wants to grow the audience for these kinds of events by making it possible to record ...