The question we’ve been unable to answer all year with Oculus shipping Touch so late in 2016 is one step closer to being answered. Which headset offers a better room-scale experience, the HTC Vive or Oculus Rift? We still can’t fully answer that question yet, but two guides posted to the Oculus support page show experimental...
Month: November 2016
First VR-Compatible Game Coming To Free PlayStation Plus December Lineup
Before the launch of Sony’s PlayStation VR headset this October, fans were curious if the gaming giant would start including VR titles in its monthly PlayStation Plus free game bundles. As it turns out, one of the games offered this coming December will be Hyper Void, a non-VR indie game that actually features a free...
ILMxLab’s Rob Bredow Explains What VR Opens Up For ‘Star Wars’
Disney’s ILMxLab has been busy of late. In addition to the free Trials on Tatooine virtual reality experience for HTC Vive, the studio released a 360-degree video that serves as a prequel to the upcoming Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The POV experience, available through Verizon, chronicles the first discovery of the Death Star...
Insta360 Crowdfunds 360-Degree Camera Accessory For Android Phones
Social 360-degree media is a growing force with new applications, peripherals, and even phones built around the media becoming more and more readily available to consumers. Recent mobile 360-degree options we covered were geared to Apple and devices out of the US but there’s a new development. Insta360 is all about the creation of 360...
Latest Market Analysis: PS VR Sales Predictions Fall Under 1 Million For 2016
Citing a lack of dedicated evangelism from Sony, interactive media research firm SuperData is updating its earlier predictions concerning the company’s PlayStation VR hardware. Initially, SuperData predicted Sony would sell well over 2 million PS VR headsets by the end of 2016. Today, however, the firm is walking that herculean number back significantly. Now, SuperData expects Sony...
How Virtual Reality Could Revolutionize The Real Estate Industry
Real estate, in a general sense, only affects the vast majority of the population when it comes time to move, at which point it suddenly becomes incredibly important. In today’s economy, people are often forced to move towards jobs or away from excessive cost. But, whether the decision is to move to New York City,...
How Theaters Are Evolving To Include VR Experiences
Interest in VR cinema and VR movie theaters has surged, but relatively few VR movie theaters have actually been launched. One of the pioneers in bringing VR movies to theaters is Amsterdam-based Samhoud Media. The company opened a permanent VR theater in Amsterdam this March called “The VR Cinema,” which has drawn “over 50,000 visitors”...
‘Ark: Survival Evolved’ VR Spinoff ‘Ark Park’ Aims for Educational Dino Experience
In a rather curious move, Chinese game developer Snail Games has announced that they’ve licensed the IP for the popular PC game Ark: Survival Evolved and are using it to create Ark Park, a dinosaur theme park VR experience. Ark: Survival Evolved is a multiplayer action-exploration game that’s all about taming dinosaurs and building increasingly advanced technology to thwart...
‘Bounce’ Review: Physics Puzzles Have Never Been So Addictive
I lost track of how many times I failed while playing Bounce. Amidst the 50 levels, I must have failed at least 200 to 300 times, easily. I got frustrated. I cursed at the air around me, while wearing my Vive, flailing my motion controllers, and bumping into my wall more than once. But each time...
Research Study Suggests VR Can Have A Huge Impact In The Classroom
“Every child is a genius in his or her own way. VR can be the key to awakening the genius inside.” This is the closing line of a new research study currently making its way out of China. Conducted by Beijing Bluefocus E-Commerce Co., Ltd and Beijing iBokan Wisdom Mobile Internet Technology Training Institution, the study takes...