Last week we reported on the details of the first piece of DLC for Capcom’s Resident Evil 7: Biohazard [Review: 9/10]. Released today for PlayStation 4, Banned Footage Vol. 1, the first pack of new content, includes three things for intrepid horror junkies like myself to sink their teeth into. The aptly titled Nightmare is...
Month: January 2017
Knott’s Berry Farm VR Installation Coming This Year From VRstudios
Knott’s Berry Farm is an amusement park located a short drive from Disneyland in Orange County, California. The sprawling 160 acre playground literally began its life as a berry stand and now boasts over 40 roller coasters, water rides, and other attractions. The park receives nearly 4 million visitors every year, and starting Q2 of this...
Oculus Touch Insides Revealed in Detailed Teardown
iFixit continue their relentless quest to pull apart every electronic gadget they can get their hands on, including a detailed teardown of the Oculus Touch controllers (which slipped by us on the run up to the Winter holiday season). The Oculus Touch motion controllers took longer to reach the market than many would have liked,...
Welcome to Christine Perey in the role of Honorary Chair of SSVAR
The SSVAR is pleased to announce that Christine Perey, a leading Augmented Reality consultant, researcher and industry analyst, has accepted to serve in the role of Honorary Chair of the organization. For over a decade she has led projects and widely-recognized initiatives to increase use of Augmented Reality. She is the founder of the AR...
ResearchVR Episode 32 – Augmented Hearing with Tom Emrich from Super Ventures
This week on ResearchVR we dig deep into advanced hearing devices that go way beyond hearing aids. Our guest is a visionary in the field of Augmented Reality, Tom Emrich from Super Ventures. Tom Emrich, a funding partner at Super Ventures, is the man bringing AR to reality through investment and community building. In Super...
Oculus Further Details Ideal Hardware and Sensor Configurations for Roomscale VR with Touch
The Oculus Team have published a detailed guide on Roomscale VR setup. This four-part series expands on the Experimental Roomscale Guide published before the launch of the Touch controllers, discussing sensors, bandwidth, host controllers and extra equipment. While Oculus continues to recommend the two-forward-facing sensor configuration for Touch users and developers, many people are trying...
‘Sword Art Online’ Experience Coming to FOVE VR Headset
Sword Art Online (SAO), the VR-centric manga and anime series, will soon be gracing the eyeballs of Fove 0 owners in a new VR experience featuring the series’ female protagonist, Asuna. The SAO experience was created to welcome new users and teach them how to use Fove 0, the first commercially available VR headset with integrated...
Simple PlayStation Move Mod Brings Dual Analog Control To PSVR Games
PlayStation VR is a very capable headset, but it does have one glaring weakness: the PlayStation Move controllers. Sony’s positiontally-tracked wands bring your hands into VR with relative accuracy, but they pale in comparison to the HTC Vive’s wands or Oculus Touch controllers. A lot of that has to do with occlusion, as turning away...
NOLO Phone-based SteamVR Project Fully Funded on Kickstarter
There’s no getting around that fact that the $799 price tag on the HTC Vive and cost of a high-end computer makes it difficult for many people to get into high-end VR. NOLO VR wants to change that with the help of your smartphone. Similar to solutions from Ximmerse and others, Chinese company LYRobotix’s set of...
SuperHyperCube Coming To Vive But Polytron Still Stands By Rift Boycott
Vibrant puzzler SuperHyperCube [Review: 7.5/10] was one of the better launch games for PlayStation VR. Vive fans pay attention, then; it looks like you can play it soon. The developer took to Twitter to tease a Vive version of the game with a GIF of the kit’s controllers displayed in its retro-future art style. Polytron didn’t...