SUPERHYPERCUBE, a spatial reasoning puzzle game for PSVR looks to be soon headed to the Vive through SteamVR. And while SteamVR normally supports the Rift, a developer protest could exclude the headset. SuperHyperCube is most succinctly described as a ‘Tetris (1984) for VR’. But that alone would betray the game’s unique take on depth-based geometric gameplay—that...
GUEST: Earlier this month, Sliver.tv announced its partnership with the ESL and the DreamHack esports tournament series, which commits to plug-in their immersive virtual reality platform into 14 premier competitive gaming events this year. It reflects a significant beachhead for the VR industry, which can ride off the coattails of the fledgling but promising esports...
More than 89,000 Resident Evil 7 Biohazard players have played the game on the PlayStation VR, according to stats that game publisher Capcom collected since its January 24 launch. It’s a milestone in that it is really the first triple-A game to fully embrace a VR mode. VR needs games like this if it is to fulfill its promise...
The Psychonauts’ return is almost here. Developer Double Fine Productions announced today that Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin will release for the PlayStation 4 as a PlayStation VR game on February 21. This is the first new game in the series since the release of the original Psychonauts in 2005 for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and...
If you’re worried that it might take years to see the towering wall that President Trump has promised to build along the Mexican border, then here’s some good news for you. Pacific Software of Laguna Beach has acquired a small company called GrandWall, which launched a project back in November to build a version of...
The Nintendo Switch is cool, but I think that New Nintendo 3DS XL 2 has a nice ring to it. Nintendo is insistent that its upcoming Switch system is a home console that you can take with you, and that means that some people still think that the publisher is going to introduce a new,...
(Reuters) – Attendees at the Sundance Film Festival can use augmented reality (AR) to hang out with “Mad Men” star Jon Hamm or assemble a human brain, as makers of the new immersive technology seek to engage independent filmmakers. The Sundance premiere of “Marjorie Prime,” a film starring Hamm as a hologram character, gave virtual...
Improbable, a U.K. startup that makes it easier for developers to build massive simulated worlds, has announced it’s opening its first base in the U.S., with a division opening in downtown San Francisco in February. The new hub will serve as the cornerstone for a significant expansion program for the company and will be home...
In a late comment to the Gabe Newell AMA on Reddit, Valve’s Joe Ludwig posted an update outlining progress licensing its SteamVR Tracking system. The system could be critical to the adoption of VR in 2017, and the comment indicates additional head-mounted displays compatible with the SteamVR Tracking “lighthouse” technology are in the works. The headsets are...
Virtual reality can do a lot of things. It can make gaming incredible, communications immersive and education fun. Now, VR is conquering one more territory, big data, thanks to a new startup from a group of founders that include alums from NASA and the prestigious California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The company is called Virtualitics and it...
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