DICE 2017 — a gathering of some of the biggest thinkers, creators and leaders in the digital entertainment industry – kicked off today in Las Vegas. As we’re almost at the one-year mark of release for the latest round of VR headsets, it’s no surprise that many of the topics at this year’s show revolve...
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Samsung's New Remote Desktop Smartglasses Blur the Line Between Virtual & Augmented Reality
There are already a few ways to use your home computer on the go, but none of them feel very natural when you’re out and about, and are clunky options at best. Samsung wants to change that with Monitorless, their upcoming augmented reality smartglasses, which offer remote desktop viewing capabilities as well as the ability...
Monitorless Is A Samsung AR Headset That Lets You Use PCs Without A Screen
The advent of mixed reality headsets like HoloLens could mean the end of the PC monitor, as apps jump off of the screen and into the real world. That future is a while off, though, and Samsung’s Monitorless looks like an intriguing stopgap. The electronics giant revealed this concept today ahead of a showcase at...
Dirt Rally On PSVR Is Brilliant, But Its Co-op Mode Isn’t
Let’s be clear about this: Dirt Rally on PlayStation VR (PSVR) is brilliant. It’s pretty much identical to the Oculus Rift version of the game; a rock solid racer that roots you in the experience, piling on the life-risking rush of putting your foot down and sliding a car through a muddy Welsh forest as...
Raw Data Is Finally On Its Way To Oculus Rift And Touch
Seven months after its initial Steam debut and Survios’ Raw Data remains one of our favorite co-op action games on the HTC Vive, even while its still in Early Access. And pretty soon, it will be on the Oculus Rift too with official Oculus Home and Touch integration. Raw Data is one of the few...
‘DiRT Rally’ PSVR Support is Here, Limited-time Bundle is the Best Value on Any Platform
Having launched initially with VR on the Oculus Rift in 2016, new DiRT Rally DLC adds PSVR support to the acclaimed racing game. The $13 DLC also brings a new ‘Co-Driver Mode’ that lets one player act as the navigator. A $43 Dirt Rally bundle for PS4 includes the base game, three mini DLC packs and the...
Ultrawings Game Review: Flying the Empty Skies
I never really thought much about getting my pilot license. A fear of heights and a natural instinct for keeping myself alive combined to keep my feet firmly on the ground. This past week however, as I soared high above the ocean in a lightweight, single engine aircraft, I couldn’t help thinking: I could get used to...
Google’s Tilt Brush Officially Comes to Rift on Oculus Home
Google’s popular virtual reality art program Tilt Brush is launching for the Oculus Rift headset with Oculus Touch controllers. The experience can be purchased today in Oculus Home for $29.99. Tilt Brush, which lets users create and share three dimensional works of art in real time using a VR headset and tracked hand controllers, has...
Now on Rift, ‘Tilt Brush’ is the First Google App on Facebook’s VR Platform
After a long and somewhat awkward period of Google keeping all of their VR apps from Facebook’s VR platforms on desktop (with Rift) and mobile (with Gear VR), Tilt Brush is the first VR olive branch extended across the platform gap between these two major tech competitors. When the acclaimed Tilt Brush ‘VR paint’ app launched alongside...
AREA Interview: Ken Lee of VanGogh Imaging
Two of the biggest challenges in Augmented Reality are creating 3D content and tracking objects in real time in dynamic environments. One of the leading companies innovating in this space is VanGogh Imaging, a Contributor Member of the AREA. Recently, we spoke with VanGogh founder and CEO Ken Lee to learn more about his company’s...
