Valve is building hardware for virtual reality, and it’s taking cues from one of the console industry’s brightest minds. Above: Valve’s prototype grip controllers. Image Credit: GamesBeat/Jeffrey Grubb VR is still in its early stages in terms of revenues relative to the industry as a whole, but Valve is pushing virtual reality forward by following the...
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Sólfar Studios has launched its ground-breaking Everest VR virtual reality climbing experience on the Oculus Rift and Touch platform. VR is going through its trough of disillusionment at the moment, but Everest VR could very well break even on its investment, said Thor Gunnarsson, cofounder and head of business development at Sólfar, in an interview at...
The U.S. video game industry consists of 2,457 companies that directly and indirectly support 220,000 jobs and generate $30.4 billion in revenue, based on 2015 data, according to a new report from the Entertainment Software Association. The game industry grew its employment in 2015 at an annual rate of 2.9 percent, or more than double...
On May 25th, 2017, bride and groom Elisa Evans and Martin Shervington will get together with friends and family at one of their favorite hangout spots: a quirky florist that doubles up as a bar in the Welsh city of Cardiff. They will then don their HMDs, and join the remainder of their guests scattered...
Today in Los Angeles, IMAX unveiled the first of many planned VR installations intended to create “location-based VR of the future.” According to IMAX: “IMAX VR is a mind-shattering VR experience in a location-based, state-of-the-art Experience Centre. The IMAX VR Experience features a unique combination of premium technology and world-class content that lets users see,...
The debate about whether or not 360 videos are considered “real VR” rages on across the internet, but the fact of the matter is that it’s the most accessible and easily digestible form of immersive content out there right now. Any Google Cardboard device, or even just a smartphone without a VR HMD, can view...
The VR controllers of the HTC Vive easily translate to a lot of movements that come naturally to us, but there’s something special about throwing a punch. On the expo floor of PAX South 2017, we came across Digital Precept’s Kung Fu: Shadow Fist, a game that asks you to throw quite a few punches,...
The Game Developer’s Conference is right around the corner. For video game creators, both old and new, this means a lot of sleepless nights excitedly reading over the session list and carefully planning your trip. For journalists like us it means the PR wheel has begun turning, trying its best to crush us with emails, meeting...
Update: Solfar Studios today released Everest VR on Oculus Home for $14.99. The game features Touch controllers and new additions to God Mode, as detailed below. Eight months on from its initial release on the HTC Vive and Solfar Studios’ Everest VR remains one of the most visually striking VR experiences. Stitched together using over...
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