Robinson: The Journey [Review: 7/10] released on Oculus Rift last week through the Oculus Home Store and Steam marketplace. In the game, you control a young boy named Robin on an adventure through a strange, foreign planet overrun with dinosaurs. After crash landing, you’re tasked with finding your way off the planet with help from...
VR headsets are the gateway to incredible experiences, but they can alienate you from your other forms of media. Previously, unless you were using apps like BigScreen, you’d have to remove the headset and return to the real world when accessing your browsers, music, or movies but creators are regularly creating applications that bring a...
Just like Michael Wentworth-Bell, I’ve often wondered why we don’t see more VR stealth games. Poking your head around cover and quickly ducking and diving to keep out of sight seems ideally suited to headsets. The difference, however, is that Wentworth-Bell is actually doing something about that absence. Namely, he’s creating his own stealth game,...
Former head of strategic marketing, hired to broaden company’s reach across genders, alleges augmented reality startup is tolerant of sexism Augmented reality startup Magic Leap is being sued for sexual discrimination by an executive who was hired to help it appeal to women. The company, a startup best known for securing a valuation in the...
Augmented reality startup Meta has hired longtime industry veteran Kari Pulli to serve as Chief Technology Officer of its core products division, so say a number of articles today (e.g. bizjournals). Pulli has worked in senior positions at Nokia and Nvidia, most recently serving as CTO of Intel’s Imaging and Camera Technologies group, Meta said in...
A news report was released this week relating to the findings of Transparency Market Research (TMR). Companies such as BAE Systems plc, Nippon Seiki Co. Ltd., Rockwell Collins Inc., and Continental AG currently lead the global head-up display (HUD) market. It is said that these players are mainly focusing on giving users a comprehensive experience...
Spend this Valentine’s Day with the one you really love. Yes, that’s right, your virtual multi-mouthed alien girlfriend that you can smooch to your heart’s content. Oculus Rift DK2 owners may well remember Alien Makeout Simulator, a bizarre and hilarious little demo that released on the now-defunct Oculus Share platform back in 2014. Introducing players...
Last week we reviewed First Impact: Rise of a Hero, a VR superhero sandbox from Canada-based Red Meat Games. While the game showed early promise, the final product was sadly lacking. While First Impact had a bright comic book world and some fun powers to experiment with, visual bugs, poor enemy AI and control issues...
Working out exactly where Nintendo stands on VR can be difficult, especially when one of its most prolific employees makes statements like this. Shigeru Miyamoto, the beloved videogame designer behind series like Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda, was recently asked for his updated thoughts on VR technology by Time. He told the publication...
With precious few new PlayStation VR (PSVR) games so far in 2017, we’re keenly watching for any interesting releases on the horizon. Unearthing Mars is one of them. This promising game from China-based Winking Entertainment released in the Asian region earlier in the year, but the developer had nothing to say of a western release...
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