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...
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‘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...
United Nations’ Creative Director on VR as the Ultimate Empathy Machine
Gabo Arora founded the United Nations VR, and has directed some of the more well-known VR empathy experiences starting with Clouds Over Sidra in December 2014 in collaboration with Chris Milk’s VR production house Within. Milk first showed Clouds Over Sidra during Sundance 2015, and featured it prominently in his VR as the Ultimate Empathy Machine TED talk...
‘Sword Art Online’ Experience Comes to FOVE 0
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...
Apollo 11 VR Creators are Back With a Brand New Kickstarter: Titanic VR
The creators of the well-regarded Apollo 11 VR Experience are once again revving up to make history a cinematic event. The first experience from Immersive VR Education took you to the moon aboard Apollo 11. Now the startup is taking you from the highest of heights to the depths of the sea with its new project: Titanic VR. If you...
You Can Watch The Super Bowl’s Biggest Plays In VR With LiveLike’s Private Suite
Previously, the NFL’s Media Director William Deng spoke on the league’s virtual and 360-degree ambitions and apprehensions. Although the organization doesn’t think the visual resolution of headsets is high enough for live streaming and directing viewer’s attention is hard enough, Deng and company still believe in the platforms and thinks that any growth in use on...
‘DEXED’ Review: Ninja Theory Tests Your Two-Handed Dexterity
Ninja Theory is a well-known AAA game development studio responsible for marquee games like DmC: Devil May Cry, as well as cult classics such as Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and Heavenly Sword. With their big, forthcoming follow-up to Heavenly Sword on the horizon, simply known as Hellblade, Ninja Theory have also released their first...
