Get ready to scream your head off at your virtual friends; Spaceteam VR is on the way. Cooperative Innovations today announced that it has licensed the award-winning mobile game from Sleeping Beast Games and is developing a VR version of it. The game will be coming to both home-based headsets and VR arcades later this year....
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‘Weird Cuts’ is Google’s new AR experiment that lets you cut out pieces of reality to make collages
In addition to preserving art and historic landmarks around the world, Google’s Arts & Culture division also likes to collaborate with artists to experiment with integrations between technology and art. The latest of these efforts, a new AR app called “Weird Cuts,” was formally introduced this evening at the Google I/O developer conference. The concept...
Snapchat & Facebook Messenger Deliver Augmented Reality Camera Effects for Mother’s Day
If you need some help expressing how you feel to your mom for Mother’s Day, Snapchat and Facebook are here with some augmented reality help. On Sunday, Snapchat will offer several Mother’s Day-themed AR Lenses to help users create photo or video messages for their materfamilias. There’s a standard “Happy Mother’s Day” message, a more...
Five Nights at Freddy’s VR Lists May Release Date On Steam
Five Nights at Freddy’s VR: Help Wanted was originally meant to be launching in April. Obviously, that didn’t happen, but a new date could have just been revealed. A new Steam listing says the game’s due out on May 21 (the same day as Rift S and Quest!). It’ll release for the Oculus Rift and HTC...
How To Check If Your PC Is VR Ready
The Oculus Quest standalone headset is getting a lot of attention this year, but PC-based VR is still where you’ll find the best graphics and biggest VR games. If you want to get a PC VR headset like Oculus Rift S, Valve Index, or Windows MR headsets here’s how to check if your PC is...
New PSVR Bundles Feature Blood & Truth And Trover Saves The Universe
Sony is no stranger to bundling hardware with software. They’ve always promoted bundles for game consoles, including the PS4, and the PSVR has gotten bundles for many of its biggest and most praised games. Later this month, they’ll be adding two more bundles to that list. Announced today on the PlayStation Blog, Sony is introducing...
Vive Closes In On Rift In May Steam Hardware Survey
It’s the start of a new month so you know what that means; the latest Steam Hardware Survey is in. May’s results seem to largely continue a trend started in April. Once again the gap between the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive family of headsets has decreased. In fact the difference is quite dramatic...
Google: ‘Exactly Where We Take Daydream Remains To Be Seen’
It’s uncertain days for Google’s mobile VR ecosystem, Daydream. As we head into this week’s I/O developer conference, though, it doesn’t sound like we’re due for an update. Speaking to Fast Company, Google senior VP of devices and services Rick Osterloh said the company will likely continue to invest in VR, but it “remains to...
Google Maps AR directions rolls out today on Pixel phones
One of the more bizarre, yet intriguing, demos from last year’s Google I/O is now available for real users. AR walking directions in Google Maps is finally rolling out to Pixel users today. Augmented reality directions will let users better orient themselves when they pop open Google Maps, and will give users more visual cues...
Snap a photo of a menu and Google Lens can tell you what to order
Last year at Google I/O, the company wowed the audience by showcasing Duplex as a way to make restaurant reservations. It seems that the company is psyched to solve dining’s most annoying problems, because they’re now tapping computer vision tech to help people order the right meal and split the check. The company’s AI/AR platform,...