Yet more retailer listings are coming in for Oculus’ new PC VR headset, Rift S. This time, though, they come with a possible release date. The Microsoft Store has listed the new device for release on May 21, with pre-orders already up and running. The price is listed, as previously confirmed, at $399. We’ve reached...
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Space Junkies Drops To 60% Off A Month After Launch To ‘Maintain’ The Game
Ubisoft’s latest VR game, Space Junkies, is barely a month old but it’s already seen a huge sale. The zero gravity shooter is now available at a whopping 63% discount, taking it from $39.99 to $14.79. That price will remain until May 10th. Such a big discount so soon after its March 26th release date...
Disney ‘Basically Built A Multiplayer VR Filmmaking Game’ To Direct The Lion King
Disney is releasing a photorealistic CGI remake of 1994 classic The Lion King this summer. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the director Jon Favreau revealed how he actually directed the film in VR. Disney’s previous remakes of classic titles, such as The Jungle Book, mixed real actors and sets with CGI objects and environments....
Hands-On: Shadow Point Is Shaping Up As An Intuitive Puzzle Adventure
Coatsink’s latest game is an enchanting puzzle game narrated by Sir Patrick Stewart about a lost girl who was last seen at the Shadow Point Observatory. It is your job to find her, and along the way you travel on a journey through beautiful stylized scenes with tremendous color palettes and intuitive puzzles. I tried...
Magic Leap Releases Game of Thrones Experience for All Magic Leap One Users
It turns out that the video Magic Leap released earlier today was indeed a teaser for the public release of the Game of thrones experience for meant for all Magic Leap One users. Available now for download in the Magic Leap World section, the app is a free download that allows you to enter the...
How VR Positional Tracking Systems Work
Alongside having a wide field of view, virtual reality headsets are distinct from regular 3D displays in that they are tracked. PC VR, console VR and now even some standalone headsets even have positional tracking so you can lean, duck, and even walk around in VR. But how does this tracking work? Here we’ll explain...
Check Out 11 Minutes Of Apex Construct On Oculus Quest
Apex Construct, Fast Travel Games’ VR debut, is heading to the Oculus Quest standalone headset this year. Along with the likes of Superhot VR, The Climb and more, it’s a port that promises to bring the full PC VR experience over to mobile hardware. Is that even possible? Well, see for yourself. Last month I...
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild’s VR Update On Switch Is Very Bad
When Nintendo first announced that Zelda (and Mario) would be getting VR updates for the Switch Labo VR headset, I was cautiously optimistic. Obviously the games weren’t made for VR at all, but I thought maybe they worked that trademark Nintendo magic to craft something special. Bethesda remade Skyrim to work in VR and I’ve...
Oculus Quest And Rift S Demo Stations Are Set Up At Best Buy
The Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift S VR headsets from Facebook are due out very soon. With F8 coming up this week, we should find out more regarding exact launch details. As of now all we know is Spring 2019 for both with each at a retail price of $399. Over on Reddit, user Darkfire102...
Epic Games Gifting 500 Magic Leap Headsets to Developers via Grant Program
With $100 million in grant funding already available to developers via its MegaGrants program, Epic Games is sweetening the pot with some gear for Magic Leap developers. At last week’s Unreal Engine Build: Detroit ’19 event, Epic Games announced that it would supply Magic Leap One headsets, which retail for $2,295, free of charge to...
