The God-game genre is built around putting players in a powerful position and giving them control over a vast environment of some sort, some examples including Viva Pinata and From Dust. From a divine or supernatural perspective, players give instruction and/or exhibit influence over a simulated ecosystem that is largely autonomous. Virtual reality has the potential...
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Futuremark’s ‘VRMark’ Lets You Check If Your PC Is VR Ready
Both the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive have a clear set of recommended specs. However, any avid PC gamer knows it doesn’t stop there. If you’re struggling to work out if your PC is up to snuff, or if you want to see just how far you can push the latest hardware and software, this...
Solis VR Takes Elderly Patients To Places Long Thought Out Of Reach
Virtual and augmented reality are setting new standards in entertainment almost every day, but professional utilization of the technology has been quite impressive as well. We previously covered valuable lessons to learn about VR and AR in the healthcare and education industries. We’ve even seen hospitals swap out pigs for VR surgery training and seen...
Acclaimed Oculus Shooter ‘Dead and Buried’ to Come Bundled With Touch
Oculus has announced that the first-party VR game Dead and Buried will come bundled for free with Oculus Touch (for all purchases, not just pre-orders), bringing the Touch bundled content count to three games. Dead and Buried joins the Touch bundle alongside VR Sports Challenge and The Unspoken (the latter two are bundled with pre-orders only), and...
These Are The PS VR Games That Will Support Sony’s PlayStation 4 Pro
Next week Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) will try its hand at something completely new in its 20+ year history by releasing an upgraded version of its PlayStation 4 console. The PlayStation 4 Pro, as it’s called, isn’t like the company’s traditional mid-generation redesign; its tech specs have been bumped up to offer better performance for...
Despite Earlier Reports, Only ‘Part Of’ Racing Sim ‘Gran Turismo Sport’ Is Playable In VR
Cool your engines, folks. It looks like Gran Turismo Sport may not be the VR racing game of your dreams after all. Despite earlier reports from franchise creator and Polyphony Digital CEO Kazunori Yamauchi, only a very small portion of the game is actually going to have support for PS VR. Back at Paris Games...
NVIDIA’s VR Funhouse Game Jam Mods Now Available
Back in September, we reported on Epic Games and NVIDIA’s team-up for a VR Funhouse Game Jam and it’s now time to reap the rewards. We’d previously got our hands on the stock of mini-games and were drawn into quite an uncanny valley with its immersive interactions. At the jam, experienced developers were unleashed within a...
‘Call of Duty’ PS VR Mission Now Free To All PS4 Owners, Launching Tomorrow
It was looking like a pretty quiet week for PlayStation VR releases. As it turns out, one of fall’s most anticipated VR experiences launches on the platform tomorrow for free. Activision and Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Jackal Assault VR Experience is hitting the PlayStation Store on November 4th. Previously it was thought...
HTC Values VR Arcade Business At $100 Million As 120+ Titles Sign Up
HTC’s Viveport is quickly growing from a simple storefront into a much wider-reaching platform, with iterations on PC and mobile. But Viveport is also looking to branch off from selling content to consumer devices in a big way with a push towards arcades that HTC says will be worth “$100 million”. Viveport Arcade is a...
Lyrobotix Merges Ultrasonic and Lighthouse-like Tech for Portable Positional VR Tracking
Lyrobotix is developing a portable outside-in positional tracking system for mobile VR headsets that uses a combination of ultrasonic and Lighthouse-like tracking. While big names in the VR space hope to create a robust inside-out positional tracking solution for mobile VR headsets, one company wants to simply reduce the cost and friction of what we...