Playful Corp is the developer behind one of virtual reality’s first, and most beloved video games: Lucky’s Tale. This Oculus Rift title is a love letter to the 3D platforming era of Super Mario 64 and Banjo Kazooie. The titular Lucky is a cute little fox that managed to jump, spin and dash his way into...
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Unity Aims To Let Anyone Make Interactive Content While Inside VR
Unity’s impressive demonstration of its Editor VR software was the highlight of yesterday’s Unite conference keynote. Though extensive in the tools it provides, it also represents a more accessible, user-friendly development engine that we might all be using one day to create virtual worlds. As it turns out, that day might not be too far...
Watch: Latest Unity VR Editor Shown Off at Unite, Releasing in 2016
During the opening keynote to their annual Unite conference yesterday, Unity announced that their in-development VR authoring tool EditorVR, which allows creators to step inside and work on their projects using virtual reality, is on its way within the next couple of months. Here’s a video of the full demonstration which showed off the latest...
Hands-On With Rewind’s Eye-Tracking Shooter, ‘Project Falcon’ for FOVE 0
When UK-based VR studio Rewind asked me if I wanted to come and see a demo of its eye-tracking tech demo for the upcoming FOVE 0 headset, I was intrigued. Not just because it was a device and experience I’d yet to get my head into but also because Rewind wasn’t a company I’d previously...
‘Drop Dead’ Review: One Of The Gear VR’s Best New Shooters
This Halloween season wouldn’t be complete without creepy, gore-filled action games, so Gear VR users should be thankful for the timely release of Drop Dead. This zombie-themed shooter will instantly feel familiar for anyone who spent hours in dark arcades (or in front of TV screens) playing light gun games like House of the Dead....
FOVE Launches Pre-Orders For Eye-Tracking VR Headset FOVE 0, Starting at $549
It’s been a long road for FOVE, the creators of the eye-tracking VR headset that hit Kickstarter last summer, but today the company launches pre-orders for their first commercially available product, the FOVE 0. Pre-orders start at a special discount price of $549, available from today until November 9 at 8 a.m. PT (local time), with the price...
Climax Reveals ‘Towers for Tango’ For Project Tango, ‘Hunters Gate’ For Daydream
Fresh off the release of its VR tribute to Contra, Gun Sight, Climax Studios is back this week with the announcement of two new games for two new platforms. The first of these is Towers for Tango, a new app for Google’s Project Tango 3D capture tech, currently seen in the just-launched Lenovo Phab Pro...
Windows 10 VR Motion Controller Has Been Hiding In Plain Sight
There are still a lot of questions to be answered about Microsoft’s new VR headsets for Windows 10 before they start rolling out next year. That said, a new video from the company has reminded us that one of the biggest mysteries may have already been solved. Below is a trailer of Microsoft’s upcoming Creator’s...
Writers Assemble! UploadVR is Hiring Contributors To Tell The Story of Virtual Reality
Being a writer for UploadVR is just like being a member of a super team. We want to make the world a better place, we all bring our own unique abilities to the table, and at least two of us are powered by gamma radiation (because who has the time to stop and eat when deadlines...
Eye-Tracking VR Headset FOVE 0 Costs $599, Starts Shipping This Year
Back in September we reported that eye-tracking VR headset, FOVE 0, would be going up for pre-order on November 2nd. As promised, orders are now live, and the kit’s price as been revealed. FOVE 0 costs $599, though it’s available at a discounted price of $549 for its first week on an official website. That’s...