A lot of Switch fans are going to get their first taste of Mario in VR this week. Super Mario Odyssey is getting an update that will add three new levels to Nintendo’s beloved platformer. These can be played with the company’s recently-launched Labo VR kit. But that’s not all that’s coming in the update....
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Oculus’ Rubin: We Believe Quest Users Want To Say ‘Everything Here Is Good’
Facebook’s latest VR headset, the Oculus Quest, is set to be quite different from the Oculus Rift. For starters, it’s an all-in-one device with no need for a PC. But Oculus is also approaching Quest with a stricter content curation policy than on Rift. It calls this a “quality-first approach” that has seen at least...
Baobab Reveals Trailer For Bonfire Starring Ali Wong
Baobab Studios revealed the trailer for its next VR project, Bonfire, starring Ali Wong. The 5th animated VR project from Baobab Studios builds interaction into a strong narrative that places you as Space Scout 817 “on a mission to discover a new home for the human race after it has made a mess of Earth....
UploadVR Announces The First Ever E3 VR Showcase
I love E3. It’s a heck of a lot of work, incredibly stressful and relentlessly tiring, but nothing beats the big moments. You know the ones I’m talking about; the surprise reveals and unexpected trailers. They keep me coming back for more. It’s time VR got in on that action. VR has struggled to find...
Digging into key takeaways from our 2019 Robotics + AI Sessions event
Extra Crunch offers members the opportunity to tune into conference calls led and moderated by the TechCrunch writers you read every day. This week, TechCrunch’s Brian Heater and Lucas Matney shared their key takeaways from our Robotics + AI Sessions event at UC Berkeley last week. The event was filled with panels, demos and intimate...
Home Decor App Houzz Expands Augmented Reality Catalog to Include Virtual Floor Tile
Apps that can display virtual furniture in the home are one of the most popular applications of mobile AR today, but Houzz has decided to raise the stakes with its latest update. On Tuesday, the company rolled out a floor tile AR feature to its iOS and Android apps. Don’t Miss: Augmented Reality App Maker...
In Fantasy Smith, You Make The Weapons Other Adventurers Wield
Nothing’s quite as satisfying as swinging a sword in VR. But do you ever wonder where your mighty blade came from? What fires forged its sharp edges? In Fantasy Smith, you’ll find out. Fantasy Smith has quite a novel idea for a VR game. Instead of heading off into dungeons to slay monsters, you make...
Snapchat Celebrates Earth Day with Sobering Augmented Reality Look at Rising Sea Levels
In an effort to raise awareness regarding the impact of emissions on the environment, Snap has partnered with the United Nations Environment Programme to use augmented reality to show how much ocean levels will rise over the next 80 years. For the entirety of Earth Day, Snapchat is hosting an interactive Lens (built via Lens...
Myst Creator’s Firmament Needs Final Push To Clear Kickstarter Goal
The company behind genre-defining atmospheric puzzle adventure games Myst and Riven, as well as the VR-optional spiritual successor Obduction, have until Friday to clear their Kickstarter goal. Spokane-based Cyan Worlds, Inc. launched its Kickstarter crowdfunding project last month for Firmament — a new VR puzzler that also works on traditional PC screens. The project so...
Nintendo: Labo VR On Switch Was ‘Planned Out From The Very Beginning’
Nintendo has been coy about their VR plans over the last couple of years. From outright denial that they’re even working on VR at all to criticisms of the current VR market, it was starting to seem like they might not jump on the VR train for a while. But alas, the recent release...