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The mind is a tricky thing, and when it begins to fade, it can be a heartbreaking and extremely difficult thing to deal with. But what would happen if you could step into the mind and assist in finding seemingly lost memories? This is what Chuck Carter of Eagre Games and Cyan Ventures, the developer...

Augmented reality is proving to be a potent marketing tool in the hands of the right brands, and world-famous spirits maker Jack Daniel’s is today unveiling one of the strongest uses yet of the technology. Developed by Tactic, the company’s AR Experience app turns the classic black-and-white front label of any Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey bottle into...

Conceptually, virtual reality headsets present a fantastic opportunity to aid users with low vision: Up-close screens with high contrast and personally calibrated lenses could enable people to see details that might be missed in the real world. But as VR software isn’t generally optimized for low-vision users, Microsoftresearchers are previewing a solution called SeeingVR, a set of tools that easily...

Known worldwide for its contributions to the MPEG format — the compression technology used in MP3 audio files and MP4 videos — Germany’s Fraunhofer has recently turned its attention to the next frontier in media: virtual reality. After unveiling affordable VR headset microdisplay hardware last year, the company is now showing off next-generation video compression software using...

Contrary to conventional wisdom, the best-selling consumer electronics products aren’t necessarily a company’s latest or highest-end products; mass-market customers often gravitate instead towards affordable models with good enough performance. That’s the reason game console makers keep last-generation models around after launching superior sequels: as long as there’s a promise of at least token continued support,...

You know those incredible videos full of dominoes and balls and levers and rails that all combine together perfectly to create a symphony of motion and reaction? They’re called Rube Goldberg machines and Gadgeteer lets you build them in VR with unmatched interactivity. The closest thing I’ve seen to a game like Gadgeteer in VR...

VRTK is a VR framework designed to allow developers to add interactivity to their apps & games without coding the physics of these interactions from scratch. This month the beta for version 4 released. Version 4 is a complete rewrite of the framework. It brings numerous improvements including making it more modular and more hardware...

Ghost Giant is, as we made clear in our full review, a remarkable game that handles the subject of depression with skill and care. It’s not a game that constantly discusses depression. Indeed, it initially appears to be little more than a standard cutesy VR adventure; and even after the struggles of the main character’s...

Thought you were excited about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in VR? Us too, but probably not as much as Jeramey Polcyn. He’ll be playing it like this: In less than a week since the launch of the Nintendo Labo VR Kit, Polcyn has created an awesome mod for the device. It’s...

Not long after the release of Angry Birds VR on several platforms, developer Resolution Games is back. It’s fair to say its latest project, Acron, is a fair bit different to its previous work. Acron is a multiplayer VR game in which players face off against others outside of the headset. The VR player embodies...