We have played Blood & Truth a lot over the last couple of years. In fact, this is our fifth hands-on preview of the game (here is one, two, three, and four). Back when it was first announced I got my hands on an early demo that took place in a hotel casino and, to...
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Swiss Society of Virtual and Augmented Reality
Oculus Expressive Avatars Arrive With Simulated Eye Movement And Better Lipsync
The long awaited ‘Expressive Avatars’ update to Oculus Avatars launches today. The update adds simulated eyes, overhauls the lipsync technology, and adds microexpressions. Oculus Avatars is available for free for any VR developer to use in their app. This new update was first announced last year at Oculus Connect 5. It was described at the...
Rift/Vive Gap Shrinks As Windows VR Crosses Milestone In April Steam Survey
It’s a new month, which means the latest Steam Hardware Survey results are in. Despite big news for the VR industry in March, there’s not too much to talk about this month. Firstly, the closely-monitored gap between the market share of Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive family of headsets shrunk a little. Last month...
Beat Saber Adds Crab Rave For Free In New Update
Already slashed your way through Beat Saber‘s first DLC pack? Worry not, another free song just arrived. You can now download Noisestorm’s Crab Rave for free. Yes, Crab Rave. This was not an April Fool’s; it’s a real thing you can download. It’s another song under the Monstercat label which Beat Games partnered with for...
Oculus Rift S Has Lower Pixel Persistence Than Original, Meaning Less Motion Blur
The recently announced Oculus Rift S has lower pixel persistence than the original Rift– or than Oculus Quest. That’s according to CTO John Carmack on Twitter. Rift S has a lower refresh rate than the Rift- 80 Hz vs 90 Hz. But unlike with smartphones and monitors, in VR refresh rate is only half of...
Hands-On: No Man’s Sky VR Is A World Of Limitless Possibilities
No Man’s Sky was first released for PlayStation 4 in August of 2016. A few months later the PSVR headset came out and ever since then it has felt like only a matter of time before Hello Games’ ambitious space exploration epic gets support for the immersive realm of VR. Now finally, over two and...
Marvel Continues Its Augmented Reality Rampage with Iron Man Robot for ‘Avengers: Endgame’
Already a dominant force at the box office, Marvel Studios appears intent on establishing itself as the ruler of augmented reality media as well. After licensing Iron Man to Hasbro for the Hero Vision Iron Man AR Helmet as a tie-in to Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel has returned to the AR well for Avengers: Endgame...
Sony Helps You Swing for the Green With Everybody’s Golf VR
Since the days of Nintendo’s Wii, there has been a promise of video games being able to replicate the actual movement of sports. Wii Sports had a variety of games, but it turned out the motion controls were largely simple, much like the cartoony art of the games included. When such a sports game comes...
Game of Thrones AR Experience Coming To In-Store Magic Leap Kiosks
Two exciting bits one news here. One: A Game of Thrones AR experience is on its way to Magic Leap. Two: You might actually get to see it yourself. Instead of releasing on sold Creator Editions of Magic Leap One, Game of Thrones: The Dead Must Die (as it’s called) will be showing at in-store...
Star Trek: Dark Remnant VR Attraction Now Available At Dave & Busters
Dave & Busters locations now offer three VR attractions including Star Trek and Jurassic World. The newest attraction — Star Trek: Dark Remnant –puts visitors on a rescue mission with the Enterprise “at the edge of Klingon space.” Jurassic World is an on-rails motion platform experience similar to Star Tours. It is more interactive, though,...