We may all be looking forward to the day HoloLens and Magic Leap are affordable, but smartphone AR still has plenty of room to grow. UK-based Scape technologies is still exploring those possibilities with its new platform. Scape is powering geo-located AR. Think Pokemon Go but, instead of a GPS-based system, Scape uses images captured...
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Medivis App for Magic Leap One & HoloLens Lets You Study the Human Anatomy in Augmented Reality
Not content to merely assist surgeons via the HoloLens, Medivis has expanded its augmented reality suite to Magic Leap One with an app for medical students. On Thursday, the medical software company unveiled AnatomyX, an enterprise-level augmented reality platform for the HoloLens and the Magic Leap One targeting universities and teaching hospitals for the purpose...
Dreams Early Access Won’t Have PSVR But Support ‘Still Planned’
Good news: the Dreams Early Access launch is just a few weeks away. Bad news: it definitely won’t support PSVR. For now, at least. Developer Media Molecule confirmed an April 16th launch for the game over on the PlayStation Blog. The Early Access edition of the game is specifically designed for those interested in creating...
Limina To Launch Dedicated VR Arts Theatre In The UK
From Sundance to Sheffield Doc/Fest, VR art has become a mainstay in the global festival circuit. But the chance to see the actual content touring these shows is fleeting at best. Immersive arts group Limina wants to change that. You may remember Limina itself hosted such a festival in December 2018. Today, though, the group...
Robo Recall’s Quest Version Looks Like A Big Downgrade From Rift
With the Oculus Quest launch just a couple months away as the “Spring 2019” timeframe inches ever-closer, we finally got a good taste of what all will be available on the headset at launch. Yesterday, we learned about Creed, Job Simulator, I Expect You To Die, Rec Room, VRChat, and many others. In addition to...
Hands-On: Falcon Age Is An Adorable Adventure Starring The Cutest Bird
During PlayStation’s big State of Play stream earlier this week they revealed that Falcon Age is officially launching for PSVR (and non-VR on PS4) in just a couple of weeks on April 9th, 2019. Then we also got the chance to go hands-on with Falcon Age at a pre-PAX East demo event and spend some...
The Tale of Lucky
Editor’s Note: This was originally published on March 29th, 2016 and is being republished today for the Oculus Rift’s third anniversary. The author of this piece, Blake Harris, has a new book out about the history of virtual reality and founding of Oculus called The History of the Future. “Wait, hold on,” said Brendan Iribe,...
Borderlands 2 VR To Get All DLC For Free On PSVR This Summer
Today during a PAX East presentation Gearbox Software announced Borderlands 3 finally with a great debut trailer. However, there was no mention at all of VR support for the new game. Instead, they discussed the much-requested recent addition of PS Aim Controller support. Then, they confirmed that all of Borderlands 2’s past DLC would be...
Oculus’ Rubin: Next Few Years Will Focus On ‘Big Devs’, ‘Complex’ Games
Oculus introduced us to the next wave of VR hardware at GDC 2018 this month. The Rift S and Quest respectively will be the devices powering VR games for the next few years. As for Oculus itself, those next years will be spent establishing a bigger library of “deeper and complex” software. VR of Content...
Space Junkies PC VR Review: Ubisoft’s Space Shooter Is More Unreal Than Echo VR
Having a fast-paced shooter in VR isn’t unheard of. With games like Robo Recall, Pavlov VR, and even the less traditional games like Audica around, shooting is commonplace within VR. It is completely natural to start firing off weapons in VR because of how intuitively the first-person perspective fits and how much more intense it makes...