World Wars Toons, one of VR’s earliest hopes for a great first-person shooter (FPS), is no more as developer Studio Roqovan closes its doors.Read More Source: Studio Roqovan closes, taking VR shooter World Wars Toons with it
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Valve psychologist explores controlling games directly with your brain
Mike Ambinder from Valve packed a room at the Game Developers Conference with a talk on whether you can control games with a brain-computer interface.Read More Source: Valve psychologist explores controlling games directly with your brain
Beat Saber Oculus Quest hands-on: Feelin’ fine
Beat Saber on Ouclus Quest port feels good enough to calm any fears that it’ll lose something from getting ported from the Rift.Read More Source: Beat Saber Oculus Quest hands-on: Feelin’ fine
Tobii launches eye-tracking SDK for AR and VR
Eye-tracking specialist Tobii announced the launch of its XR software development kit (SDK) this week at the Game Developers Conference 2019.Read More Source: Tobii launches eye-tracking SDK for AR and VR
Lual Mayen: From refugee to game developer
For 22 of his 24 years of life, Lual Mayen lived in a refugee camp in northern Uganda. His parents fled from South Sudan and its decades-long civil war. And that is why Mayen’s journey to becoming a game developer is so rare and amazing. I heard Mayen tell his story at Rami Ismail’s #1ReasonToBe...
Nintendo Labo VR will have over 64 minigames
Nintendo released a new video breaking down more about Labo VR, including that it’ll have over 64 minigames when it launchs April 12.Read More Source: Nintendo Labo VR will have over 64 minigames
GDC 2019 Hands-On: Oculus Quest Feels Like A Turning Point For VR
GDC 2019 ended up being a weird event for the Oculus Quest. Facebook’s upcoming standalone inside out six degrees of freedom (6DOF) VR headset with two Touch controllers is coming very soon, but we basically learned zero new information about it. We already knew it was coming in Spring 2019 and would cost $399 —...
GDC 2019: Journey Of The Gods Is Left 4 Dead Dev’s New VR Adventure For Quest/Rift S
Turtle Rock Studios, the developer best known for its work on Left 4 Dead, today announced its new VR game, Journey of the Gods. As teased ahead of GDC this week, Journey of the Gods is an action-adventure RPG. In the game, you go in search of the power of ancient gods, which will allow...
GDC 2019: Oculus Explains Why It Partnered With Lenovo On Rift S
The reveal of the Oculus Rift S at GDC this week was one of the industry’s worst kept secrets. What was better hidden, though, was the fact that Rift S is built in partnership with Lenovo. It’s even got a Lenovo logo on the side. Oculus is no stranger to partnering up with manufacturers, at...
GDC 2019: Oculus Confirms Cross-Buy And Play For Rift/Quest Apps
Already own an Oculus Rift but thinking of picking up an Oculus Quest? Don’t worry; you probably won’t have to pay for the same app twice. Oculus today confirmed that games and experiences appearing on both platforms can support cross-buy and cross-play. Cross-buy means if you’ve bought a game on Rift over the past few...