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. The company revealed as much last week. World War Toons was a multiplayer FPS. It featured optional VR support set in a cartoonish version of the Second World War. In 2015...
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No Valve VR Updates At GDC But News Coming ‘In The Not Too Distant Future’
Valve Corporation employees are delivering updates during a presentation today at GDC about Steam features. The talk focuses on how new features and services in Valve’s Steam storefront got more people using it over the years. VR is one of the features listed in the presentation as building on-ramps to more growth on Steam. That...
Oculus Medium Won’t Be On Quest, Requires “The Power And Memory Of A PC”
If you were hoping to do some VR sculpting on Oculus Quest, you may be out of luck. The Rift app Oculus Medium won’t be coming to Quest. Facebook says it requires “the power and memory of a PC”. Standalone VR is great- it’s affordable and wireless. Over the past few months and throughout GDC...
WarDucks Lands $3.8 Million Funding for Location-Based Augmented Reality Gaming, Adds Legendary Doom Developer
With plans to compete with Niantic and other augmented reality game developers, game developer WarDucks has closed a $3.8 million funding round. According to Venture Beat, EQT Ventures led the round, with Suir Valley Ventures and other investors also participating. The funding will enable WarDucks to develop a location-based AR game akin to Pokémon GO....
Polished VR Adventure Witching Tower Is PSVR-Bound
More medieval battles await PSVR fans in the near future. Witching Tower, a wholly likable VR action adventure game, is making its way to Sony’s headset. Developer Daily Magic Productions revealed as much in a recent Steam update. Last week the developer issued a huge patch for the game that improved combat and locomotion systems....
Cave Digger Emerges On US PSVR Next Week, Expansion Announced
MeKiwi will send VR fans back down into the mines next week when Cave Digger finally arrives on PSVR. The VR mining game (yes, it really is a VR mining game) hits Sony’s headset on March 25th. Eagle-eyed fans will know the game already launched in the UK last week, but it’ll catch up with...
The VR headset market is about to get way too crowded and confusing
With so many new and confusing options coming out soon, this would be a great time to hold off on buying new VR hardware. But where’s the fun in that?Read More Source: The VR headset market is about to get way too crowded and confusing
Oculus Rift S versus Oculus Rift: the spec comparison chart
Oculus hasn’t released a chart directly comparing its new Oculus Rift S and Oculus Rift headsets, so here’s an easy way to see what’s better — and not.Read More Source: Oculus Rift S versus Oculus Rift: the spec comparison chart
Tim Sweeney announces $100 million Epic MegaGrants fund for game developers
Epic Games is awarding $100 million in the next five years in grants for game developers with no strings attached.Read More Source: Tim Sweeney announces $100 million Epic MegaGrants fund for game developers
Nate Mitchell interview — Why Facebook built the Oculus Rift S headset for the PC
Oculus cofounder Nate Mitchell talks to Dean Takahashi of GamesBeat about how the company decided to make the Oculus Rift S PC headset.Read More Source: Nate Mitchell interview — Why Facebook built the Oculus Rift S headset for the PC
