Humble Bundle’s latest sale is all about VR, and it’s got some frankly brilliant bargains. Let’s start with 50% off of Budget Cuts, shall we? Neat Corp’s stealth ’em up might not have been entirely to our liking but it’s grown a hearty fanbase. The same can be said for Bethesda’s Doom VFR, which is...
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Oculus Go & Quest Enterprise Editions Expected To Launch This Year
A job listing spotted by Variety reveals that “Enterprise Editions” of Oculus Go and Quest are in the works. The listing claims that the editions will launch “in 2019”. The job is listed as having the following responsibilities: Design and develop enterprise features into Oculus mobile VR system applications Design and develop VR frameworks to...
Vacation Simulator Release Date Finally Announced (For PC)
Summer starts a little early this year. So do winter and spring, for that matter. The Vacation Simulator release date has just been revealed and you won’t have to wait long to play it. Owlchemy Labs’ follow-up to Job Simulator hits PC VR on April 9th. It was originally scheduled to come out late last...
Google Turns Annual Android Partner Walk at MWC into Showcase for ARCore
Last week at Mobile World Congress 2019, Google put an augmented reality twist on its annual Android Partner Walk via its ARCore toolkit. For the uninitiated, the Android Partner Walk is a scavenger hunt for collector’s pins hidden through the MWC’s exhibition halls. The game doubles as a means to encourage attendees to visit all...
Dreamscape’s The Blu: Deep Rescue Is a Tranquil VR Experience
Dreamscape’s The Blu: Deep Rescue took me back to 1996. When I was a kid I made it a point to tell anyone I knew that I wanted to be a marine biologist. I was super obsessed with ocean life – specifically whales – growing up. Couldn’t tell you how many times I watched the...
Lavan’s Magic Projector Transports Better Than Any Other VR Attraction
There is a cinematic element to all three of Dreamscape Immersive’s launch projects. Alien Zoo is just like a trip to Jurassic Park. The Blu grows from its origins wowing VR early adopters in Vive and Rift headsets at home in 2015 and 2016. On Dreamscape’s big stage, The Blu’s underwater encounters with giants of...
Facebook ‘Open To Weird, Artsy Games’ For Oculus Quest If ‘High-Quality’
When asked if Oculus Quest store curation will allow for “weird, artsy games”, Facebook’s Chris Pruett had the following to say: We are absolutely open to weird, artsy games (which describes some of my favorite titles!) as long as they are polished and high-quality. Our core goal is to ensure that everything in our store...
The Morrigan Offers Simple But Enjoyable VR Dungeon Crawling
We’ve been here a fair few times now. The dingy confines of dungeon hallways have become a second home to VR fanatics. Their hidden keys are our lost TV remotes, dislodged stones are neglected renovation projects. The dungeon crawler is VR doing what comes naturally to it; sword-swinging, arrow flinging action, with a good bit...
Matterport raises $48M to ramp up its 3D imaging platform
The growth of augmented and virtual reality applications and hardware is ushering in a new age of digital media and imaging technologies, and startups that are putting themselves at the center of that are attracting interest. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Matterport, which started out making cameras but has since diversified into a wider...
Hands-On with Google Maps Walking AR Navigation Experiment, a Peek into Our Smartglasses Future
While Google isn’t ready to commit to a wide release of the AR walking navigation mode for Google Maps, the company has begun testing the feature with members of its Local Guides crowdsourcing community. As a result, I’ve had the opportunity to test an alpha build of the feature in the real world (and log...
