Looking to develop your dream VR app but don’t have the funds to get started? Live in the UK? CreativeXR might be for you. Applications for the 2019 edition of the immersive tech initiative opened this week. CreativeXR is run by Digital Catapult and Arts Council England and looks to give developers a helping hand....
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Zero Latency Partners With Microsoft And HP On New Platform
Australia-based startup Zero Latency is teaming up with Microsoft, HP and Intel “to help create the next generation of the Zero Latency platform,” according to the company. Zero Latency arenas offer large-scale free-roam multiplayer virtual environments available in 13 countries. They offer five games with another player-vs-player title on the way. The announcement from Zero...
SuperData: VR grew 30% in 2018 thanks to PSVR, Oculus Quest will be 2019’s hit
After floundering in 2017, virtual reality hardware actually outperformed optimistic sales expectations in 2018, thanks to PSVR and Oculus Go.Read More Source: SuperData: VR grew 30% in 2018 thanks to PSVR, Oculus Quest will be 2019’s hit
VR studio Fable relaunches as AI-based virtual beings company at Sundance
Fable has rebranded itself to focus on virtual beings, or digital animated characters who use artificial intelligence to create a believable human.Read More Source: VR studio Fable relaunches as AI-based virtual beings company at Sundance
Whispers In The Night Is A Groundbreaking AI Experience From Fable
Fable is a content creation studio founded by Edward Saatchi and other alumni from Oculus Story Studio. After working on projects like Henry and Dear Angelica, then moving on to Fable and working on Wolves in the Walls, Saatchi was satisfied with the revelation that VR is already being taken seriously as an art form...
PSVR Exclusive Shooter Kill X Renamed Immortal Legacy, Coming Soon
A few years ago now we played a Chinese demo for a PSVR exclusive shooter named Kill X. The game was born out of a Sony-led initiative and developed by Viva Games. It was a little scrappy, but it had potential. Two years on, we finally have a release date and a new name for...
Intel’s New RealSense Camera Adds Positional Tracking To Any Headset For $199
Intel today announced a stereo camera module which performs positional tracking. The RealSense Tracking Camera T265 can be preordered today for $199. It’s intended for robotics, drones, and head mounted displays. Unlike all other RealSense products, the T265 is not a depth sensor. It contains two cameras with fisheye lenses and global shutter sensors. It...
GDC 2019 Survey: 33% Of VR Devs Working On Vive, 21% On Quest
GDC’s annual State of the Game Industry survey of developers is out ahead of the 2019 Game Developers Conference in March and it offers some some new data about developer sentiment relative to the VR/AR market. You can check out last year’s report here showing Vive continues to drive the most interest among developers. On this...
Astro Bot Dev Photos May Hint At Cut Multiplayer Support
We can all agree that Astro Bot: Rescue Mission is pretty special. If you’ve spent any amount of time with the game then you likely recognize how expertly crafted it is as not only a great VR experience, but an excellent platformer in its own right. Today, on the PlayStation Blog, Sony peeled back the...
Creed: Rise to Glory Update To Add Iconic Rocky Character
Survios’ excellent VR boxing game, Creed: Rise to Glory, is teasing a big update, adding at least one familiar face. Yesterday the developer dropped a teaser tweet for the game. It teases a Rocky Legends update, which is ‘coming soon’. A picture of a virtualized Rocky rival Apollo Creed is included. Apollo is, of course,...
