Every month we aim to round up each and every VR game release for you in one single place — this is January’s list. Don’t worry — we’ll continue highlighting the best ones at the end of each week too. With the door closed on December and all of 2018, we’ve just been through another great month...
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Layar Founders Hope to Buy Back Company in Blippar Asset Sale
After entering the UK’s version of bankruptcy last month, Blippar’s assets are up for sale, and bidding ended today. But now, with Blippar’s story nearly at an end, a surprise twist has entered the company’s story — the founders of Layar, which was sold to Blippar in 2014, are one of the bidders for Blippar’s...
CES 2019 Vive Pro Eye: Impressions Of Tobii Eye Tracking
At CES 2019, HTC revealed the “Vive Pro Eye” featuring eye tracking from Tobii. Several demos from Vive partner developers showcased potential use cases for the Vive Pro Eye. A company called Zero Light, for example, showed how Vive Pro Eye could be used with foveated rendering for increased clarity in the tiny details of...
CES 2019: DisplayLink Showing Wireless Adapter Reference Design For Oculus Rift
At CES 2019 DisplayLink is showing off a reference design for a wireless adapter for the Oculus Rift. The company first showed off wireless VR all the way back at E3 2017. The prototype, in cooperation with Intel, became the official HTC Vive wireless adapter in 2018. There already is a wireless adapter on the...
How To Use Custom Skins And Colors For Your Blades In Beat Saber
Beat Saber is a massive runaway success in the VR community, due in large part to the customization afforded in the PC version (sorry PSVR users). Not only can you download custom songs that users have mapped to create an infinite library of music (we’ve done song request streams where viewers can pick a...
‘Meta Company Is Insolvent’ As Founder Returns From Trip
Since late last year we’ve been trying to get an update from Meta, the AR company, and its founder Meron Gribetz. A letter filed in a patent infringement lawsuit against Meta seems to say more than Gribetz can right now about the status of the business he started. As first reported by Next Reality and...
Survive: VR Battle Royale Is A Stand Out Port For Mobile VR
I don’t think game names can get any more literal than Survive: VR Battle Royale. Need I say more? The latest stab at bringing Fornite and PUBG to VR comes from Beijing-based NOLO. We’ve written about the company before; it’s making an outside-in tracking system that can be fitted to mobile headsets. This offers six...
Rec Room Reaches Over One Million VR Headsets
Rec Room is ringing in the new year by celebrating its successes in the old one. In a post on its official site, developer Against Gravity revealed its app had been installed on over one million VR headsets by the end of 2018. Rec Room is a social VR platform available on Oculus Rift, HTC...
Unity and Improbable’s beef gets spicy and strange in dueling blog posts
Unity claims that Improbable is misrepresenting their dispute in a spicy blog. In response, Improbable calls for some sort of governing code of conduct.Read More Source: Unity and Improbable’s beef gets spicy and strange in dueling blog posts
Naughty America uses volumetric video capture to put AR strippers in your bedroom
Naughty America has created a new version of its augmented reality technology, allowing you to see virtual strippers in your bedroom with your smartphone.Read More Source: Naughty America uses volumetric video capture to put AR strippers in your bedroom
