Location-based gaming pioneer Niantic has been preparing its flavor of AR cloud, the Niantic Real World Platform, to bring more realistic and interactive augmented reality experiences to mobile apps. And now the company is looking for a few good developers to help execute its vision on the platform. On Thursday, the Pokémon GO developer unveiled...
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Snapchat Lens Brings Bumblebee Transformer into Your Home & Baidu’s Facemoji Keyboard Lets You Become the Robot
Fan favorite Transformer Bumblebee returns to theaters on Friday in a spin-off of the film franchise, so Paramount Pictures is bringing the car-robot back into the homes of fans via augmented reality. On Thursday evening, Snapchat launched a Sponsored World Lens featuring Bumblebee in car form transforming into its robot form in the user’s physical...
K/DA’s POP/STARS From League Of Legends Hits Beat Saber For Free
If you’re anything like me then you probably that the single free new song DLC that released last week in Beat Saber was the extent of their teased “Christmas Gifts” but you’d be wrong. As it turns out, today Beat Saber (on all platforms including Rift, Vive, Windows VR, and PSVR) is getting another free...
Prey’s VR Support Is A Polished, Underwhelming Escape Room Campaign
Bethesda’s previous VR efforts have been as ambitious, if not always as successful, as VR gaming gets. By pouring through its back catalog the publisher has given us takes on Doom, Skyrim and Fallout 4 to revisit inside headsets with ports that ask players to overlook a few awkward inevitabilities in return for massive worlds...
Void Racer Is A Surprisingly Solid Wipeout VR-Style Game For Oculus Go
WipEout and F-Zero have established themselves over the years as the premiere sci-fi racing games available. Redout is a good alternative, with some stellar VR support to boot. Overall though, I’d argue that WipEout Omega Collection VR on PSVR amounts to what very well could be the best VR racing game I’ve played to date. It’s...
Is Oculus Rift’s Asynchronous SpaceWarp 2.0 Releasing Soon?
UPDATE: Oculus Medium’s changelog’s has been reworded to “ahead of ASW 2.0 release” instead “utilizes ASW 2.0”. Facebook told us that this was related to fixing their existing ASW implementation. The changelog for the latest update to Oculus Medium mentions the app now supports ASW 2.0. Medium is a VR sculpting tool for the Oculus...
Oculus Go Gets Emmy Nominated VR Short ‘Dear Angelica’ With John Carmack’s 5K Tech
Short VR film ‘Dear Angelica’ is now available on Oculus Go. Dear Angelica was created by Oculus Story Studio, a former department of Oculus which produced short non-interactive VR films. The studio was shuttered in May 2017, with Oculus focusing on funding development outside the company. The short tells the story of the relationship between...
Steam Winter Sale 2018 Discounts Over 1,200 VR Games
Gather ’round boys and girls because it’s the middle of December which means it’s officially Steam Winter Sale time! This time of year Valve always chops down prices on Steam offering deep discounts of 50%, 75%, and sometimes even over 90% off tens of thousands of PC games. The sale runs until January 3rd, 2019,...
WipEout Omega Collection VR Livestream: Sci-Fi Racing On PSVR
For today’s stream we’re diving into some WipEout Omega Collection VR on PSVR. WipEout makes a perfect transition to the immersive realm and shines as a perfect example of how to do a sci-fi racer well on the platform. The speed is incredibly fast, gameplay is smooth, and all of the vehicles handle like a...
Seven Things To Do In VR With Your Family This Christmas
The festive season is upon us and, if you’re reading this page, there’s a good chance you’ve got a shiny new VR headset to entertain the relatives with this Christmas. But deciding what to actually do with your VR kit on Christmas day can be a challenge. Never fear; we’re here with seven recommendations for...
