Christian Cantamessa has writer credits that include Red Dead Redemption and Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. To put it simply, he knows how to tell a great videogame story. But, when he started his first VR project, StartVR and Vive Studios’ Awake, he noted that no one really yet knows how to do the same inside...
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The 25 Best HTC Vive Games: Day #3
From the stunning precision of SteamVR tracking to the frankly ludicrous amount of games to play, the HTC Vive and its bigger brother, the Vive Pro, are arguably the best place to experience high-end VR gaming today. Sifting through the seemingly unending amount of titles on Viveport and Steam to choose just 25 apps was...
Insomniac Games Releases Seedling — the First Paid Augmented Reality Game for Magic Leap One
One the leading game developers for the PlayStation 4 and Oculus Rift platforms, Insomniac Games, is finally releasing its first major augmented reality title: Seedling for the Magic Leap One. Back in November, we gave our impressions of the game after sampling it at the L.E.A.P. conference in Los Angeles, but the big surprise this...
Tactical Haptics ‘Reactive Grip’ VR Controllers Are Now Production Ready
Tactical Haptics today announced the new production-ready design for their haptic VR controllers which adapt the shape of their grip to make using virtual objects feel more real. The company originated from a 2013 Kickstarter. While the campaign was unsuccessful, the company believed its idea was so good that they continued developing the project anyways....
Arca’s Path Review: A Hands-Free VR Game Worth Digging Into
The best thing about Arca’s Path? Booting up your headset of choice, selecting the game and then putting the controller down. This is a hands-free VR game that’s controlled by your head alone. It’s not an especially new concept but, unlike most other games that do this, Arca’s Path feels like an impressively full package....
IDC: VR headset market grew 8.2% in Q3 2018, led by Sony PSVR and Oculus
VR now makes up over 97 percent of the combined VR and AR market, as shipments of PSVR and Oculus Go have grown and AR solutions continue to struggle.Read More Source: IDC: VR headset market grew 8.2% in Q3 2018, led by Sony PSVR and Oculus
Bose Frames will bring ‘audio augmented reality’ to $199 sunglasses
Starting out as sunglasses with stereo audio capabilities, Bose’s new Frames will become capable of working with audio AR apps later in 2019.Read More Source: Bose Frames will bring ‘audio augmented reality’ to $199 sunglasses
F8 Set For April 30, Could This Be Oculus Quest’s Release Date?
Facebook has announced today that its 2019 iteration of its yearly conference will take place on April 30th and May 1st. Facebook is the company behind the Oculus VR platform and headsets. Oculus Quest will be the company’s second all-in-one standalone VR headset. Its first, Oculus Go, was released earlier this year at F8 2018....
Location-Based Mission Impossible VR Experience Coming In 2019
“Your mission, should you choose to accept it,” are words I’ve wanted to hear spoken to me through the earpieces of a VR headset ever since the Oculus Rift Kickstarter first got funded. I’m a big fan of Ethan Hunt’s adventures in the Mission Impossible franchise of films and was delighted to learn that Nomadic,...
Google Arts & Culture App Lets You Turn Your Home into an AR Museum Featuring the Works of Vermeer
There is not a single museum that houses all of the 36 paintings of Johannes Vermeer, so Google decided to come up with a solution to give art aficionados a venue to see the artist’s work all in one place — your home. Through the Google Arts & Gallery app for iOS and Android (the...
