Niantic’s designers went for a much more modern approach with cool augmented reality to remake its first location game into the Ingress Prime reboot.Read More Source: How Niantic designers tackled Ingress Prime reboot
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Swiss Society of Virtual and Augmented Reality
How Samsung and Skydance view the evolving world of VR
Both Skydance Interactive and Samsung are still bullish on the long-term potential of virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality.Read More Source: How Samsung and Skydance view the evolving world of VR
Vive Focus 6DoF controllers hands-on: an impressive start
My demo was with Vive Sync, a professional collaboration platform. I want to focus on the controllers themselves here. I was very impressed.Read More Source: Vive Focus 6DoF controllers hands-on: an impressive start
Ready at Dawn Releases 6DoF Lone Echo II Trailer for Rift
Ready at Dawn released a 6DoF trailer for the sequel to their hit high budget VR game Lone Echo. The trailer is downloaded from the Oculus Rift store and is rendered in real-time using the game’s engine, instead of being a simple 360° video. The experience is a roughly 1.6GB download which takes up just under...
Madrid Noir: Prologue is a Pixar-like love letter to Spain’s capital
Produced by No Ghost and directed by James Castillo, Madrid Noir was awarded the Best Debut VR Experience prize at this year’s Raindance Film Festival.Read More Source: Madrid Noir: Prologue is a Pixar-like love letter to Spain’s capital
Google files patent for eye-tracking system that reads expressions for VR
Google may one day make our virtual avatars more expressive by tracking our eyes thanks to a patent for using cameras to track eyes in VR.Read More Source: Google files patent for eye-tracking system that reads expressions for VR
Jeff Minter’s Polybius Is Finally Coming To SteamVR
Last year Llamasoft, a developer known for its trippy arcade games, released Polybius on PlayStation VR (PSVR). The game is a sort of remake of an industry legend, an arcade cabinet that was so brutal in its display of neon-drenched shoot’em up action that it was removed from some places. Good news for PC VR...
Sources: Valve Planning 135° VR Headset Bundled With ‘Knuckles’ Controllers And Half-Life VR
Images of a prototype VR headset with a Valve logo visible on the circuit board leaked on the image sharing website imgur. Our independent sources tell us these are in fact prototypes for an upcoming Valve HMD. We’ve also heard the field of view will be 135° with “Vive Pro resolution.” It may also come...
UPDATE: Images of Prototype Valve VR Headset Leak
UPDATE: our sources have confirmed to us that this is an upcoming Valve headset – read full details here Images of a prototype VR headset with a Valve logo visible on the circuit board have leaked on the image sharing website imgur. The images are unverified, but the detail and number of headsets shown make...
Beat Saber PSVR Release Date Confirmed, Exclusive Content Detailed
Beat Saber developer Beat Games today announced the release date for Beat Saber PSVR. The game is set to arrive on Sony’s headset on November 20th. It’s going to feature a PSVR-exclusive campaign, five new and exclusive songs and a practice mode. Beat Saber has a release date! The #PSVR rhythm game arrives on 20th November...