Mark Zuckerberg’s quest for Oculus started five years ago with a trip in an elevator to see the Valve room at the offices of an ambitious VR startup based in Irvine, California. A witness reported the Zuckerberg visit in January 2014, but few noticed. A few months later Atman Binstock, described as one of the...
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Gamescom 2019 Day #2: Iron Man VR, Espire 1 And More!
Pew, pew, pew! It’s Gamescom day two! The aforementioned ‘pews’ are attributed to the fact we played Iron Man VR today. There’s been a lot of buzzing about how Marvel’s latest VR experience allows 360 degree tracking in VR. We wanted to put that to the test. Did it live up to it? Find out...
No Man’s Sky: Beyond Guide – How To Build And Power Your Base In VR
No Man’s Sky is a massive game and playing it in VR after the Beyond update is an immense undertaking. Let us help you out a bit with this guide on how to build and power your base. One of the new features added in the Beyond Update for No Man’s Sky is the need...
Google Develops Real-Time Finger Tracking Algorithm For Mobile Chips
Google released an open source algorithm which performs real-time 21-point finger tracking on mobile hardware. The system is part of Google’s MediaPipe, a modular framework for machine learning based solutions such as face detection, object detection, and hair segmentation. When people put on a VR headset, one of the first things they do is reach...
Oculus Mobile Lead Max Cohen Departs Facebook
Oculus VP of Mobile Max Cohen left Facebook this week, according to a LinkedIn page in his name and a report from Variety. Cohen was one of the longest serving executives at Oculus. He joined in February 2014, one month before Facebook acquired the company. According to the LinkedIn page Cohen “was variously the Oculus...
GIVEAWAY: Win A Free Steam Code For No Man’s Sky With Free VR Support
As part of last week’s episode of the VRecap we’re hosting a giveaway for five free Steam codes for No Man’s Sky. Enter for a chance to win! After last week’s massive Beyond Update released, No Man’s Sky VR support has finally officially arrived. The VR support is included as part of the core game...
Gamescom 2019 Day #1: Groundhog Day, VR Showcase And Paper Beasts
We’re at Gamescom! We’ve seen some VR games! Lots of them! Too many of them! Yes, the annual gigantic games celebration is underway in Cologne, Germany. We’ve been here for a day and already seen eight games, which is just the tip of the iceberg. Today we’ve been down to the PlayStation Booth to see...
No Man’s Sky: HP Reverb (Windows Mixed Reality) Teaching A New Player To Fly
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Aperture Hand Lab: How Cloudhead Games Worked With Valve To Make Friendly Frank
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Westworld Awakening VR Game Trailer (Survios, HBO)
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