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Oculus Dash Update Makes Pinning Windows In VR Easier Than Ever
Today’s update to the Oculus Rift system software adds a new button to the Oculus Dash interface to make pinning desktop windows in VR easier than ever. Oculus Dash is the menu system of the Rift software. It can be brought up at any time by pressing the Oculus button on the right Touch controller....
Community Download: What Do You Think Of Sony Acquiring Insomniac?
Community Download is a weekly discussion-focused articles series published (usually) every Monday in which we pose a single, core question to you all, our readers, in the spirit of fostering discussion and debate. For today, we want to know what you think about the news that Sony has acquired game developer Insomniac Games? Yesterday the...
Gamescom 2019: Groundhog Day VR Promises A Journey Of Self-Discover And Coffee Making
There’s something very ‘Bill Murray’ about coffee, isn’t there? A dependency on a warm, pedestrian beverage, a futile attempt to lift yourself out of the early morning blear that seems to be stretching on for an entire day. It’s fitting, then, that my demo for Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son begins in front of...
SteamVR Beta Helps No Man’s Sky Performance On Valve Index, Fixes Oculus ASW 2.0 Support
The SteamVR Beta channel currently includes performance improvements for Valve Index, as well as fixing support for the Oculus Rift’s Asynchronous Spacewarp 2.0. The most recent build, 1.7.6, released on Saturday. Among the changes, it says “Motion Smoothing no longer throttles applications that are primarily cpu bound (e.g. No Man’s Sky).” Motion Smoothing is Valve’s...
Groundhog Day’s VR Sequel Releases Next Month
Groundhog Day’s VR sequel (yes, that’s a real thing), will be with you very, very soon. Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son is releasing on September 17th on Rift, Vive and PSVR. Index support isn’t mentioned but it’d be safe to assume the game at least works with the headset. Sony Pictures Virtual Reality and...
Sony Acquires Insomniac Games
Insomniac Games — the developers behind Sony’s PS4 megahit Spider-Man — are going to become part of Sony Worldwide Studios. Sony’s acquisition of Insomniac turns the PS4 and PSVR maker into the owner of upcoming PC VR game Stormland and a host of other VR and AR projects. Big news: @InsomniacGames is joining PlayStation’s Worldwide...
Westworld: Awakening Review – A Haunting VR Experience
Westworld Awakening was just announced suddenly for PC VR headsets. Lucky for you we’ve already played it — here is our full review! Westworld is an HBO show that asks a lot of philosophical questions. Examples include: What is life? What makes us human? And, of course, is it right to play God? They’re classic...
Survios’ VR Ship Fighter Battlewake Gets September Release Date
Get ready to set sail; Survios’ next VR game, Battlewake, launches very soon. The ship battling multiplayer game hits on September 10. That’s a date for the PSVR and PC VR versions. The promised Oculus Quest version of the game will be coming later this year. The news was announced just ahead of Gamescom this...
Nomadic Takes Location-based VR Into Asia
Nomadic has reported success with its first virtual reality location-based entertainment center, which is like an arcade for VR. It features Vertigo’s Arizona Sunshine, a VR shooter. And now Nomadic is taking the show on the road to Asia. The San Rafael, California-based company wants to become a mixed-reality powerhouse. Mixed reality combines the digital entertainment of...