No Man’s Sky could see over a million people playing in VR when support arrives later this year. The studio’s Sean Murray revealed as much in a recent interview with LadBible. Somewhat surprisingly, Murray revealed around “one in four” people who own a VR headset also own a copy of No Man’s Sky VR. “On...
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Architecture & Design Collaboration Platform ‘The Wild’ Launches On Oculus Quest (For Businesses)
VR architecture and design collaboration platform ‘The Wild’ launched on Oculus Quest today. “The Wild for Oculus Quest dramatically reduces the complexity of collaborating in VR,” stated to The Wild’s founder and CEO, Gabe Paez. “Our Oculus Quest app makes it fast and simple to immerse the whole design team inside of The Wild, as...
SIGGRAPH 2019: Foveated AR With Prescriptions And A Physical Tail
Computer graphics conference SIGGRAPH is coming up at the end of this month in Los Angeles and we’re starting to get a sense of some of the interesting VR and AR-related projects premiering at the event. New optical designs for AR headsets from NVIDIA at SIGGRAPH 2019. The long-running conference serves as a yearly showcase...
Rise of Insanity Livestream: Psychological Horror In VR
Curious about how we livestream the way we do? Then look no further than this handy guide for general tips and this guide specific to our Oculus Quest setup. We’re back again with another livestream planned for 7/16/19 @1:00PM PT on the UploadVR Twitch. For today we are playing Rise of Insanity, a psychological horror game from Red Limb Studios that released...
Jigsaw 360 Released On itch.io As The First Paid Sideloaded Quest Game After Facebook Rejection
Jigsaw 360 released today on indie game store itch.io for Oculus Quest and is specifically intended to be sideloaded on the headset. You need to download SideQuest to install it. As far as we know, this is the first time a game has been sold while requiring the user to sideload it in order to...
Watch Jon Favreau Talk Using VR To Make The Lion King
A little movie by the name of The Lion King is releasing in theaters this week. The live action remake of the Disney classic is directed by Jon Favreau. It brings your favorite characters to life using cutting edge CG and technology. But did you know Favreau and his crew used VR to make this...
Disney Reveals First Info On VR Animation, A Kite’s Tale
Last month we reported that Disney would debut its next VR animation, A Kite’s Tale, at Siggraph 2019 in late July. Now we have the first details about the project. Disney’s Next VR Experiment A Kite’s Tale is Disney’s second VR animation following the debut of Cycles at Siggraph 2018. It centers around two kites....
Community Download: How Many Headsets Do You Think Oculus Has Sold?
Community Download is a weekly discussion-focused articles series published every Monday in which we pose a single, core question to you all, our readers, in the spirit of fostering discussion and debate. According to market research firm SuperData, as quoted in CNBC, Facebook’s Oculus Go VR headset has sold two million units, Quest had sold 1.1...
Doctor Who: The Edge Of Time To Bring A Virtual Tardis To Comic-Con
Yet another Comic-Con VR experience has been revealed, this time for Doctor Who: The Edge of Time. The anticipated VR game, developed by Maze Theory, will bring a demo to San Diego later this week. Whereas London Comic-Con attendees got the first hands-on session with the game in May, SDCC fans will be the first...
Palmer Luckey: Oculus Rift and Gear VR Sold ‘Well Over’ 10 Million Combined
Oculus co-founder and Rift inventor Palmer Luckey says the original Oculus Rift and Gear VR headsets sold “well over” 10 million units combined. Luckey made the claim on Sunday in response to a CNBC article. In the article, another Oculus founder, Jack McCauley, claimed VR would never breakthrough into the mainstream. He backed up his...