Good news for Rift/Rift S owners that didn’t take the plunge on Oculus Quest. The PC VR version of Star Wars: Vader Immortal Episode 1 hits those headsets next week. Developer ILMxLAB this week confirmed the experience will launch on Rift and Rift S on June 20. That will mean the app was exclusive to...
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Richie’s Plank Experience Is Coming To Oculus Quest This Month
Get ready to walk the plank without wires for the first time ever. Yes, Richie’s Plank Experience is coming to Oculus Quest. Unfamiliar with this one? It’s developed by Toast and has long been a popular choice to showcase VR’s sense of height and vertigo. You journey up a skyscraper and dare yourself to edge...
Update #2: Oculus ‘Forcing’ Virtual Desktop To Remove Quest SteamVR Streaming
Update 2: Virtual Desktop developer Guy Godin gave UploadVR the following comment in response to Facebook’s statement. “The core functionality of the app, which successfully passed the submission process, continues to maintain the same high performance standard. The added functionality of streaming VR content, which wasn’t advertised anywhere, is still at an early stage of development....
E3 2019: Beat Saber In 360 Mode On Oculus Quest Feels Like A New Game
Beat Games is a studio that just won’t stop. Not only did they release a brand new music pack this week for Beat Saber featuring licensed music from Imagine Dragons, but they also debuted 360-degree versions of two of those new songs (Believer and Thunder) at E3 2019. As someone that has played a lot...
Toyota Rolls Out Web-Based AR Advertising Campaign via 8th Wall
While Toyota ranks as the leading automotive brand in the world, the company is a follower when it comes to augmented reality. Nonetheless, Toyota is catching up with the competition with a web-based augmented reality advertising campaign for the 2020 Corolla. Executed by ad agency Conill and 8th Wall’s web-based AR platform, the experience is...
HTC Vive Cosmos Launching Q3, Will Have Full SteamVR Compatibility
HTC’s Vive Cosmos VR headset will launch in Q3 of this year. HTC’s getting started guide explains that the headset uses the OpenVR SDK, so it should support existing Vive and Vive Pro content. The company provided 3D models of the new controllers and is calling on developers to update their games to work well...
E3 2019: Q&A With Oculus’ Jason Rubin On Quest, Rift, Go And Valve Index
At E3 this week in Los Angeles I played an early demo version of official 360-degree songs from Beat Saber and learned to steer a kayak in VR. Afterward, I went to get lunch with Senior Editor David Jagneaux and we found Jason Rubin “VP of Special Gaming Strategies” at Facebook at a food court...
E3 2019: Lone Echo 2 Is A Bigger, Longer, And More Involved Sequel
Yesterday I got the chance to try the first ever playable demo of Lone Echo 2, the highly anticipated sequel to our 2017 Game of the Year winner, Lone Echo. In the series you play as Jack, a robotic ally to Liv, one of VR’s most emotive and well-developed NPC companions. From what I saw...
Men In Black Is Getting A Location Based VR Experience At Dreamscape In LA
If you’re a Men in Black fan in or near LA, you’re in luck. LA-based location based VR company Dreamscape is launching a new experience called Men in Black: First Assignment. This will be Dreamscape’s first experience based on a major franchise or brand, which makes it the company’s biggest move yet. The company described...
Oculus ‘Forcing’ Virtual Desktop To Remove Quest SteamVR Streaming
Guy Godin, the developer behind VR productivity app, Virtual Desktop, says Facebook’s Oculus is “forcing” him to remove a key feature from the Quest version. Virtual Desktop was one around 50 apps to launch on the Oculus Quest last month. But users have since discovered an incredible use for the streaming app; playing SteamVR games...