The video game industry is full of companies that make sequels and derivative titles. But Schell Games was started by game design professor Jesse Schell to make transformational games — or those that can change players for the better. It’s pretty ambitious to think that a video game can change your life — like a work...
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Swiss Society of Virtual and Augmented Reality
What AltspaceVR’s shutdown says about virtual reality’s prospects
Fans of virtual reality felt a punch to the gut this week as AltspaceVR announced it would hold its last social VR gathering on August 3 and then shut down. AltspaceVR was a social space in VR where people could gather in environments that resembled virtual worlds. They could create their own avatars and chat...
Upload Pitch Night: Get Vital Feedback On Your Project Pitch
Proper pitch preparation prevents poor performance; we’re here to help. Join us at our San Francisco office on August 8, 2017 and we’ll guide you through the process of pitching your virtual, augmented or mixed reality project. Step 1) Apply to pitch your product/service/idea at the Upload Pitch Event by filling out this form. Deadline...
Analyst: Pokémon Go Revenues Soar Thanks To Legendary Monsters
Mobile hit Pokémon Go had its highest revenue in a day since its viral launch last July, according to market analyst Sensor Tower. It’s all thanks to Legendary Pokémon. Players spent around $5.8 million on July 23 on iOS and Android, when developer Niantic debuted Articuno and Lugia, two of five highly anticipated Legendary Pokémon to catch. This is...
Community Download: How Do You Feel About Ready Player One?
Welcome back to the Community Download, our weekend series that lets you, our members of the UploadVR Community, voice your opinion on a wide range of topics. As VR gets more and more popular individual pieces of pop culture are going to shape the public’s perception. For example, many people still identify what they saw...
Mod Makes ‘Alien: Isolation’ VR Mode Compatible With Oculus Rift
Alien: Isolation (2014) is a survival horror game that’s rich detail, atmosphere, and tense moments make it a great candidate for terrifying VR experience. A new mod has been released which adds VR support to the game for the consumer version of the Oculus Rift. Prior to its 2014 launch, Alien: Isolation was briefly demoed with...
Decide who’s a good boy and who isn’t in VR with RoVR
I am the proud owner of a magnificent Pembroke Welsh Corgi. If you follow me on Twitter, you probably knew that already. I never really had pets growing up because I was (and still am) horribly allergic to cats and used to be just as allergic to dogs. Luckily, the latter affliction has passed and now I...
What Altspace VR’s shutdown says about virtual reality’s prospects
Fans of virtual reality felt a punch to the gut this week as Altspace VR announced it would hold its last social VR gathering on August 3 and then shut down. AltspaceVR was a social space in VR where people could gather in environments that resembled virtual worlds. They could create their own avatars and...
HTC adds a standalone Vive VR headset for China
Earlier this year HTC became an official partner with Google in producing a Daydream-based standalone VR headset under the Vive brand. Today, HTC announced it is producing a similar device for the Chinese market powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 chipset. It looks like it will access HTC’s storefront, called Viveport, to get to virtual worlds rather than...
Latest Figures Suggest ‘Resident Evil 7’ Could Have Some 400,000 PSVR Players
Capcom has announced that the recently released Resident Evil 7: Biohazard has shipped 3 million units. This new figure, when combined with official in-game player stats, suggests that the game could have as many as 405,000 PSVR players, putting it among the highest known number of VR players for any single VR game available on...