Echo Arena, the zero-g VR sports game coming to Rift July 20th, is going to be free for anyone who downloads it in the first 3 months after launch, says production studio Ready at Dawn in an Oculus forum post. Update 07/20/17: Once you so much as add ‘Echo Arena’ to your library during the three-month window, you’ll have...
Update: DNA VR is now open for business. You can book a trip via the official website. Original Story: VR arcades are starting to pop up all over the world, from Tokyo to Los Angeles. Strangely, the UK capital of London hasn’t got one to call its own so far. That is until now. DNA...
Few would have predicted that BadFly Interactive’s Dead Effect 2 would make for a great VR port, which made the Early Access release such a pleasant surprise when it launched last month. Obviously, though, we wanted more, and now we’re getting it. Dead Effect 2 VR‘s 1.2 update is now live and it adds five...
Disney showed a glimpse of Marvel’s first virtual reality game over the weekend, showing three of a dozen superheroes who will be available in the game. And now we’ve been able to get our hands on the game, Marvel Powers United VR, on the Oculus Rift. This is the kind of brand and experience that...
Mobile augmented reality developer Blippar has updated its mobile app for iOS and Android with an augmented reality face profiles feature based on the company’s real-time facial recognition engine. Dubbed Halos, Blippar users can open their own AR face profile and connect with others by scanning (or, in Blippar parlance, “blipping”) their faces. Blippar will...
Casey Hudson, the one-time project director for games like Star Wars: The Knights of the Old Republic and The original Mass Effect trilogy, has announced his return to his former home, Bioware as the General Manager. Of course, that also means he is leaving his role at Microsoft Studios as Creative Director, where he was...
Numerous examples exist of doctors and surgeons using HoloLens to plan surgeries. The device has even been used to view reference images during a procedure and stream it to a remote audience. Until recently, it has not been used to augment the surgeon’s view of the patient during a live surgery. On July 9, neuroradiologist...
Mira Reality unveiled the Mira Prism yesterday and people immediately got excited about it. The Mira Prism uses no electronics besides your iPhone and it works pretty simply. You have a semi-transparent screen in front of your face. Once you open the Mira app on your phone, you just slide it into the Prism and...
VR currently does a lot of different things well across a variety of devices. The Gear VR is a great mobile headset but it’s underpowered and lacks positional tracking. The HTC Vive and Oculus Rift have good content and roomscale capabilities, but they’re tethered and the resolution isn’t great. PSVR is affordable given its relative...
Table tennis is becoming an increasingly crowded area in the world of VR sport, and Racket Fury aims to differentiate itself with a blend of futuristic visuals, unique robot AI personalities, and detailed physics. The game has been in closed beta since July 6th, and is due to launch on Steam Early Access on July...
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