One of the best features in 2013’s insane Metal Gear Solid spin-off, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, was the ability to cut up enemies at will with a razor-sharp sword. Reborn: A Samurai Awakens, looks like it will bring that feature to PlayStation VR (PSVR). This new title was announced today by developer Geronimo Interactive. You’re...
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Lenovo Reveals New AR Headset in Teaser, Star Wars-themed App Coming Soon
Lenovo and Disney have partnered to bring a new Star Wars-themed app to life using a never before seen AR headset developed by Lenovo. Revealed at the 2017 D23 Expo, the AR experience called Star Wars: Jedi Challenges was “designed to give Star Wars fans an opportunity to recapture some of their favorite moments from Star Wars films in ways never...
Wearable USA 2017 | Santa Clara, CA | Nov 15 – 16, 2017
Wearable USA is a two-day conference and exhibition forming part of the IDTechEx Show. This B2B event will have 3500 industry executives, 250 speakers across eight emerging technology conferences, and 200+ exhibitors, with feedback from participants. Register Click here to register to attend with a 40% discount before July 14 Proposals for speaking or a...
Wearable Expo | Tokyo, Japan | Jan 17 – 19, 2018
Wearable Expo is a three-day conference and exhibition with over 17,000 visitors, 200+ exhibitors and an AR/VR zone. It is running concurrently with 47th NEPCON JAPAN, 10th AUTOMOTIVE WORLD, RoboDEX – 2nd Robot Development & Application Expo and the 2nd SMART FACTORY Expo. Register Click here to register to attend the exhibition. Exhibitor information can...
VR for Change Summit | New York City | July 31, 2017
The VR for Change Summit Is a day of of talks, workshops, and demos that is part of the Games For Change Festival. The summit is focused on how virtual technologies are advancing critical real-world causes. Meet developers, storytellers, educators, and researchers using VR, AR and other immersive technologies in radical new ways. Agenda The...
AWE Europe 2017 | Munich, Germany | Oct 19 – 20, 2017
AWE (Augmented World Expo), the world’s largest AR+VR conference and expo returns to Europe in October for its 2nd annual AWE Europe. Join 1,500 professionals including a mix of CEOs, CTOs, designers, developers, creative agencies, futurists, analysts, investors, and top press as they come together to learn, inspire, partner, and experience first-hand the most exciting...
Meet the Google Blocks VR 3D Modeller
Image Credit: Google In general we tend to think of VR as a place to experience and consume content. However, we have seen a number of applications aimed at making things while in VR. The most famous of these is probably Tilt Brush by Google. With Tilt Brush it’s possible to paint in VR using...
Microsoft Is Making First-Party Content For Its Windows 10 VR Headsets
Microsoft will need the support of the greater VR development community if its new Windows 10 Mixed Reality VR headsets are to succeed when they launch later this year, but what about potential first-party content too? That’s in the works already, the company assures. Speaking to GameSpot, Microsoft general manager Dave McCarthy stated that “several”...
The 10 Coolest Things Being Built with Apple’s ARKit Right Now
Apple’s ARKit has been out for developers since it was announced last month. Because of the mind-boggling number of iPhones and iPads capable of running ARKit, the new tool is already spreading its augmented reality wings across the Internet thanks to a diverse set of developers. Here we take a look at some of the coolest publicly-shared AR projects...
Check Out Three New Videos of SmashBox Arena on PSVR Before Launch Next Week
We were surprised to hear that BigBox VR’s SmashBox Arena will be coming to PlayStation VR (PSVR) earlier this year, and now we know we won’t have to wait long at all to play it. The port of the multiplayer VR game will arrive on July 25th. That’s next week, just in case you haven’t...