GDC is nearing its event but the VR events won’t be stopping there. VRLA might be the expo to head to if you’re on the west coast of the USA right now, but those living in the UK have plenty of options too. VRLO is returning this month, for example, and it’s bringing some big names...
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‘Robo Recall’ Mod Adds Full Locomotion to Address Room-scale Niggles
Robo Recall has been given a locomotion mod for those looking for a less-restrictive movement system. Epic Games’ new VR shooter employs a teleport mechanic for movement, but has full mod support, allowing for additional experimental control systems. Robo Recall, an Oculus Touch-exclusive action shooter, has only been available for three days and already the...
Danganronpa VR Is The First PSVR-Only PlayStation Plus Freebie
The weird world of Danganronpa might not seem like it’s ideally suited to PlayStation VR (PSVR), but we’ll find out if it’s a good fit next week. Cyber Danganronpa the Class Trial VR is coming to Sony’s headset next week, according to DualShockers. The news was reportedly announced during a Spike Chunsoft press event at...
Groceries in the 2040s Is A VR Short Film Made In Oculus Quill
Oculus isn’t the only one using its Quill tool to make movies, though Groceries in the 2040s is a little different to the company’s Dear Angelica. For starters, this new film from Adam Dylewski is viewed through YouTube, not inside your VR headset. You may remember Dylewski made a similar project on the future of...
PSVR Gets Rift-Like Audio Solution with ‘Mantis’ Aftermarket Headphones
Peripheral manufacturer Bionik are building a Rift-life aftermarket integrated headphone solution for the PlayStation VR called ‘Mantis’ and, they look pretty neat too. Regardless of which VR headset you personally may prefer, there’s little argument that the Oculus Rift’s solution to the problem of tangled, headphone cables is pretty elegant. By contrast, having to deal...
Sony’s Horizon: Zero Dawn Pays Tribute To PSVR’s RIGS
Horizon: Zero Dawn, the huge new PlayStation 4 exclusive game that released this week, sadly doesn’t support PlayStation VR (PSVR), but it does pay fitting tribute to a game that does. Players have uncovered a hologram in the game’s post-apocalyptic world that will look very familiar to anyone that played the PSVR launch title RIGS:...
Gunball Is A Sport Where You A Shoot At A Ball To Get It Thru Goals
Many fictional sports have made their way into the VR ecosystem, some taken inspiration from Tron or other futuristic works of sci-fi and others entirely original. With the more engaged input that VR provides, devs will continue to do so and hope that their creation becomes the definitive VR sport that spreads like wildfire across...
Oculus Cuts Price of Rift Sensors to $59
Alongside the $100 price cut of both Rift headset and Touch controllers, Oculus also permanently reduced the price of additional Sensors to $59. This is the first major price reduction for high-end PC VR hardware since launch. Oculus have applied the first permanent price reduction for their PC VR hardware since the Rift launched in...
Hands-on: StrikerVR’s Latest Prototype Haptic Gun Packs More Than Just Virtual Bullets
At GDC 2017 this week we’ve gone hands-on with the latest prototype of StrikerVR’s ‘Arena Infinity’ haptic VR gun. Built (for now) for the out-of-home sector, the peripheral’s powerful haptics adapt from guns to chainsaws to grenade launchers and more. In virtual reality you can make the tracked object you’re holding look like anything. So...
Hands-on: ‘Duck Season’ is a Beautiful and Nostalgic Spiral into Madness
Is Duck Season a game? Is a Hot Pocket a meal? Who needs labels anyway? Created by Stress Level Zero, developers of multiplayer shooter Hover Junkers (2016), Duck Season is something, that’s for sure. Part shooting game, part theater piece, part exploration experience, Duck Season defies the genre pigeonholing that would make this article easier to write. Hosted at Valve’s booth at this year’s...
