Another of Resolution Games’ older mobile VR titles is making its way to Oculus Quest next week. This time it’s Wonderglade. You may remember Wonderglade as a Google Daydream-exclusive carnival app (that eventually came to Gear VR/Oculus Go too). It’s essentially a series of VR minigames themed around a visit to a carnival. It released...
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Oculus Quest Use On Steam Continues To Grow In June Hardware Report
The percentage of SteamVR users using an Oculus Quest grew 1.42% last month, an increase from 7.46% of users in May to 8.87% in June, according to Valve’s data. The figures come from Valve’s monthly ‘Hardware Survey’, which is offered as an opt-in survey to a random sample of Steam users every month. The survey...
The VR Download: Weekly VR News Discussion Live From Virtual Studio
The VR Download is UploadVR’s weekly show about all things VR and AR, broadcast from our virtual studios in the metaverse! The News Discussion this week: Valve: Future SteamVR Features Will Be On ‘OpenXR Side’ As Valve Transitions From OpenVR Facebook-Owned Beat Saber Is Getting Cut From VR Arcades Google Figured Out How To Stream...
‘Neural Supersampling’ Could Give Future Oculus Quests Console-Quality Graphics
A new neural network developed by Facebook’s VR/AR research division could enable console-quality graphics on future standalone headsets. This ‘Neural Supersampling’ algorithm can take a low resolution rendered frame and upscale it 16x. That means, for example, a future headset could theoretically drive dual 3K panels by only rendering 1K per eye – without even...
Iron Man VR Review Discussion (SPOILER-FREE)
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Shooty Skies Overdrive Review: A Short Yet Sweet VR Wave Shooter
It’s time to take flight in Shooty Skies Overdrive, a new VR wave shooter for Oculus Quest and PC VR from the team behind the successful mobile game Crossy Road. Taking elements and inspiration from traditional and VR games alike, does this new bullet hell title fly higher than the competition? Here’s our review. Shooty...
Facebook’s Prototype Photoreal Avatars Now Have Realistic Eyes
Researchers at Facebook figured out how to add natural looking eyes to their photorealistic avatar research. Facebook, which owns the Oculus brand of VR products, first showed off this ‘Codec Avatars’ project back in March 2019. The avatars are generated using a specialized capture rig with 132 cameras. Once generated, they can be driven by a...
Are virtual concerts here to stay?
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed the music industry to experiment seriously with virtual concerts. Historically, musicians and their managers have been careful about challenging the traditional concert model that became their main source of income as revenue from album sales disappeared. Is the current surge of virtual concerts here to stay or will it be abandoned...
Iron Man VR Review: Flying High As Tony Stark
The verdict is in. After several days of playing you can read our Iron Man VR review right here to see how this superhero adventure stacks up! Making superhero games is already very difficult. Not only do they have all of the typical stressors and difficulties that any other game has, but they have a...
Solaris Will Come To SteamVR In The Future, Dedicated Servers Confirmed
Solaris: Offworld Combat might be launching as an Oculus exclusive on PC, but don’t expect it to say that way – a SteamVR version is planned. First Contact Entertainment’s new multiplayer shooter launches on Oculus Quest and Rift this August, with a PSVR version planned for later this year too. But, in a recent tweet...