The horror and suspense genres are ones that have benefited immediately from the growth of virtual reality. Jump scares, creepy ambiance, and such can already increase heart rates while watching on 2D monitors, but the isolated environment VR headsets provide enhances those tense elements in a huge way. The Souls franchise, including Demon’s Souls, Bloodborne,...
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Virtual Reality is Allowing Parents To Meet Their Unborn Children
Undergoing an ultrasound is an incredibly special moment for an expecting couple. This procedure allows them to see their child’s heartbeat and general shape for the very first time. In modern times, the blurry black and white Rorschach tests we’ve grown accustomed to have evolved into rich 3D models that provide more detail than ever before....
‘Phantogeist’ Is A First-person Shooter That Makes AR A Social Experience
The first-person shooter Phantogeist has debuted as a social augmented reality game on Google Tango. In this game from Chicago-based Trixi Studios, a friendly alien helps you identify nasty invading aliens and shoot them in the real world. You hold up a Tango-enabled smartphone, such as the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro, and look into the landscape around...
Steam 2016 Autumn Sale Discounts Nearly 300 VR Supported Titles
The Steam Autumn sale is once again upon us, and this time around this time Valve have flagged close to a whopping 300 VR titles for discounts, including games that support both the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and OSVR. It’s amazing how big the market has already become, especially given how niche VR still is....
Here’s All 8 Pieces of Free Content You’ll Get With Touch
The launch of Oculus Touch is just around the corner, and while the company says there’s a day-one launch lineup of more than 50 titles, your Touch pre-order will grant you access to at least eight pieces of free made-for-Touch content. Much ado has been made of the two games bundled with Oculus Touch pre-orders,...
Display Conglomerate JDI Developing Ultra High Resolution Panels for VR Headsets
JDI, a display conglomerate consisting of the display businesses of Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi, announced this week the development of ultra high resolution panels that are made specifically for virtual reality headsets. In a press release issued this week, JDI says that it has already begun shipments of a 651 PPI (pixel per inch) made-for-VR...
Review: VirZoom, The Virtual Reality Exercise Bike That Works With Rift, Vive and PSVR
I once owned one of the greatest exercise machines ever made. It was a game controller called the Kilowatt Pro for the PS2, Xbox, GameCube, and PC. This was back in 2002. I was new to college, the original Xbox had just released, and I was attending my second E3. Unfortunately, university had not been...
Oculus Confirms ‘Toybox’ Will Come Free with Touch
Oculus has officially confirmed that Toybox, the highly anticipated multiplayer sandbox application built from the ground up to show off the Oculus Touch motion controllers, will be made available to every touch owner for free after launch. Oculus Touch debuted at a special event just prior to E3 2015 alongside the final retail design for...
Does Virtual Reality Gaming Have a Multiplayer Problem?
The other day I wanted to play a round of Eagle Flight online. This isn’t an impulse that I’ve felt a great many times but it was Friday night and I was alone just getting back from a really cool party and so I thought “why not.” I strapped on my Oculus Rift, tapped my way into the...
Google Promoting Pixel and Daydream VR Through Livestreamed Music Festivals
Google is entering the music festival realm this year with news that it’s sponsoring and livestreaming a series of five shows spread across five cities, in support of five different good causes. Sponsored in conjunction with Good, a global media firm and and “social impact” company that seeks to address global issues, GoodFest kicks off...