At the Smash Party this Saturday night party-goers in Hollywood stepped into a cage clad in safety gear and completely crushed to bits anything and everything. Smashhhhh pic.twitter.com/0uQrPeauZI — Patrick Hackett (@phacktweets) November 20, 2016 The party hosted by Chris Prynoski’s Titmouse animation studio was also the launch event for Smash Party, a VR experience...
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Former id Software Exec Steve Nix Starts ForwardXP VR Studio
Steve Nix, former id Software executive and previous CEO of Yvolver, said he has started a new Dallas-based virtual reality development studio, ForwardXP. Above: Steve Nix is head of ForwardXP Image Credit: Yvolver “We are creating interactive content for virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality,” he wrote in a post on Facebook. “The focus...
Watch: ‘Special Delivery’ Brings Atari Classic ‘Paperboy’ Style Action to VR
Classic 80s Atari arcade game Paperboy is to get a spiritual (albeit commercially unrelated) successor in the form of a new Oculus Touch and HTC Vive title Special Delivery from developers Meerkat Gaming. Here’s what it looks like in action. An original Paperboy arcade cab, complete with handlebars. A stalwart of the 80s gaming scene,...
‘Yore VR’ is an Intriguing Medieval Open World Sandbox for HTC Vive
Ironbelly Studios and TectonicVR are bringing a new built-for-VR open world title to the HTC Vive, set within the medieval era, and it’s looking mighty promising too. Ever held a yearning to live in a time where life expectancy was in the low 30s, your days were filled gathering wood, murdering animals with sticks and...
‘V’ Brings Your Favorite Apps Into VR – Free Beta Available Now
How many times has this happened to you: you’re grinding across the galaxy in Elite Dangerous and the minutes are starting to tick by rather slowly. You sigh and try to remind yourself how amazing it is to be hurtling through the stars in an immersive virtual reality headset. As amazing as this technology is,...
Field in View: Google Earth VR Gave Me The Trip Of A Lifetime Inside My Kitchen
In between the 55 miles of water separating Russia and Alaska, there sits a tiny island. Or rather, there are two tiny islands; Big Diomede and Little Diomede. Though one is larger, they’re both minute plots of land, about 2 miles apart. A handful of people live on the smaller of the two, but the...
Facebook Acquires FacioMetrics To Add ‘Fun Effects’ To Photos and Videos
Facebook acquired face recognition technology provider FacioMetrics to beef up the social network giant’s photo and video capabilities. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. FacioMetrics spun out of Carnegie Mellon University in 2015 as a response to market demand surrounding use of facial image analysis. The company produced facial behavior and demographic tools for developers,...
This Year’s Women Startup Challenge Is All About VR, AR and AI
Women Who Tech is a nonprofit organization that is emphasizing the importance of women in the technology industry. As part of its work, it hosts an annual Women Startup Challenge. This year, the challenge is focusing on VR, AR, and AI. Now in its fourth edition, the Women Startup Challenge is offering a $50,000 grant...
First Look: Overkill VR is a VR FPS Hamstrung by its Mobile Heritage
Out now on Steam Early Access, Overkill VR is a First-Person Shooter available for the HTC Vive. Developed by Starloop Studios and published by Game Troopers, it offers a large arsenal of upgradeable weapons, plenty of levels and varied boss battles. Overkill VR’s opening area is a strange one. Beginning in a large armoury with...
The top 10 tech stars of the north
From an app that boosts declining high streets, to a platform where anyone can create an online radio station, these startups have been tipped for big things The north’s digital economy is creating jobs at 10 times the rate of the region’s non-digital sectors, according to a recent report. To celebrate and promote the emergence...