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There’s something magical about interacting with and talk to another person in the same VR environment. When I sit on my couch on PSN party chat talking to friends while we play games together, it doesn’t feel like we’re occupying the same digital space. Even if we’re playing the same game and are shooting enemies side...

A Matterport Space, or 3D Space, is a complete three-dimensional representation of a space, which lets you “walk” through the space to experience it as if you were there in VR. Anyone involved at the intersection of real estate and Virtual Reality has probably experienced a immersive walkthrough made with Matterport technology. Matt Bell Matt Bell...

NVIDIA is offering early access to a version of Unity with the company’s VRWorks features integrated into the engine for enhanced VR performance. As developers explore the limitless potential of VR, performance and efficiency continue to be an essential focus of hardware and software. Unity, one of the most popular game engines for VR development,...

For some developers, porting an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive game to PlayStation VR is easier said than done. For starters, the PlayStation 4 that powers PS VR doesn’t measure up to the high-powered PCs behind the other two. PS VR also doesn’t have roomscale tracking and struggles with occlusion, making it harder to port...

Because you can apparently never have too many VR space shooters, here’s another one! Space Stalker actually fares pretty well overall if you get past the promotional screenshots that seem to accentuate the assets of the extremely fit woman pilot you play in the game as much as the actual game itself. Honestly, I get...

Released back in 1996, Command and Conquer: Red Alert is set in a universe predicated on the idea that Albert Einstein went back in time and eliminated Hitler before he could do damage, altering history in such a way that Russia rose to power in Germany’s absence. It was an exaggerated world in Red Alert and...

We’ve often wondered what thatgamecompany’s incredible experience, Journey, might look like in VR. Next week, though, you’ll get a taste of what the developer’s previous release, Flower, might be like in headsets. No, Flower isn’t coming to Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, but Italy-based developer Storm in a Teacup’s Lantern is. In this new title,...

If there’s anything I hate more than a jump scare, it’s a jump scare when I’m in a room surrounded by the people that constructed it. It’s a recipe for humiliation and it fills me with an even deeper sense of dread. I tell ABE VR developer Hammerhead VR this as I pull an Oculus...

More and more companies are working to adapt 2D visualization systems for a 3D world. The post VR Is Totally Changing How Architects Dream Up Buildings appeared first on WIRED. Source: VR Is Totally Changing How Architects Dream Up Buildings

This first-person flight game for PlayStation VR, Oculus, and Vive captures the feeling of winging it at high speeds, but the level designs slow it down. The post Eagle Flight Lets You Soar In VR, But May Make You an Angry Bird appeared first on WIRED. Source: Eagle Flight Lets You Soar In VR, But...