Virtual and augmented reality news
Disney has some form of VR content on the way to the Oculus Rift and Gear VR before the end of the year, but this new project from the company’s Research division looks like something else entirely. Last week the popular film studio published a paper for ‘VR360HD’, which it described as a “VR360° Player with...
Pokémon Go, the viral megahit that signaled the return to form of Nintendo (until investors learned Nintendo didn’t own the rights to the game), has stumbled in a massive way since launch. They took away the crucial tool that helped people find Pokémon within the game, eliminated 3rd party options, and generally soured the experience of fans early...
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is just over a month away from hitting theaters, and we’re hoping Battlefield developer DICE’s companion VR experience, Star Wars Battlefront Rogue One: X-wing VR Mission, will arrive on PlayStation VR around the same time. But DICE isn’t the only developer with a hand in the demo. As you’ll...
Every week, we are Live at Five on Facebook to show you all the latest and greatest of VR experiences that we can get our hands on. Every show is shot using a green screen and an HTC Vive in the Mixed Reality mode to give you the best angles to watch. This week was...
I’ve been covering virtual reality for almost a year now. In that time my jaw has only dropped once: when I saw the whale in my very first VR experience, The Blu. Since then I have been impressed, mystified, overwhelmed, etc. many times, but I have never truly managed to recapture that “this changes everything” sensation...
The roll out for WebVR is going to be a long and complex process given the number of browsers and headsets involved, but another major piece of the puzzle should be arriving in a matter of months. As reported by Road to VR, Google recently confirmed that the latest iteration of the framework, WebVR 1.1,...
Mark my words: we’re all going to be sick of dinosaurs pretty soon. After an extended leave of absence from our planet, they’re set to make a virtual come back with VR headsets, and you can be sure that we’ll see plenty of games and experiences that let you get closer to them than any...
Sony has been awfully busy so far in 2016. Less than a month since the PlayStation VR headset released into the wild, the gaming giant is already releasing a brand new iterative upgrade on its flagship gaming console. This week, the PlayStation 4 Pro will release, offering 4K resolutions, HDR content, and improved performance and...
Sony’s new, more powerful PS4 Pro is due out on October 10th. The system is fully compatible with PlayStation VR, but what impact will the extra power have on the PSVR experience? Sony’s new PS4 Pro While every PS4 (and PSVR) game will run on PS4 Pro, only games specially designed (or updated) to take...
Announced just last week, Microsoft’s Surface Studio all-in-one computer has been met with excitement and touted as an example of the company’s new approach to innovation. With a mobile GPU on board, you shouldn’t expect to be able to run the most demanding VR titles, but Microsoft says Surface Studio will be able to manage...
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