Virtual and augmented reality news
Though Halloween has passed, the horror games continue to come and will likely continue for a long while on the HTC Vive. We also had an influx of early access tower defense games and the most impressive of them blends the two genres. One of the Last is a zombie-riddled tower defense that shows a...
Make no mistake: if you have an Oculus Rift, then this is Obduction week. Finally, the VR headset is gaining access to one of this year’s most immersive and perplexing titles — a game that we called a “cinematic VR marvel.” Beyond that are a slew of new games on Steam and some Gear VR...
I’m standing along a rail and there is a red trolley in the distance. It is broken and Daniel Hurd, Design Lead at Playful Corp., isn’t sure why. He pressed the button to call the trolley but it wouldn’t come. It isn’t too far away though, so I decide to leave Hurd and the others...
As one of the few PlayStation VR games to have been ported over from a roomscale HTC Vive experience, Sports Bar VR (known as Pool Nation VR on PC) does a great job of showing developers it can be done. Now it’s showing them how to support their games post-launch too. Developers Cherry Pop Games...
It doesn’t take a whole lot to catch my interest on a personal level. If you ever see me at an event, walking down the street, or on Twitter, just mention a video game and I’ll probably have something to say about it. We can chat about The Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy, The Lord...
A hardware launch wouldn’t be complete without an iFixit teardown, and the most recent VR device on their operating table is Sony’s PlayStation VR. With decades of experience in hardware design and manufacturing, and having created many non-VR head-mounted displays in the past, it’s no surprise that Sony’s VR headset is competitive with the other...
Via a Medium blog post, it looks like one of the largest beauty companies in the world is taking their next major step into the VR industry. Back in May, we reported on L’Oreal partnering with 8i for volumetric capture, which brings real life people into virtual settings as holograms. We’ve covered 8i’s work before, with...
What was looking like a pretty quiet week on the PlayStation VR front was saved at the last minute today with the arrival of a new Call of Duty with a VR experience attached. Other than that there really isn’t much to see here just yet, though next week does bring both Robinson and Eagle...
Earlier this week Unity’s Editor VR platform evolved from a novel new way of making videogames into potentially the most forward-thinking VR development platform, and it is all to do with Tools. Toward the end of their on-stage demo at Unite 2016 on Tuesday, Unity Labs’ Amir Ebrahimi and Timoni West debuted this addition to...
The VR and AR markets are full of companies of various sizes with many roles in the VR industry, when you consider how many verticals there are it can get confusing. Additionally, many of these companies are still privately owned or in their infancy. Thus, if you are interested in investing in some of these...
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