Virtual and augmented reality news
Left4Dead developer Turtle Rock Studios has yet another Oculus Rift game in development. This one sounds like it takes inspiration from one of gaming’s most beloved franchises. Head of VR Nate Mitchell teased the game in an Oculus Blog post today. “I’ve been getting some time in with the games we’re bringing to GDC and...
A blog post from Oculus co-founder and Head Of VR Product Nate Mitchell promises big reveals in the coming months. We reported last week references to a “Rift S” listed in Oculus code with on-board cameras and software-based adjustment for tuning the headset to each user’s eyeballs. Rift S might be priced lower than the...
One of Mobile World Congress’s most anticipated reveals isn’t a phone at all. Microsoft is expected to announce the next generation HoloLens headset at an already announced event on February 24, and the company’s doing a bit more to stoke the flames. Granted, there’s really not much to see in this new teaser. Vague forms...
If there was a version of the Doomsday Clock for counting down the release of Microsoft’s HoloLens 2, then the caretakers of that imaginary clock would move the minute hand to “one minute to midnight.” On Monday, Alex Kipman, Microsoft’s technical fellow in charge of the HoloLens (and NR30 member), published a teaser video for...
Standards group W3C moved VR and AR on the Web forward this week with the publication of a draft specification: the WebXR Device API. Read More Source: Standards group W3C publishes WebXR draft
Dean Takahashi of VentureBeat took a ride in a Honda Passport SUV with an experimental connected car platform dubbed Honda Dream Drive.Read More Source: Honda Dream Drive — hands-on with a prototype for car infotainment
OrbusVR: Reborn’s “ground-up re-imagining” of the VR massively mutliplayer online role-playing game will go live in April.Read More Source: OrbusVR: Reborn relaunch ushers in a new era of this VR MMO in April
Microsoft’s Windows 10 build 18334 (19H1 branch) brings improvements to gaming, and the option to play State of Decay for free.Read More Source: Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with gaming improvements and free State of Decay
Codemasters announced on Twitter that DiRT Rally 2.0 will get Oculus Rift VR support this summer. This likely makes it exclusuve to Rift.Read More Source: DiRT Rally 2.0 is racing toward Oculus Rift support
Carbon Studio’s spell-casting VR adventure, The Wizards, should finally arrive on PSVR very soon. The Wizards PSVR edition is aiming for launch in “early March”. The team said as much over on r/PSVR this week. Carbon had planned to get the game out in February but it’s apparently just shy of making that goal. That...
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