Virtual and augmented reality news
The saga of the first Beat Saber DLC installment continues. Developer Beat Games provided the briefest of updates on the pack this week. In short, it’s looking like the pack will take a little longer than expected. The studio noted on Twitter that it needed “some more time to work on it before it’s ready...
Yet to try out Fast Travel Games’ excellent 2018 VR adventure, Apex Construct? The perfect opportunity now awaits you. The Swedish studio today launched a free demo for the game on Steam. It supports the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Windows VR headsets and lets you play through the first level. That should help you...
Smash Hit Plunder is a narrative-focused VR adventure game with cooperative action-packed gameplay. If you play solo that’s okay too, but it’s definitely designed to be played with a few friends to watch your back. We’re hosting a giveaway here at UploadVR to send out five physical copies of Smash Hit Plunder on PSVR. This giveaway...
Cowboys vs Aliens wasn’t even half the movie it should have been. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, don’t bother looking it up. It’s not a good movie. Anyway, VR might just be able to redeem this promising genre mash-up with Stay Silent. This is a western shooter in which players are cast...
Embody from Melissa Painter’s team at MAP Design Lab is being shown at Sundance 2019, featuring full body tracking with only a headset attached to the body. Embody’s “visual metaphors” help guide visitors back to their bodies. That might sound a bit abstract, but with no controllers or additional body attachments beyond a headset, the...
HTC’s line-up of VR headsets is steadily growing. What’s the difference between the Vive and Vive Focus? What’s the Vive Cosmos? Which should you buy? Read on for our rundown of the current Vive line-up. HTC Vive Vive is a room scale VR headset powered by your gaming PC. At $499 it’s the most affordable...
The tradition of using cutting edge technology to prepare for missions in space, in this case, augmented reality, continues with a new team of international astronauts slated to board the International Space Station (ISS) later this year. On Tuesday, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano took to Twitter to show himself and fellow crew member...
I would have never pegged Innerspace as the one to crack the code. True, the Firebird series is a compelling exhibition of VR art, but who’d have bet on this small indie studio as the first to unify VR’s core pillars? To bring inventive, platform-driven gameplay, medium-rooted narrative and, above all else, arresting immersion all...
Need some of that Monday motivation? How about watching Darth Maul himself crush a level on Beat Saber? Yes, actual Darth Maul. Or at least the dude that plays him. View this post on Instagram Here ya go! Some of you have asked. First time on Beat Saber and couldn’t resist a bit...
Good news for people that like to poop themselves! Layers of Fear 2 VR support might just happen. That is according to a Eurogamer report from PAX South this weekend. During a panel on the game, developer Bloober Team was apparently secretive about possible VR support. When the site followed-up, the developer said that the...
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