Better known for its augmented reality headset HoloLens than its VR initiatives, Microsoft today opened a VR-AI incubator in China’s first VR-centric city.Read More Source: Microsoft opens AI and VR incubator in China
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Ace Combat 7 With A Thrustmaster Flight Stick Is A PSVR Essential
So, you may have seen me raving about Ace Combat 7’s PSVR support already. It’s an explosive thrill-ride let down only by its short length. But that’s not the end of the story. You can also play the VR campaign with a Thrustmaster HOTAS 4 flight stick. I did just that and found one of...
Ace Combat 7 VR Review: Utterly Superb But Incredibly Bittersweet Aerial Combat
I still feel like I’m soaring. Not just literally; Ace Combat 7’s VR support has left me grinning from ear-to-ear. This is nothing short of a revelation; a deadly ballet of barrel rolls and missiles. It’s a successful fusion of cinematic excitement and utterly arresting immersion, the likes of which VR has rarely seen. It...
How Lyft envisions bringing VR and AR to your ride
Lyft is exploring ways to integrate virtual reality and augmented reality into your Lyft rides, according to a couple of patent applications TechCrunch came across today. The first, filed in July 2017, is for “providing a virtual reality transportation experience” that would respond to real-world forces and events that happen during your ride, like sudden...
Fast Travel Games CEO: Apex Construct Selling Better On PSVR Than PC
A series of tweets from the CEO of Fast Travel Games, Oskar Burman, offers a breakdown of the sales of Apex Construct across PlayStation, Steam and Oculus. Apex Construct released in early 2018 as a great “full” VR game on the three storefronts supporting 6DoF motion controllers. Across three tweets this week, Burman broke down the...
VR RTS Final Assault Hits Early Access Next Month, Here’s How It’s Shaping Up
It’s been a while since we caught up with Final Assault. This is a new VR real-time strategy (RTS) game from veteran developers Phaser Lock Interactive. In the past, we’ve been impressed by the team’s vision of the VR RTS. It’s perhaps a more accessible take than something like Brass Tactics, but that might be...
CES 2019: Lemnis ‘Verifocal’ Optics Focus Naturally In VR And AR
Lemnis Technologies demonstrated a series of prototype optical designs at CES 2019. Though none were in a consumer-ready state, each showed promising previews of features which might make it into future VR headsets. We tried a total of three headsets at CES 2019 from Lemnis Technologies. The first “Verifocal VR Kit” showed moving “Alvarez” lenses...
VR Timewarp, Spacewarp, Reprojection, And Motion Smoothing Explained
TimeWarp, Spacewarp, Reprojection, Motion Smoothing. Asynchronous, Interleaved. You may have heard these terms or seen them in the settings of your VR headset, but what do they do, and what’s the difference? Timewarp The idea of Timewarp has been around in VR research for decades, but the specific feature was added to the Oculus software...
PSVR Demo Collection 3 Doesn’t Include Any New Games
Good news: PSVR Demo Collection 3 is real! Bad news: it doesn’t include much that’s new. Yesterday we reported on a rumor that a third demo compilation was in the works for Sony’s headset. It’s since launched on the PlayStation Store and is free to download. If you’ve already played the previous two compilations, though,...
Anyone’s Diary Is A New PSVR Platformer Tackling Mental Health
There’s a new PSVR platformer on the way, but Anyone’s Diary looks very different to Astro Bot and Moss. Set to release later this month, Anyone’s Diary is developed by Spanish studio World Domination Project. It was born out of PlayStation’s game development camp, much like upcoming PSVR stealth game, Echoes. Check it out in the trailer below....