While in Las Vegas for CES, UploadVR visited The VOID’s location in The Venetian for Ralph Breaks VR. There’s a range of dimensions to visit from Utah-based The VOID, including Ghostbusters and Star Wars. Four people at a time can don VR headsets and backpacks to become ghostbusters or stormtroopers at locations in some big cities...
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Dick Wilde 2 Brings Co-Op And More To PSVR And PC VR Next Month
Well here’s a surprise; Dick Wilde 2 is in the works and it’s coming next month. Developer Bolvërk Games announced the sequel to its popular wave shooter today. The original Dick Wilde cast you as a hillbilly that cleared swamps of vicious wildlife using home-made weaponry. For the sequel, Bolvërk is adding in a literal...
CES 2019: I Streamed PC VR Games To An Oculus Go With TPCast Air
When I passed the booth for TPCast during CES 2019 I didn’t initially pay it very much attention. Last year we saw a new model of their wireless adapter that enables either the Rift or Vive to cut the cord and move around rooms freely without any wired connections to a PC. It sends the...
PSVR Demo Disc 3 Incoming With Astro Bot, Superhot, More – Report
It looks like PSVR demo disc 3 is on the way. That is according to Ostrog, which claims to have spotted an ESRB listing for ‘PSVR Demo Compilation 3’. We couldn’t find the listing ourselves but the site apparently took a screenshot that you can see below. There were rumors of a new demo disc...
At CES 2019, bendy and tiny screens evolved from concepts to exciting tech
The annual Las Vegas trade show often focuses on impractically expensive TVs, but this year, cool display technologies actually became compelling.Read More Source: At CES 2019, bendy and tiny screens evolved from concepts to exciting tech
Oculus Android App Passes 1 Million Installs
The Oculus app for Android just surpassed 1 million total installs on the Google Play Store. Apple’s App Store does not report install numbers. The Oculus app is required to set up the Oculus Go, and can be used to install apps on it as well as manage settings. Back in November, Facebook expanded the...
Intruders Looks Like A Gritty Home Alone For PSVR
We’ve already written about one promising new PSVR game coming from PlayStation Talents today. Now it’s time for another, and Intruders: Hide and Seek looks like a treat. In this first-person stealth game you play as a young boy. One night three people break into your house and take your parents captive. You need to...
Instagram Goes Retro with Augmented Reality Tribute to Classic Windows Desktop
Just because augmented reality is the technology of the future doesn’t mean it can’t reach into the past of computing. Shared via Twitter on Monday, Instagram product designer George Kedenburg III has published the “Desktop 96” camera effect, which emulates the classic desktop interface of Windows 95. The front-facing camera inserts the user’s real-time image...
Most GeForce RTX 2060 Cards Lack USB-C VirtualLink Port
UPDATE: a few higher end partner cards have been announced with the port NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 2060 graphics card released today. As usual, a Founders Edition is available directly from NVIDIA. The company’s partners, such as EVGA and MSI, offer their own takes on cooling, ports, and clockrates. However unlike the Founders Edition, most of...
CES 2019: Interview With Pimax On 8K Headset, Controllers, Shipping Issues, More
At CES 2019 last week we had the chance to interview Pimax Head of US Operations Kevin Henderson. We asked him about a range of topics from their headset, controllers, shipping issues, and future plans. Here’s what Kevin told us: What have you learned from the development process? There’s always ups and downs in production,...