One of the oldest electronic musical instruments is the theremin, a synthesizer that generates sound based on hand gestures, as featured in the classic “Good Vibrations” by the Beach Boys. Now, indie developer Lucas Rizzotto has taken the concept of the theremin and translated it to an augmented reality synthesizer app for HoloLens 2 that...
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Demeo Will Have Oculus Store Cross-Buy Between Rift And Quest
Tabletop role-playing game Demeo will offer cross-buy between the Oculus store versions of the game for Quest and Rift, according to an update from one of Resolution Games’ representatives on Discord. The new game is out now for $29.99 on Oculus Quest and Steam, with a Rift store version planned as well. Though the Rift...
Demeo Review – A Social VR Masterclass In An Engaging Tabletop RPG
Is Resolution Games’ most ambitious VR title yet its best? Find out in our Demeo review! Demeo is one of those times it works. Y’know, it; the whole promise of leapfrogging the miles between friends and family and experiencing a genuine social connection in virtual space via the magic of VR. Resolution Games has always...
Epic Offered To Make A VR Game For New PS5 Headset In Cross-Play Dispute – Report
Fortnite developer Epic Games offered to make a new game for the launch of Sony’s PS5 VR headset in a bid to enable cross-play, according to a recent report. Yesterday The Verge posted alleged email exchanges between Epic Games Vice President of Business Development, Joe Kreiner, and Sony’s Senior Director of Developer Relations, Gio Corsi,...
Vertigo Is Publishing Innerspace’s Next VR Game
Arizona Sunshine developer Vertigo Games is publishing the next title from Maskmaker studio, Innerspace VR. Vertigo announced the news on Twitter this week. Few details were revealed other than that Vertigo has agreed another publishing deal with the developer. The pair have, of course, already worked together – Vertigo published 2019 VR puzzling gem, A...
HTC Shows New Angles Of Upcoming VR Headset Ahead of ViveCon
HTC is giving even more teases of a new VR headset with some more GIFs giving a look at the headset’s form factor. Three new GIFs are circulating that give different views of the unannounced headset. The first, from a promotional email sent by HTC, seems to show the bottom and underside of the front...
Facebook Headsets Now Make Up 60% Of SteamVR Use
3 in 5 SteamVR gamers in April used Oculus headsets, according to Valve’s monthly hardware survey data. Companies like Facebook, Valve, & HTC don’t reveal sales figures. The Steam Hardware Survey remains the most reliable indicator of PC VR’s adoption. The survey is offered to a random sample of Steam’s userbase each month. If you...
AT&T and NBA Launch Mobile AR Experience via Chicago Bulls App
The Chicago Bulls may not be very relevant in the current NBA standings, but they do lead the league in one other area. With an assist from Nexus Studios, AT&T has debuted StatsZone, an augmented reality experience that presents game statistics in an immersive format, in the Chicago Bulls app. Don’t Miss: NBA AR App...
Virtual Desktop Ahead Of Air Link With Quest 2 120Hz Support
Guy Godin’s Virtual Desktop now offers 120Hz wireless PC VR streaming support for Oculus Quest 2. Godin says he’s also planning to support 120Hz mode for traditional flatscreen games in some of his virtual environments as well, but that hasn’t been implemented yet. The refresh rate of a display is the number of unique frames...
Editorial: Sony’s Risky Edge Lives On In VR
April has been a funny sort of month for Sony Interactive Entertainment and the PlayStation brand, bookended by contradictory events. At the beginning of the month, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reported on a shift in strategy for the gaming giant that would see it moving away from riskier game pitches and doubling down on the tentpole...