The eye tracking company Tobii had some VR demos that they were showing on the GDC Expo Hall floor as well as within Valve’s booth. They were primarily focusing on the new user interaction paradigms that are made available by using eye gazing to select specific objects, direct action, but also locomotion determined by eye...
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‘Obduction’ Adds Motion Control, Coming to Vive and Oculus Touch This Month
Cyan’s spiritual successor to Myst is launching with all-new motion control support on March 22nd for HTC Vive and Oculus Touch. The game originally released on Steam in August 2016, receiving initial VR support for the Rift in October. Following in the legendary footsteps of Myst and Riven, Obduction presents an ideal VR setting, taken...
Leap Motion’s New 180-degree Hand-tracking Comes to Qualcomm’s Latest VRDK Headset
Qualcomm has debuted an updated version of their VR Headset Reference Design now with Leap Motion’s new 180-degree hand-tracking to bring gesture control to mobile VR headsets. The new headset and Leap Motion tracking module was shown off during last week’s GDC 2017. Qualcomm’s VR Headset Reference Design has been upgraded to the company’s new...
Fantastic Contraption brings its puzzling gameplay to the PSVR in April
Fantastic Contraption was one of the more creative virtual reality games that debuted last year on the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift VR headsets. Now it’s coming to the PlayStation VR in April. I had a hands-on preview at Sony’s game headquarters in Foster City, California. And if you’re part of the Minecraft generation, you might...
The PSVR’s Statik will drive you nuts or make you puzzlegasmic
Statik drove me nuts in a very short time. This game coming for the PlayStation VR is pretty simple. Your hands are trapped inside a box, and you have to give them out. It’s a puzzle game that takes brainpower and patience. In some ways, it’s like you’re in a straitjacket and you have to...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Switch has early success, and China bans mobile games from South Korea
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! We’re still playing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and we’re sharing tips that can help you on your Hyrule adventures. We also found out that Overwatch’s Symmetra is autistic, making the shooter’s cast even more diverse. Enjoy, and have a great weekend! Pieces of flair and...
Farpoint is shaping up to be a fun shooter on Sony’s PSVR
First-person shooter games are one of the best genres for virtual reality, as the games become much more realistic and immersive when you are looking around in 360 degrees for things to shoot. Farpoint from Impulse Gear is one of the games that makes the best use of the medium of VR. I played it...
WhiteMoon Dreams’ StarBlood Arena is a frenetic 360 shooter for PSVR
StarBlood Arena is first-person shooter for the PlayStation VR that will make you feel like you’re rolling around in a barrel. Fortunately, I didn’t get nauseous when I played StarBlood Arena in a hands-on preview at Sony’s offices in Foster City, California. It has plenty of fast action and movement that enables you to move in...
Sony takes PSVR fans into sci-fi survival horror with The Persistence
Sony is unveiling The Persistence, a new sci-fi survival horror game for the PlayStation VR virtual reality headset. It is an interesting because it makes VR more social, as your friends can join in using tablets or smartphones while you play with the PSVR headset. It’s one of the games that shows that horror is one...
Littlstar has carved out a role as the app for VR entertainment
Virtual reality games may not yet be raking in lots of revenues and views, but New York startup Littlstar says that it is having great success with its 360 video and immersive virtual reality films. While other companies are trying to find their footing in VR, Littlstar CEO Tony Mugavero said in an interview with...