Still one of the better games for Sony’s PlayStation VR headset, Secret Sorcery’s Tethered [Review: 7/10] will soon be landing on other platforms. The UK-based developer this month confirmed that Tethered is on its way to both the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive on PC. A full release date hasn’t been confirmed, but the new...
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Oculus Now Selling Replacement Rift Accessories
Earlier this year Oculus began offering additional Sensors for sale along with and their new Earphones. Now all the in-the-box accessories can be purchased as well. Oculus is now selling four replacement products for items that come in the Rift box: the Remote ($29), headset cable ($49), on-ear headphones ($39), and ‘Fit’ ($29, what the...
Samsung Gear VR’s latest social feature has friends watching Hulu together in Oculus Rooms
Watching streaming apps inside VR is great, but it’s missing one vital component: your friends. With the help of Oculus, Hulu is looking to change that. The streaming service just announced it is updating its support for the Samsung Gear VR headset today with integration added for Oculus Rooms. That means you’ll be able to meet...
Valve boss Gabe Newell hints at three VR games under development
The knowledge that Valve was working on a VR game was enough to get any headset fan excited. But the company’s plans for the future go well beyond that. At a press briefing in Seattle this week, as reported by Gamasutra, company founder Gabe Newell teased what it was working on in VR right now,...
Disrupting the book: Serialization, new formats, and AR
GUEST: We are pushing the boundaries of what has traditionally defined books and ebooks beyond a completed body of text (and pictures) through serialization, newer and more colloquial formats, and AR. Reading has come a long way since its first groundbreaking disruption, the Gutenberg printing press in the 1400s. It was a powerful innovation that...
12 virtual reality talks you shouldn’t miss at GDC 2017
The Electronic Entertainment Expo, Gamescom, Tokyo Game Show, and PAX are all great trade shows and fan events for exhibiting virtual reality. But in the early days of this industry, it is the developer conferences, the places where creators come together to share knowledge and reveal breakthroughs, that are the really exciting events to cover....
‘Robinson: The Journey’ Launches on Steam with Critical Bug and Lack of Official Vive Support
After remaining a PSVR exclusive since its November release, Crytek’s gorgeous Robinson: The Journey recently popped up on Oculus Home and has now come to Steam. Following the unfortunate lack of VR controller support, a rocky Steam release has been met with a major bug preventing many players from launching the game, and no official support...
Gunjack 2 Review: A Cinematic, Varied Shooter Sequel
There was a time when Gunjack was the most polished, lavish VR game available. Initially releasing on Gear VR as one of the first titles from a big studio — EVE Online creator CCP Games — it scratched the surface of what was to come from AAA developers: richly detailed graphics, slick production values, and...
See This Famous Masterpiece Recreated in Virtual Reality
Today is Sunday. Speaking of Sundays, the most famous work by the French post-impressionist, Georges Seurat is titled A Sunday on La Grande Jatte. I am the king of segues. Completed in 1884, this oil on canvas work is best known to the art world as a prime example of the post-industrial frieze and a masterclass in fine...
Sony London Studio Head Forms New VR Studio ‘Dream Reality Interactive’
Dave Ranyard, who headed up Sony’s London Studio throughout PlayStation VR’s development, has announced the formation of a new VR-focused game Dream Reality Interactive. Dave Ranyard was arguably the public face of Sony’s Morpheus (aka PlayStation VR) project in the early days of its public life, after its unveiling at 2014’s Game Developer Conference. Ranyard headed up...
