Turbo Button’s Floor Plan 2 is marching quickly towards its April 1st release date, and we’ve got a first look at the game’s opening in our Floor Plan 2 gameplay. We play through the first 20 minutes of the game running on Oculus Quest 2 below (it’s also coming to PC on the same day)....
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SSVAR blog talking about virtual reality,augmented reality and mixed reality.
Facebook Says Quest 2 Already Outsold Every Previous Oculus Headset Combined
Facebook’s head of AR/VR says Oculus Quest 2 “outsold not just its predecessor, but all of its predecessors combined“. In a wide-ranging interview with Bloomberg’s Emily Chang, Andrew Bosworth was asked when virtual reality would have its “mainstream moment”. He replied: “Well, if you look a little closely I think it’s starting to happen right...
Dungeon Full Dive Is Like VR D&D But You Can Control Your Characters
In Dungeon Full Dive you can roll dice and construct map layouts on a tabletop, then take over the body of your miniature on the battlefield in real-time. Here’s the first teaser trailer below: Dungeon Full Dive In the email we received the developer, TxK Gaming Studios, described Dungeon Full Dive as “the world’s most...
Parkour VR Game Stride Getting Big PC VR Update, PSVR Version Delayed
Parkour VR game STRIDE is getting a big new PC VR update soon and is running Closed Beta tests right now. Plus, the PSVR version is delayed to late 2021. STRIDE – VR Parkour There are no details on what the big new update is exactly, but it’s being described as a “major content update”...
Google Maps Expands Live View AR Navigation Capabilities to Airports & Shopping Malls
The AR walking navigation feature in Google Maps, which is arguably one of the most useful mobile augmented reality to available to consumers, is about to get even more indispensable for travelers. On Tuesday, Google announced a number of new features coming to Google Maps, chief among them an expansion of Live View to indoor...
Tunrda Labs SteamVR Tracker More Than Doubles Kickstarter Goal Less Than 24 Hours
Tundra Labs’ anticipated SteamVR Tracker hit Kickstarter yesterday and, well, it’s doing very well already. The device, which is similar in function to HTC Vive’s own tracking pucks hit the crowd-funding platform with a goal of $250,000. Less than 24 hours later, it’s raised over $610,000 with the help of over 1,600 backers. The campaign...
Facebook: Beat Saber ‘Saved’ Oculus Quest
New information released by Facebook tracing the path from Oculus Rift to Quest 2 outlines how Beat Saber improved the quality of Oculus Touch tracking. Facebook goes so far as to suggest “Beat Saber saved Quest” while an in-depth blog post from the company quotes a number of employees in explaining how the rhythm slicing...
Rip And Tear: How Archiact Remastered DOOM 3 VR Edition For PSVR
Today DOOM 3 VR Edition launches on PSVR for $20. We sat down for a chat with Ken Thain, Executive Producer from Archiact to talk about what it was like working with id Software to bring this iconic FPS into VR officially. If you missed our DOOM 3 VR Edition review, that’s live to check...
Facebook Teases ‘Amazing’ Upcoming VR Games That Will ‘Blow People Away’
Facebook’s Mike Doran says the company is preparing “amazing” VR content partnerships that will “blow people away” in the coming years. Doran, who works as Director of Production at Facebook’s VR publishing label, Oculus Studios, teased fans about what’s to come in a blog post reflecting on the last five years of Facebook’s VR program....
Niantic CEO shares teaser image of AR glasses device
Oh hello. What’s this then? A Niantic-branded AR headset? Perhaps? John Hanke, CEO of the Pokémon GO developer teased what could be a first-party head-mounted wearable, as the company makes a more aggressive push into augmented reality. “Exciting to see the progress we’re making to enable new kinds of devices that leverage our platform,” the...