A bundle of nine VR indie games is coming soon to the PlayStation VR which includes Dreadhalls, a popular horror title for Gear VR and Oculus Rift. HeroCade takes a novel approach to the bundle’s presentation, combining all the games with a ‘metaverse quest’. Undoubtedly the most-recognisable title in the HeroCade bundle, Dreadhalls is a...
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SSVAR blog talking about virtual reality,augmented reality and mixed reality.
Update: Ubisoft Might Be Working on an Assassin’s Creed VR Game
Update: Matt Stenquist, the designer of the icons uncovered yesterday, has taken to Twitter to explain that his work was a collaboration between Ubisoft and his university, and not an official project. No Assassin’s Creed VR yet, then. Everyone who is spreading the Ubisoft Assasin;s Creed work it is not official, it is a collaboration...
Have You Found These 9 Secrets in Valve’s ‘The Lab’?
Valve’s collection of VR-minigames, The Lab, is one of the highest rated SteamVR titles and it’s free. With support for both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, there’s no reason not to try it if you own a PC VR headset. Beyond some very polished mini-games, Valve has included quite a few easter eggs to uncover. Released all...
Pokémon Go developer Niantic will now need a permit to use Milwaukee county parks in its game
Last summer, Pokémon Go players descended on Milwaukee County parks in droves, and those Poké masters allegedly left quite a mess. This has prompted a response from the people in charge of those public spaces. The Milwaukee county board passed an ordinance last week that will require Pokémon Go developer Niantic to acquire a permit to use the county’s...
Adam Orth joins First Contact to dive deeper into VR games
EXCLUSIVE: Game developer Adam Orth, the creator of the groundbreaking VR title Adr1ft, is going all in on virtual reality. Orth said in an exclusive interview with GamesBeat that he is joining VR game startup First Contact as creative strategist. Orth plans on creating his next game at the Los Angeles startup, which raised a...
Mixed reality will soon mean big business for brands
GUEST: Are brands ready for mixed reality? The answer is a resounding no! Fortunately, there’s still time left to prepare for one of the biggest digital transformations of all time. Reports suggest that a collection of the world’s leading tech companies, including Microsoft, Apple, Samsung, Huawei, LG, Acer, Intel, Meta, Magic Leap, and ODG are all...
Oculus Is Building an AR Incubation Team to Prototype New Hardware
When you think of Oculus you typically think of one thing: virtual reality. The young company popularized VR for an entirely new generation of true believers and is largely responsible for sparking the immersive renaissance we find ourselves in today. However, ever since the startup was acquired by Facebook in 2014, the writing was on...
HoloLens Concept Shows What Portal Could Look Like in the Real World
If you’ve played the game Portal by Valve before, you’ve most likely popped one portal onto the ceiling and another directly below it on the floor, dropped your Companion Cube in, and then watched it fall forever. Well, now it has been done in real life, in an actual hallway, not in a rendered world....
SubVRsive Secures $4 Million Funding For VR and AR Production
360-degree media production companies are becoming more and more important as companies reach out for creative ways to market their products, share their creative visions, and even educate their employees. SubVRsive, a team that has worked with MTV and has even earned an Emmy nomination for their collaboration with Showtime, announced that they’ve completed a...
Roomscale VR is Great, But the Gamepad isn’t Going Anywhere
For many people, the end-all be-all of virtual reality is being able to get up and move around inside of a digital space with roomscale. With the HTC Vive, you set up lighthouse base stations in opposite corners of your play space and the system tracks your movement in 3D space around your entire room....
