The road to photorealistic VR is long, but Otoy is helping to shorten it with the integration of its technology into the free version of Unity. The company announced last month that its Octane Renderer would be coming to the world’s most popular game development engine, allowing users to import its ORBX file format to...
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‘We’re Finally Done’: The Final Major Update To ‘Fantastic Contraption’ Is Live
Creative platforms across the board have become mainstays in the virtual reality ecosystem and stand as some the most straightforward ways to get an understanding of how dynamic the VR space can be. Fantastic Contraptions is one of the more high profile examples that we reviewed back in April of last year, giving it high...
‘CLAZER’ VR Devs Are Prototyping A Way To Practice Shooting With A Real Gun
Many developers are trying their hand at replicating different experiences in the virtual space, from flight to weapon simulations and more. The controllers for the major VR headsets do a solid job of immersing us in games centered on the latter, but it looks like there are even better options on the horizon. CLAZER, developed...
Field of View: Someone Really Needs To Start Getting VR Content Curation Right
It’s been a very weird week for VR content. Granted its early in the year, but across five headsets (Rift, Vive, PS VR, Gear and Daydream), there’s very little of actual note to play: E McNeill’s Skylight on Gear VR is probably the biggest launch of the week along with VR Nerds’ Lucid Trips on...
Hands-on: PiMAX’s 8K Headset Proves that High FOV VR is Coming
Frank He goes hands on with PiMAX’s ludicrously high-spec 8k, 200 degree FOV prototype at CES and find the company has some innovative solutions to some of the substantial challenges driving a headset like this poses. While there were many perhaps questionable Chinese VR headsets shown off at CES this year, Pimax’s new 8K, 200...
Robot Heads, The Champ in Action, and a Mysterious Visitor – This Week’s Best VR Art
Welcome art lovers. Pull up a chair. Have some wine, some cheese and please don’t forget to roll your eyes whenever you hear someone say “Oh come on that’s not art! I could do that.” Of course this art gallery is merely digital so all of the wine drinking, cheese consuming and philistine mocking must...
So, You Got a VR Rig. Here’s All the Other Stuff You Need
Here’s a list of devices and accessories to enhance your VR experience. The post So, You Got a VR Rig. Here’s All the Other Stuff You Need appeared first on WIRED. Source: So, You Got a VR Rig. Here’s All the Other Stuff You Need
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Nintendo shows off the Switch
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! Nintendo revealed the launch date and price for its Switch console and showed off games like Super Mario Odyssey and Arms. Also, the PlayStation 4 beats the Xbox One in December, and King releases a new puzzle game for mobile and Facebook. Enjoy, and have a great weekend! Pieces...
The People’s House: The Obamas show off the White House in virtual reality
Not everybody gets to visit the White House. But now you can visit what Barack and Michelle Obama call “The People’s House” in virtual reality on Facebook 360 and the Oculus Rift. Felix & Paul Studios, the Emmy-winning creator of cinematic VR experiences, teamed up with Oculus to launch an expansive Facebook 360 experience filmed...
New HTC Vive Releases For The Week Of 01/08/17
We’re another week into 2017 and the new Vive releases are still a bit lighter than usual. There was no massive list-breaking entries this week, but we do have a game that steps things up in a specific genre. Wave shooters are a dime a dozen in the VR but Drunk or Dead takes the...
