OSVR co-founder and long-time HMD maker Sensics is building a new ‘Goggles for Public VR’ headset which is designed for the unique needs of the Out-of-Home market. While the same consumer-facing headsets that you’ll find on a shelf at Best Buy are popping up in VR arcades across China and elsewhere, Sensics is aiming to build...
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Oculus Launches ‘Quill’ Tutorial Series for Aspiring VR Artists
Oculus has created a series of tutorial videos for newcomers to Quill, the company’s VR paint app. Available for free with every Touch purchase, Quill is an artistic creation tool designed for virtual reality and motion controllers. The recent launch of the Touch motion controllers introduced two major creative tools from Oculus, Medium and Quill....
How Google and Improbable help developers make massive online games for cheap
Last week, Google teamed up with the London startup Improbable to enable even the smallest developers to develop massive online games at low costs. Improbable has created SpatialOS, software that enables small companies to create massive, cloud-based simulations for online games, mobile devices, and virtual reality projects. In doing so, it hopes to change the economics of...
Lumus raises $45 million to make wearable augmented reality displays
Lumus has completed a $45 million funding round for its augmented reality displays for smartglasses. Lumus previously announced it had raised $15 million, and now it is announcing an additional $30 million as part of the same round. Quanta Computer, one of the biggest Taiwanese laptop makers, led the round, with additional participation from HTC and other...
Watch Jimmy Fallon Play VR Pictionary With ‘Tilt Brush’
Much to the despair of many, t’is the season to play Pictionary. But VR owners can spruce up this year’s edition of family game time — and save on A5 paper — as demonstrated on The Tonight Show last week. Host Jimmy Fallon gathered actor Andrew Rannells, comedian Michael Che and writer Steve Higgins for...
‘The Unspoken’ To Receive New Spells, Modes, and More Throughout 2017
Within virtual worlds, the Oculus Touch allows players to use their hands in a more realistic manner than a gamepad allows you to manipulate their environment and different tools or weapons. The hands of a mage are some of the most powerful weapons across many different works of fiction and The Unspoken by Insomniac Games...
Lumus Raises $45 Million To Enhance Augmented Reality Technology
Augmented and mixed reality work to enhance what we see in the real world and overlay constructive information or turn our surroundings into dynamic gaming experiences. Lumus, a company founded in 2000, is one of many focused on bridging the gap between the digital and real world through these types of experiences and they’ve acquired...
‘Blunt Force’ Is A New VR WW2 FPS And Exploration Game From G2A
Digital gaming marketplace G2A remains a controversial figure in the industry for selling second-hand Steam keys, but next year it will try its hand at selling something new: its own VR game. G2A is developing Blunt Force, a new shooter that’s set both during the second world war and shortly before it. In the former, you’ll...
Hands-on: TPCAST’s Wireless Vive Kit Really Works
As exciting as the concept may be, internally we’ve been skeptical about Vive X company TPCAST’s wireless solution for the HTC Vive since its announcement last month. We have so many questions: how is it set up, is it too heavy, does the battery last long enough and, most importantly, what’s the effect on latency?...
Build The Model Kits Of Your Dreams With ‘Monzo VR’
Most nerdy kids go through a model building phase at some point. For some, that phase carries through to adulthood and becomes a beloved hobby. Whether it be planes, trains, and automobiles, or Gundam mechs, action figures, D&D miniatures, or a wide variety of other things, most people indulged in creating small models that could...