At the Playstation Experience conference, it was expected that virtual reality games would have a more prominent role on the keynote stages. Setting the standard early, PS VR was mentioned with the Resident Evil 7 demo and the Ace Combat 7 trailer reveal. Soon after those, a new and original PlayStation VR game was revealed...
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SSVAR blog talking about virtual reality,augmented reality and mixed reality.
Play The Final Resident Evil 7 Demo Update On PS VR
Resident Evil 7, coming to PS4 and PS VR on January 24th, is a significant departure from the previous games. The initial 3 games operated with a static camera with 4-6 adopting a behind-the-back, 3rd person view in a more action intense style. 7 is slowing things down a bit with a first-person view and...
PlayStation VR Headsets In Japan Live In Cute Little Prisons
To fully appreciate virtual reality, you have to try it yourself. That’s why retailers have demo stations set up for HTC Vive and PlayStation VR headsets throughout the United States. But that’s not what is happening for PSVR in Japan. Sony Interactive Entertainment has released the impressive-but-flawed VR add-on system for its PlayStation 4 console...
MARE is a Beautiful VR Adventure from Ex ‘The Last Guardian’ Artist
MARE is a new adventure title from a former member of Team Ico, the studio responsible for the PlayStation classic Ico and the (very, very) long awaited The Last Guardian. Here’s the game’s teaser trailer. Anyone who has experienced the bewitching, desolate charms of Ico, a 2002 platform-puzzler for PlayStation 2 following a boy’s quest...
New HTC Vive Releases For The Week Of 11/27/16
The HTC Vive releases for this week cover a diverse collection of genres of topics with some winter and Christmas themed treats mixed in. Oscar Mike VR is an intriguing FPS with a Counter-Strike style that will hopefully iron out a couple issues to become a major multiplayer experience. DreamDesk VR finally hits Steam with...
New Oculus Rift Releases for The Week of 11/27/16
Oculus Touch launches in less than a week but the Rift is still getting its fair share of new releases before the big day. There isn’t a whole lot new on the Oculus Home Store this week, but a few notables over on Steam. Due to a lack of information regarding what is new on the...
Hands-On With The ‘Star Wars Battlefront X-Wing VR Mission’ From The Creators of ‘Burnout’
I have a difficult time describing Star Wars Battlefront Rogue One: X-Wing VR Mission as anything but embarrassingly indulgent. The PlayStation VR experience opens to a simple menu screen invaded by the descending foot of a massive AT-AT walker. The moment pushes me to crane my neck upward, using the replica to inform users to...
First Look at ‘Star Wars Battlefront X-Wing VR Mission’ Gameplay on PSVR
The Rogue One themed Star Wars Battlefront X-Wing VR Mission, is tantalizingly close for PlayStation VR owners, launching next week on December 6th, and now we’ve seen the first glimpse of gameplay from a developer livestream revealing the latest Star Wars Battlefront DLC. Today Star Wars Battlefront did a length livestream reveal of their new ‘Scarif’...
New PlayStation VR Releases For The Week Of 11/27/16
Not much to look at this week, but there are a few things to look forward to not far off. We’ve got a dungeon crawler from the makers of Windlands, another giant bird flying game, and the glorious art of pinball, among others. If you missed last week, you can see those new releases here. Also, UploadVR...
‘HoloBall’ Review: ‘Pong’ For The Modern Age
The first time I played HoloBall was like a revelation. It’s a dead simple concept: swing your paddles at a ball and knock it back and forth between yourself and an A.I. opponent. The game adapts to your play space, meaning the more room you have, the more space you have to defend. It gets...