SSVAR blog talking about virtual reality,augmented reality and mixed reality.
Steam is a great place for games, but that’s about it. Did you even know Valve’s digital storefront sold movies? They’re rare, but they’re there. And with all the VR content that’s flooding the platform each week, we’re also bound to miss some of the smaller, more experimental pieces that don’t capture our attention with...
The presence of mixed reality in industries outside of entertainment is constantly growing. With augmented reality specifically, we recently reported on an intriguing way an elevator company was equipping their technicians with HoloLens to make their work a great deal safer and more efficient. Scope AR is partnering up with the construction and mining juggernaut...
Depending on who you were rooting for in the US election, last night was either a shocking and sobering wake-up call to a reality that you don’t feel a part of or it was a jubilant celebration of a victory that was doubted and underestimated by the mainstream political and media establishments. Either way, what’s...
There’s something magical about interacting with and talk to another person in the same VR environment. When I sit on my couch on PSN party chat talking to friends while we play games together, it doesn’t feel like we’re occupying the same digital space. Even if we’re playing the same game and are shooting enemies side...
A Matterport Space, or 3D Space, is a complete three-dimensional representation of a space, which lets you “walk” through the space to experience it as if you were there in VR. Anyone involved at the intersection of real estate and Virtual Reality has probably experienced a immersive walkthrough made with Matterport technology. Matt Bell Matt Bell...
NVIDIA is offering early access to a version of Unity with the company’s VRWorks features integrated into the engine for enhanced VR performance. As developers explore the limitless potential of VR, performance and efficiency continue to be an essential focus of hardware and software. Unity, one of the most popular game engines for VR development,...
For some developers, porting an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive game to PlayStation VR is easier said than done. For starters, the PlayStation 4 that powers PS VR doesn’t measure up to the high-powered PCs behind the other two. PS VR also doesn’t have roomscale tracking and struggles with occlusion, making it harder to port...
Because you can apparently never have too many VR space shooters, here’s another one! Space Stalker actually fares pretty well overall if you get past the promotional screenshots that seem to accentuate the assets of the extremely fit woman pilot you play in the game as much as the actual game itself. Honestly, I get...
Released back in 1996, Command and Conquer: Red Alert is set in a universe predicated on the idea that Albert Einstein went back in time and eliminated Hitler before he could do damage, altering history in such a way that Russia rose to power in Germany’s absence. It was an exaggerated world in Red Alert and...
We’ve often wondered what thatgamecompany’s incredible experience, Journey, might look like in VR. Next week, though, you’ll get a taste of what the developer’s previous release, Flower, might be like in headsets. No, Flower isn’t coming to Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, but Italy-based developer Storm in a Teacup’s Lantern is. In this new title,...
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