Rec Room plans to pay out more than $1 million to creators in 2021 and “it could end up being several times that,” according to a company representative. Rec Room’s “Creator Compensation Program” allows players meeting certain requirements to cash out their in-game tokens for real world cash. Requirements include being 18 years of age...
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Wraith: The Oblivion – Afterlife Is Our Upload Access Game Of The Month!
Wait, do you hear that? Is that a Spectre creeping up from behind? Or is it the floorboards of Barclay Mansion creaking on their own? Nope, it’s just Wraith: The Oblivion – Afterlife, touching down for the first ever month of Upload Access! Yep, Fast Travel Game’s latest is the first title to feature in...
Layers Of Fear Listed As ‘Coming Soon’ On PlayStation Store For PSVR
A store listing on PlayStation 5 consoles indicates the Layers of Fear is coming soon to PSVR. The listing, pictured below in a screenshot captured by UploadVR, can only been seen on the PlayStation Store when using a PS5 console and doesn’t seem to appear elsewhere, including on the desktop version of the store available...
Co-Op Shooter After The Fall Releases This Summer With PC VR And PSVR Crossplay
Today Vertigo Games revealed its upcoming co-op survival looter shooter, After the Fall, is coming to PC VR and PSVR this summer with crossplay. We first learned about After the Fall nearly two years ago when we got the chance to go hands-on at E3 2019. Back then, we described it as a “familiar FPS”...
Oculus Quest 2 Is Now The Most-Used VR Headset On Steam
Nearly 5 months after launch, Facebook’s Oculus Quest 2 is the most used VR headset on Steam. That is according to the February 2021 results for the Steam Hardware Survey. Valve finally started counting Quest 2 headsets in its own category at the beginning of January. Quest 2 jumped from 17.40% of total VR usage...
Carmack: ‘Only A Few’ Existing Quest Games To Support 120Hz,
John Carmack has commented on the upcoming higher 120Hz refresh rate on Oculus Quest 2, stating that only a few existing games will offer support. A few weeks ago in an Instagram AMA, Facebook’s Vice President of Augmented and Virtual Reality, Andrew Bosworth, teased the potential of a future software update for Oculus Quest 2...
Watch: Pokemon Go HoloLens Demo Uses Microsoft Mesh For Multiplayer Battles
Microsoft and Niantic demonstrated a Pokemon Go HoloLens demo at Microsoft Ignite today. Alex Kipman, Technical Fellow for HoloLens, was joined virtually on-stage by Niantic CEO John Hanke who hinted at a multiplayer battle alongside product marketing manager Veronica Saron. The video featured a number of different Pokemon hanging out in the real world in...
Microsoft Mesh Brings Incredible AR Multiplayer To HoloLens
With Microsoft Mesh, HoloLens finally goes fully online. If you have any experience in VRChat, Spatial, Rec Room, AltspaceVR or other social and collaborative VR platforms, the core of Microsoft Mesh might not seem immediately exciting to you. VR has enjoyed multi-user collaboration, socializing and gaming for years now, what exactly makes it so much...
Google Adding Stereo Depth Support for Dual Cameras to ARCore Starting with Pixel 4 & 4XL
In response to Apple’s implementation of LiDAR sensors in iPad Pro and iPhone 12 Pro models, Google is looking to leverage the dual-camera setups in recent flagship devices as depth-sensing components. In recent updates to Google’s ARCore, as well as the app that installs the AR toolkit on compatible Android devices, the company quietly added...
Farpoint Developer’s Next VR Game Is Coming This Year
In a blog post on developer Impulse Gear’s website, the studio confirmed their next game they’ve been working on is in fact a VR game and it will be arriving this year, with a full reveal and announcement coming “soon.” We first got confirmation that an announcement was coming late last year in a Holiday-themed...