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As promised, today we got a bit more information about another new VR experience coming to a galaxy far, far away: Star Wars: Tales From The Galaxy’s Edge. Details come by way of Entertainment Weekly, which got an early look at the project. We already knew a few things about Tales From The Galaxy’s Edge,...
Facebook’s Director of Display Systems Research Douglas Lanman revealed the Half-Dome 3 prototype shown late last year is further along the development cycle than some other research projects. “It’s something that is not quite a publication. It’s beyond that. And this thing is more like level five. It’s almost ready for primetime“ Stated at an SPIE talk given earlier in the year, Lanman was referencing NASA’s Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs), adapted for tech products: Lanman works at Facebook...
Fast-paced paintball-inspired arena shooter, Snapshot VR from Giant Scam Industries, is out in Early Access now for all major PC VR headsets on Viveport for $19.99 or in the Viveport Infinity subscription plan. It’s also coming to Steam on September 1st. Last month we revealed the game by highlighting its focus on emulated the paintball...
BoxVR is getting a major overhaul on Oculus Quest this week, even branding the title with a new name, FitXR. Since its release on other headsets a few years back, BoxVR has provided a fun means of working out in VR, getting players to punch notes to the beat. That core gameplay remains in this...
You can go fishing with friends on Oculus Quest with the new “Together Edition” multiplayer update to Real VR Fishing. A beta test for multiplayer with up to four total players together is now live in the fishing game which originally launched last year with impressive water effects and stunning environments. The update is expected...
Promising new VR haptics research may eventually lead to thinner, consumer-ready glove controllers. The research, carried out by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) uses ‘soft active surfaces’ filled with oil to create a sense of touch when picking up objects and interacting with items in VR. Check it out in the video...
Community Download is a weekly discussion-focused articles series published (usually) every Monday in which we pose a single, core question to you all, our readers, in the spirit of fostering discussion and debate. For today’s Community Download, we want to know what you want to see in the next Oculus Quest? The cat’s out of the bag,...
An enterprising Oculus Quest developer found a “Guardian Couch” digging around inside the Oculus Quest system software. While not exactly revealing on its own, the latest Oculus Quest system software includes object detection during setup of your VR play area. Facebook calls its VR barrier system “Guardian” and the system lets players define a safe...
Cloudhead Games is moving the launch date for Pistol Whip on PSVR to this Thursday, July 30. That’s two days after originally intended. The move should give reviewers (UploadVR included) more time to fully assess the game’s port to PlayStation VR. We’ll have our fresh review of the PSVR version of the game for you...
Oculus Browser has rolled out support for experimental hand-tracking API support with WebXR, and some demos are already available to try out. In a tweet last week, Oculus Browser Product Manager Jacob Rossi announced that WebXR in Oculus Browser now supports the hand tracking API for Oculus Quest. This allows developers to create WebXR experiences...
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