Skydance Interactive announced that gaming industry veteran Chris Busse is taking up the position of acting president. He replaces Chris Hewish, who is now president of Xsolla. Skydance focuses on VR games. Its last title, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, was the most successful VR game in the PlayStation Store in May. The studio is a...
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Snap’s Lens Studio Now Supports Custom ML-powered Snapchat Lenses
Over the past few years, Snapchat’s growing collection of Lenses have been some of the best examples of smartphone-powered augmented reality, enabling users to effortlessly add facial modifications, environmental effects, and location-specific filters to their photos. Now parent company Snap is enabling creators to use self-provided machine learning models in Lenses, and hoping the initiative will inspire partnerships between...
Watch: Richie’s Plank Experience Delivers Heightened Thrills With Quest Hand Tracking
Richie’s Plank Experience is known for being a VR title that gets people equally immersed and terrified. But now, with beta support for Oculus Quest hand tracking, it just got a whole lot more immersive. You’ve all seen a video of someone getting a bit too immersed in Richie’s Plank Experience, usually resulting in a minor...
See Early Development Footage Of Wraith: The Oblivion – Afterlife At The Upload VR Showcase
Well, the surprise may have gone live a little earlier than intended, but we still have some new goodness to share on Wraith: The Oblivion – Afterlife. Fast Travel Games will debut exclusive early development footage of its next title at the Showcase on June 16th (starting 9am PT). We have to stress this will...
Action Thriller Movie The Ascent To Host Premiere In VR With AltspaceVR
In light of the ongoing global pandemic, an upcoming action thriller movie, ‘The Ascent’, will host its premiere entirely in VR using Altspace. The premiere is thought to be the first to take place entirely in VR and will be part of an AltspaceVR event called “The VR Film Festival”. There will also be a...
The VR Download: PlayStation 5 Reveal Discussion
We apologize for the breathing noise audible in this special. As always, episodes are available for listening on Apple, Google, Spotify, TuneIn/Alexa, Stitcher, and more within a couple of hours of airing. The post The VR Download: PlayStation 5 Reveal Discussion appeared first on UploadVR. Source: The VR Download: PlayStation 5 Reveal Discussion
Don’t Worry, Sony Just Reconfirmed PSVR ‘Is Compatible With PS5’
Despite the fact that the PlayStation 5 reveal event didn’t include a single mention of PSVR or the upcoming successor VR headset, don’t worry too much. Sony Interactive Entertainment’s president and CEO Jim Ryan reconfirmed in an interview published today on CNET that the PSVR “is compatible with PS5” thankfully. The full quote reads: “All...
5 PS5 Games We Hope Get PSVR Support
Yesterday’s PS5 reveal went down a treat with most gamers, but there wasn’t much to say on the PSVR front. This was to be expected, of course; Sony wants to market its console for launch and talking about additional hardware at this stage complicates that. We were waiting with bated breath for a mention of...
OhShape And Synth Riders Team Up For Discount And New Map
A bundle on Oculus Quest drops the cost to get both OhShape and Synth Riders down to $27.99 as the developers behind the games team up to launch the same new song. The new track is called Delight by Jamie Berry and is available now in both rhythm VR games. In case you’re unfamiliar, OhShape...
See The Latest From Lonn At The Upload VR Showcase: Summer Edition
More stylish cyberpunk action arrives next week at the Upload VR Showcase: Summer Edition. We’ll have a brand new trailer for Lonn at this year’s show, which kicks off at 9am PT on June 16th. SixSense Studios has been working hard to deliver all-new footage of the anticipated cyberpunk action game that you won’t want...
