Given that Unreal Engine powers dozens of VR games, experiences and toolsets, it’s no surprise that Epic CEO and Founder Tim Sweeney is excited about the future of the medium. But what does he think will be the killer app for VR? “I think social interactions are the thing that everybody’s underestimating,” Sweeney affirms. “The...
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GDC 2017: Sparc is a New Tron-Like VR Sport from CCP Games
Do you remember the disc battle from Tron? Of course you do. Now do you remember Project Arena from CCP Games last year, the Tron-like versus game that resembled Tron’s disc battles? You might not, but that’s okay; now it’s new and improved with a fresh name: Sparc. “After our early experiments with standing VR gameplay, we...
LG to Reveal VR Headset Prototype Based on SteamVR Tracking This Week
Valve has confirmed that LG is developing a VR headset that will utilize SteamVR Tracking and, ostensibly, the OpenVR platform. When Valve set out to build their OpenVR platform, they hoped to design it in such a way that the door was left open for hardware makers other than HTC (who makes the Vive) to...
GDC 2017: Genvid Unveils Interactive VR Streaming
The VR revolution is taking place just a little behind another major leap for the games industry; streaming. Mixing the two together is a logical step, but Genvid Technologies is going one further. At the 2017 Game Developers Conference this week the company will showcase interactive streaming of a game inside the HTC Vive. Monster...
GDC 2017: FOVE and AMD Take Aim At Improving VR Rendering
Visuals and the rendering of them is one of a few significant obstacles when it comes to the future of VR headsets. Mobile headsets are handicapped largely due to the dependence on the capabilities of the smartphones being used, as noted by the NFL’s media director in a previous report. The more major headsets have...
HTC “Very Proud” Of Vive Sales Congratulates Sony On PSVR Sales
Sony became the first of the three high-end VR headset makers to reveal official sales stats this weekend when it announced PlayStation VR (PSVR) had sold 915,000 units. How does Vive headset maker HTC take that news? “I think it’s a very healthy sign,” Alvin Graylin, President of Vive in China told UploadVR at the...
Valve Talks ‘OpenXR’, the Newly Revealed Branding for Khronos Group’s Industry-backed VR Standard
Valve’s Joe Ludwig talks about the latest updates on the Khronos Group’s VR standardization process that is now being called “OpenXR.” Ludwig says that OpenXR is still primarily creating an open and royalty-free open standard for virtual reality, but that they wanted to plan for the future and eventually accommodate augmented reality as well. In...
I Kicked A Dinosaur in The Face Using Vive’s Full Body Tracking
The scale for awesome things you can do in VR keeps increasing. First, I could see a dinosaur as if it were really there as it walked towards me, perhaps sniffing right in front of me as he pondered a potential meal. Then I could punch dinosaurs with position-tracked controls, realistically defending myself should they...
GDC 2017: Vive Tracker And Deluxe Audio Strap Cost $100 Each (Updated)
Update: HTC has confirmed to UploadVR that $99.99 is the final price for the consumer version of the Tracker as well as the developer units. The device will roll out to consumers later this year. Original story: Last month HTC announced two big products for the HTC Vive in an add-on Tracker and optional integrated...
HTC Congratulates Sony On PSVR Sales, “Very Proud” Of Vive Sales
Sony became the first of the three high-end VR headset makers to reveal official sales stats this weekend when it announced PlayStation VR (PSVR) had sold 915,000 units. How does Vive headset maker HTC take that news? “I think it’s a very healthy sign,” Alvin Graylin, President of Vive in China told UploadVR at the...