There are plenty of awards ceremonies for gaming, but few are as respected and prestigious as the annual DICE Awards, tied into the developer conference in Las Vegas. This year’s event featured the first VR and AR games to be recognized. While console and PC juggernauts like Blizzard’s Overwatch walked away with most of the...
In many works of science fiction, from books to film, you’d be hard-pressed to not come across some sort of augmented reality. From glasses and goggles to cell phones and viewing screens, writers and filmmakers regularly lean on AR to express a futuristic aesthetic. In the real world, engineers have tried to recreate those futuristic...
Earlier this week we wrote about how HTC Viveport’s upcoming subscription service could push acceptance of shorter VR experiences. Now it appears that service is prepping for launch. Variety is reporting that VR developers can now submit their applications to feature as part of the service, which will launch within the coming weeks. Viveport President...
Everyone in the VR industry can envision a world in the next 10 years that’s radically changed by virtual reality. From healthcare, education, social, training, cinema, gaming, and more, VR has a lot of Killer Use-cases. But it seems most of the industry is in agreement that the Killer App—a single, platform-defining piece of software...
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation—which runs theme park properties across the americas—and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. recently launched a renewed collaboration on new rides at two Six Flags theme parks which place users on real roller coasters while using a VR headset to add virtual visuals. ‘Galactic Attack’, which improves on the existing ‘New Revolution’ VR...
Following a prominent lawsuit between ZeniMax and Facebook/Oculus which resulted in a $500 million award to ZeniMax, the company is now seeking an injunction to prevent Oculus from continuing to use code that was found by the jury to infringe upon ZeniMax’s copyright. According to a report by Reuters, ZeniMax filed papers on Thursday, at...
ZeniMax filed for a proposed judgment in its $500 million case against Oculus, including a suggestion that: Oculus, its parents, subsidiaries…are permanently enjoined from possessing, publishing, disclosing, or utilizing in any form or for any purpose any of ZeniMax’s copyrighted materials…found to have been infringed by the jury in its verdict, specifically DOOM 3: BFG...
Superhot [Review: 9/10] is easily one of the best Oculus Touch titles available today. The beautiful art direction, ingenious gameplay mechanic of time only moving when you do, and creative puzzle environments all add up to one of the most memorable and enjoyable adaptations for VR we’ve seen thus far. Naturally, when the Make it...
The VR ecosystem is flush with experiences that can completely shatter our perceptions, bringing us into incredibly realistic or fantastic worlds and giving us devastating weapons or abilities. Other more quaint experiences can project a sense of comfort so solid, we can forget that we’re even wearing a VR headset altogether like one of our...
I’m scared of roller coasters. Not heights, not speed, not intricate examples of mechanical engineering: roller coasters. I am specifically, and dreadfully, terrified or riding roller coasters. This is the story of me riding a roller coaster. Gulp. Last week, my wife and I were invited by the folks over at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo...
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