At the D.I.C.E. 2017 Summit, developers, press, and entertainment industry veterans gathered from around the world this week to discuss cutting edge technology and design principles. One of the most applicable discussions thus far for our audience took place today as Geoff Keighley hosted a live interview session with both Tanya Watson and Justin Roiland...
This week on ResearchVR we dig deep into VR for sustainable development – meaning we are using virtual reality to help in solving global warming and consequences of the modern world’s rapid development. Carina Mentrup is a winner of Hackvention 2016 Best Prototype Award. She is currently doing the masters in English and geography. For...
Onward rocks. The, military-sim, multiplayer shooter won our award for Best VR Shooter at the end of last year and was in the running for best overall game as well. Onward pits two teams of up to four players against one another on one of seven maps. Teams have to use intelligent communication, informed strategy...
We need to have better understanding of why short VR experiences are going to thrive, even if a little price adjusting needs to take place. You see, it’s all about expectations, and the ones we carry as media lovers. As gamers, a lot of the time we equate length with value. Just look at past...
As evident by the decision to begin selling SteamVR Tracking base stations directly later this year, Valve aims to continue driving development of the technology. A look at the latest engineering sample of the next-generation base station model shows a new design approach that simplifies the device down to a single rotor and enhances tracking....
We know, we know, you’re sick of wave shooters. Who isn’t? Well you might want to take a look at Vindicta, then. Yes, it’s got guns, and plenty of enemies to use them against, but they’re not coming at you in waves, and you’re certainly not rooted to the spot; Vindicta wants to bring a...
At some point during my hands-on multiplayer demo of Magic Table Chess, the first VR release from newly-formed development studio Experiment 7, I completely forgot I was wearing a VR headset. The cutesy avatar across from me was no longer a floating head, it was my opponent. The voices pouring in from the Skype call...
In the most recent edition of our list of new releases for HTC Vive, we highlighted an Early Access sandbox experience that pushed you to create your own virtual living space from the decorations to the furniture. VR Home is an intriguing and visually impressive interactive experience that looks to have quite a great deal...
Haptic feedback is essential in bringing player’s hands into VR worlds. Without it, our virtual fingers are little more than ghosts floating through items and surfaces. Touch technology company Immersion wants to bring that work to the next level. The company is today announcing TouchSense Force, a combination of development software and hardware that it...
From weekly news shows to mini-documentaries, 360-degree video continues to grow as a medium for storytelling. Creatives, journalists, and more are taking to the platform and giving audiences a perspective that not only shows off more angles of a story than previously allowed, but draws the audience in like no other platform could. While many new...
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