Seven months after its initial Steam debut and Survios’ Raw Data remains one of our favorite co-op action games on the HTC Vive, even while its still in Early Access. And pretty soon, it will be on the Oculus Rift too with official Oculus Home and Touch integration. Raw Data is one of the few...
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‘DiRT Rally’ PSVR Support is Here, Limited-time Bundle is the Best Value on Any Platform
Having launched initially with VR on the Oculus Rift in 2016, new DiRT Rally DLC adds PSVR support to the acclaimed racing game. The $13 DLC also brings a new ‘Co-Driver Mode’ that lets one player act as the navigator. A $43 Dirt Rally bundle for PS4 includes the base game, three mini DLC packs and the...
Ultrawings Game Review: Flying the Empty Skies
I never really thought much about getting my pilot license. A fear of heights and a natural instinct for keeping myself alive combined to keep my feet firmly on the ground. This past week however, as I soared high above the ocean in a lightweight, single engine aircraft, I couldn’t help thinking: I could get used to...
Google’s Tilt Brush Officially Comes to Rift on Oculus Home
Google’s popular virtual reality art program Tilt Brush is launching for the Oculus Rift headset with Oculus Touch controllers. The experience can be purchased today in Oculus Home for $29.99. Tilt Brush, which lets users create and share three dimensional works of art in real time using a VR headset and tracked hand controllers, has...
Now on Rift, ‘Tilt Brush’ is the First Google App on Facebook’s VR Platform
After a long and somewhat awkward period of Google keeping all of their VR apps from Facebook’s VR platforms on desktop (with Rift) and mobile (with Gear VR), Tilt Brush is the first VR olive branch extended across the platform gap between these two major tech competitors. When the acclaimed Tilt Brush ‘VR paint’ app launched alongside...
Landfall Review – Twin Stick Shooter Meets Tactical Multiplayer
When I was a young child my friends and I used to orchestrate elaborate games of Lego-crafted warfare. We hadn’t heard of Warhammer 40,000 or we likely would have been addicted, so what we did instead is create elaborate bases from Lego bricks at opposite ends of my room. We would then craft vehicles and transport...
Man Loses More Than 50 Pounds Playing A VR Game
“I was unhealthy. At my worst I was over 300 pounds. It came to the point where my doctor finally said you need to get the heck in shape. I was at that lowest low point where he was basically saying you need to do something or you’re gonna die.” This was the situation that Job Stauffer found himself...
Report: New Gear VR Planned For Galaxy S8, Comes With Single Hand Controller (Update)
Update: Since we posted this story, an FCC listing for a new Gear VR controller has been uncovered, adding fuel to the fire. The filing’s Test Report clearly labels the device as a ‘Gear VR Controller’ though no other information about the device is revealed. Combined with yesterday’s report, it certainly seems likely that the...
Branded VR: Ads So Good You Won’t Look Away
Virtual Reality represents the biggest brand building opportunity in the history of marketing. Brands have long formed symbiotic relationships with emerging media technologies like print, radio, TV and social. Together, they bring the ‘new’ to the mainstream and help each other through the awkward early days. VR will soon combine the emotional impact of a local...
AirMech Command is Getting Touch And Vive Support ‘Very Soon’
Remember AirMech Command? It was one of our favorite launch titles for the Oculus Rift last year, showing what VR could do for the real-time strategy (RTS) genre beloved by many a PC gamer, and it’s coming back soon in a big way. Carbon Studios, the team behind the game, this week released the below...