Oculus Touch officially releases to the world this December 6th, 2016, and will bring with it up to 50 titles from day one with support for the controllers on Oculus Home. Of course, if you include unofficial and patched-in support from games on Steam that were previously Vive exclusives, that number probably goes much higher. One of...
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Get A Taste of the ‘Timeless’ TV Show’s Space Race Episode In 360 Video
Timeless is a television series depicting a high-energy adventure across different eras. In the show, a criminal steals a time machine with intent to manipulate the world’s past in order to destroy current-day America and a team is put together to track him down and attempt to stay one step ahead of him without influencing...
New Line of Removable PS VR Skins Lets You Customize The Future
The PlayStation VR is a sexy piece of machinery. Of all the VR headsets on the market today it has what could be the most interesting design. The halo strap system, the sliding visor and the wreath of glowing futuristic lights all add up to make this system the one most likely to win the...
Time Is Running Out To Pre-Order Oculus Touch And Get Two Great Games For Free
Oculus Touch launches on Dec. 6, just one week away. The long-awaited peripheral is being ravenously anticipated by current Oculus Rift owners. The company has further stoked their appetites by creating a virtually unprecedented list of free launch titles. Five titles will be free to those that purchase Oculus Touch, but two of those games have a...
‘The Unspoken’ Meets Esports: How Insomniac Is Combining Immersion With Competition
The main selling point for any game that aims to be successful in the growing and profitable eSports scene is its competitive nature. Can people play this game, over and over, for hours, days, weeks, and months on end — at the exclusion of all other games — and continue to improve and discover new...
Next-gen Lighthouse Base Station Could Bring “rapid cost reductions”
Valve is continuing to improve upon the design of the ‘Lighthouse’ Base Stations, the laser-beacons that form a crucial part of the SteamVR Tracking system. Future iterations are expected to become dramatically simplified, reducing size, noise, and perhaps most importantly, cost. VR is awesome, but it’s still expensive. Until costs come down significantly, the sort...
Stellar Tour ‘Titans of Space 2’ Gets Oculus Touch Update, Comfort Improvements
Titans of Space 2 is a guided tour of the solar system and stars, and the most recent update for the software arriving today on Oculus and Steam should make the experience more comfortable for a larger group of people. The update also formally adds Oculus Touch controls, bringing parity with the Vive version of...
‘Giant Cop: Justice Above All’ On Rift, Vive, And PS VR Officially Delayed To 2017
As more and more developers start to engage in creating content for the virtual reality gaming industry, delays are an inevitability. Platforms change or are added onto a project, scope is adjusted, budgets alter, and teams both grow and shrink — all of these factors can lead to a game getting delayed and pushed out...
Ubisoft’s VR Titles Are All Getting Online, Cross-Platform Multiplayer Support
In a blog post today, Ubisoft (Assassins Creed, Watch Dogs) announced that it will be bringing cross-platform multiplayer functionality to its growing list of virtual reality games. Last week I wrote a story asking does VR gaming have a multiplayer problem? One of the examples I used in that story was Eagle Flight [Review: 7.5/10]...
Global News Network RT Shares First 360-Video Recorded in Space
360-degree videos have continued to elevate in quality and ambition since inception from light experiments to full on news broadcasts across the globe, so where do they go now? Further up, of course, so far up they exit our atmosphere. For the first time ever, Russian global news network RT has recorded a 360-degree video...