Since it was first available, the HTC Vive room-scale VR system has been priced at $800. For comparison, the Oculus Rift and its Touch controllers will hit that same price when they start shipping in December. You might even need to add $80 to get a third camera that is said to offer full room-scale...
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‘Oculus Medium’ Review
As the launch of Oculus Touch nears, the company is lifting embargos on a number of Touch titles, including the hotly anticipated Oculus Medium. Oculus Medium is a digital sculpting tool which leverages Touch’s high quality motion tracking to allow free-form creation that focuses on manipulation of mass, rather than the production of brush strokes...
‘VR Sports Challenge’ Review: More Than Just The ‘Wii Sports’ of VR
The best selling video game of all time is Wii Sports. This title came bundled with the Nintendo Wii console from which it derives its name, and to date has sold over 82 million copies, by virtue of its bundled nature. Wii Sports served as an instantly playable demonstration of what the Wii’s motion controls were capable...
‘The Unspoken’ Review: An Addicting Urban Magic Fight Club
The first rule of fight club is do not talk talk about fight club. The first rule of urban, underground, magic fight club is always make sure your fireball is fully charged before throwing it. Welcome to The Unspoken. At the core of The Unspoken is a central question: What if magic was real? What if the...
‘Medium’ Review: Digital Art at Your Fingertips With Oculus Touch
There is a child-like wonder in creating something out of nothing. Where there was empty air is now a kitty cat. It may be lumpy, with a mouth that looks like a bubble, but you made it. And that is the joy of crafting art, delighting in the creation itself. That joy finally comes to...
‘The Assembly’ Brings Your Hands Into The Game With Motion Controller Support
When we originally reviewed The Assembly, it felt like a game that was too little too late. It came out several months after the consumer launch of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive with little reason to play it over other similar titles such as Technolust, which launched with the Rift, or The Gallery, which...
Watch: BlazeRush Takes on Rocket League in VR With Free ‘BlazeBowl’ Add-On
BlazeRush, the 3rd person VR vehicle combat racer, has been a big hit with VR gamers for some time and now developers Targem Games want to take add a new, distinctly Rocket League dimension to the title with their latest add-on BlazeBowl. There were lots of preconceptions about virtual reality gaming around the dawn of the...
HTC Vive Is $700 From Black Friday Through Cyber Monday
Since it was first available, the HTC Vive room-scale VR system has been priced at $800. For comparison, the Oculus Rift and its Touch controllers will hit that same price when they start shipping in December. You might even need to add $80 to get a third camera that is said to offer full room-scale...
Livestream Recap: Expert ‘Tilt Brush’ Techniques, ‘Google Earth’ and PS VR Launch
Every week, we go Live at Five on Facebook and Persicope to show you all the latest and greatest VR experiences that we can get our hands on. Every show is shot using a green screen and an HTC Vive in the mixed reality mode to give you the best angles to watch. This week, we...
MekaMon Will Turn Your Living Room Into A Robot Battleground
Your living room is the next battleground. Reach Robotics is launching its MekaMon augmented reality gaming robots today. The Bristol, United Kingdom-based company has created app-driven robots that can battle in both the physical and digital worlds. It’s one more marriage of digital and physical games that bring toys to life. MekaMon comes from a...