Oculus in a blog post has announced that Quill, their VR illustration software used for Dear Angelica, is going to launch as a free beta with the launch of their Touch controllers next month. This adds yet another free application to the lineup Oculus has prepared. Among those, there is also Oculus Medium, which, rather than...
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‘EVE: Valkyrie’ Now on HTC Vive, Joins Rift and PSVR Players
EVE: Valkyrie has now launched on the HTC Vive, completing its full roll-out on the three major VR headsets, allowing cross-platform dogfighting. Update (11/18/2016): EVE: Valkyrie has now launched on the HTC Vive. The original article, published before the launch, stated that the game would launch this month. That article continues below. Initially bundled with the...
New HTC Vive Releases For The Week Of 11/13/16
This week marks the arrival of one of the pivotal VR gaming experiences, EVE: Valkyrie, on HTC Vive. Valkyrie is an immersive, visual feast with intense combat that you shouldn’t miss out on, despite the high price tag. We have a couple soccer games that mix up the formula a bit as well with Header...
Conan Visits YouTube’s Mixed Reality VR Lab
Late night talk show host Conan O’Brien visits YouTube Space New York to check out their mixed reality VR lab. Although he can’t avoid the low hanging fruit of VR porn jokes (NSFW), he does seem to have a good time. Conan gets a tour of the HTC Vive filmed with a mixed reality setup. He...
Stereo Labs Unveils ‘Linq’ – A Mixed Reality Headset For The Living Room
Most high-end virtual reality headsets today use what’s called outside-in positional tracking. This means that they require some sort of outside camera, sensor or other location sensing aid in order to determine their location in 3D space. This system makes the headset dependent on static hardware, however, and so top engineers at Oculus, HTC and...
Google Responds to ‘Earth VR’s’ Absence on Oculus Rift
Yesterday, Google shook up the virtual reality scene by both announcing and releasing a brand new immersive experience: Google Earth VR. The response from enthusiasts was instantaneous and joyful. Earth VR is powerful, beautiful and provides the freedom of exploration that so many desire within VR. However, soon after the news broke it quickly became clear...
PS VR Exclusive RIGS Adds New Mech and Customization Options In Winter Update
RIGS Mechanized Combat League, one of the major launch titles for PlayStation VR, is a combat sports game where you take control of a mech in an open arena with a collection of different modes including the American football-like Endzone and RIGS’ version of the classic deathmatch, Team Takedown. There are many solid experiences to...
Why Have 2 Arms When You Could Have 3? Stanford Studies Control Schemes for Three-armed Avatars in VR
Researchers at Stanford think that having a third arm in VR could make you a more efficient (virtual) human. So they’ve set out to learn what they can about the most effective means of controlling an extra limb in VR. Thanks to high quality VR motion controllers, are beginning to reach into the digital world...
‘Expanses’ Looks Like A Beautiful And Captivating VR Adventure
Visual fidelity can go a long way in VR experiences. In a non-VR game, you lose a lot of the impact simply by virtue of the game taking place on a limited, flat, screen that’s disconnected from the world it’s displaying, but in VR, it surrounds you. You can really get up close and appreciate...
Edward Snowden Envisions A ‘Beneficial’ But Potentially ‘Dark’ AR Future
Edward Snowden is the infamous former CIA computer professional that leaked classified NSA information in 2013. His leaked reports about global surveillance inspired a great deal of conversation that continues to this day. Snowden has asylum in Russia currently, but many publications and companies speak with him to get opinions on different things. It’s no...