PlayStation VR (PSVR) didn’t have a big showing as last year’s PlayStation Experience, with just one game announced during Sony’s press conference. We didn’t even think much of that game, Starblood Arena, at the time, but a fresh look at it today provides reason to be excited. WhiteMoon Dreams, the developer behind this PSVR exclusive,...
Michael Antonov, Chief Software Architect at Oculus, is due to speak at Facebook’s F8 Developer Conference on April 18th about React VR, a framework that builds on Facebook’s React JavaScript library. This web-based framework allows easier creation of VR content that can run on VR headsets from the browser. The F8 developer conference is Facebook’s annual...
The second pack of new DLC content is finally out for Resident Evil 7: Biohazard [Review: 9/10] in the form of the Banned Footage Vol. 2 compilation. The first Banned Footage DLC offered up an excellent replayable Nightmare mode and an escape-the-room style experience called Bedroom, both of which featured VR support. The tougher Ethan...
E3 hype is already in full swing and companies are starting to share bits of information about their appearances at the expo this June, even though GDC still hasn’t even happened yet. Perhaps most notably thus far, Microsoft has moved away from their typical conference showing. Usually, we’d get Microsoft’s conference early on Monday with...
SYREN (2017) is a single-player, survival-horror game that will have you sneaking around corners, hiding under virtual desks, and flailing helplessly as you’re mauled to death by the world’s ghastly “Syrens,” a terrifying amalgamation of human/robot/awfulness. Despite some pretty distracting bugs in the game, it’s safe to say that people with high blood pressure or heart...
NextVR has made significant progress across different leagues when it comes to VR, from broadcasting NCAA football games and tailgating activities to providing highlight packages for the NFL despite their slower adoption of VR and 360-degree live-streaming. The NBA has been a bit more active in their partnership with NextVR, including VR as part of broadcast subscription packages, and putting...
This week on ResearchVR we dig deep into VR locomotion from theoretical, practical and technical perspectives. Daniel Sproll, co-founder at Realities.io, started his virtual reality adventure “before it was cool” – over five years ago. Starting in psychology research using VR at Eyespace Lab, Sproll participated in projects such as Colosse and the Audi VR Showroom...
Oculus’ most recent platform update, 1.11 was designed to improve tracking performance for experimental room-scale tracking setups with two or more Sensors. For some users however, the update seems to have made things worse. Oculus has now acknowledged the lingering issues and promises that the next two updates will aim to address the problem. It...
Lytro have announced another hefty wedge of funding, with a $60 million series D round led by Blue Pool. What’s more, they’ve formed a content partnership Within, and the first 360 degree 3D light field content is now set to arrive in Q2 of this year. There are so many technologies that the advent of...
What’s up jabronis. Welcome to a brand new episode of Project Badass. The pyrotechnics (bug bomb) are set, the speedway (cardboard ramp) is secure and, most importantly, your helmet (forgot) and safety gear (nope) are on. Totally, and completely, badass, courtesy of Always Sunny in Philadelphia. (NSFW content including foul language and a dancing stripper found...
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