Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed series roots its fiction deep in virtual reality within the game world, but could we soon see a new entry in the franchise for today’s real-life headsets? Judging by a recent post on design website Dribbble, the company could at least be working on something tied to the series internally. UI and...
We have yet to see a solution for full body tracking that is affordable, easy to use, and can work in a wide range of VR experiences. That’s not keeping developers from forging ahead anyway though. The prize for developers creating virtual worlds and implementing full body tracking is a more immersive experience overall. You’d have...
Koei Tecmo, the Japan-based publisher that brought you Dynasty Warriors, Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden series, have today unveiled a VR arcade cabinet that is more than just an enclosure for a PlayStation VR headset. Called VR Sense, the cabinet is said to embody a few technologies including a motion-simulating seat, a scent function, a wind function, a thermal function,...
HTC recently released a document (PDF) detailing how its upcoming Tracker is supposed to function. The small puck-sized unit is meant to be attached to a range of objects and accessories, bringing physical guns, baseball bats, phones, cameras and much more into virtual reality with you. The Tracker holds enormous promise for extending 1:1 physical...
The original Psychonauts is the definition of a cult-classic. Tim Schafer spent over a decade at LucasArts making comedic adventure games like Grim Fandango, Day of the Tentacle, and The Secret of Monkey Island. Eventually, he left LucasArts to found his own game studio, Double Fine Productions, and their first game was a third-person platforming adventure...
Augmented reality is conceptually so broad, there’s almost no limit to what you could imagine doing with the technology. But rather than throwing out the playbook entirely, we’ll to our grand visions through useful incremental steps that begin with integration into existing content built around today’s paradigms. A concept video using HoloLens and Final Fantasy XIV, shows...
Superman IV: The Quest For Peace was an infamously troubled movie. After the success of the first two entries, the third film in the series was not met well by critics and 1984’s Supergirl subsequently bombed. The rights to the series traded hands and the fourth film found itself with budget constraints that made for...
Today, Harmonix is announcing the official release date for the latest entry in its popular Rock Band series of video games. Rock Band VR, the first immersive entry for the long-running series, will release for the Oculus Rift on March 23, 2017. In addition to the full release date, Harmonix is also announcing that pre-orders...
Koei Tecmo, the Japan-based publisher that brought you Dynasty Warriors, Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden series, have today unveiled a VR arcade cabinet that is more than just an enclosure for a PlayStation VR headset. Called VR Sense, the cabinet is said to embody a few technologies including a motion-simulating seat, a scent function, a wind function, a thermal function,...
The Rift-exclusive Rock Band VR is due to launch on March 23rd, with a game + guitar bundle priced at $70. The game takes a wildly different approach to musical gameplay than its predecessors, but also has a classic mode that fans will instantly recognize. Announced way back in December, 2015, the much anticipated Rock Band...
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