The creators of the well-regarded Apollo 11 VR Experience are once again revving up to make history a cinematic event. The first experience from Immersive VR Education took you to the moon aboard Apollo 11. Now the startup is taking you from the highest of heights to the depths of the sea with its new project: Titanic VR. If you...
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You Can Watch The Super Bowl’s Biggest Plays In VR With LiveLike’s Private Suite
Previously, the NFL’s Media Director William Deng spoke on the league’s virtual and 360-degree ambitions and apprehensions. Although the organization doesn’t think the visual resolution of headsets is high enough for live streaming and directing viewer’s attention is hard enough, Deng and company still believe in the platforms and thinks that any growth in use on...
‘DEXED’ Review: Ninja Theory Tests Your Two-Handed Dexterity
Ninja Theory is a well-known AAA game development studio responsible for marquee games like DmC: Devil May Cry, as well as cult classics such as Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and Heavenly Sword. With their big, forthcoming follow-up to Heavenly Sword on the horizon, simply known as Hellblade, Ninja Theory have also released their first...
Into The Black: A Stunning Look At The Infamous 1988 Yellowstone Wildfire
A couple of film students are making one of the more visually striking and thought-provoking VR games out there. The UK’s National Film And Television School (NFTS) is taking a shot at this new technology by letting a couple of Masters students tell the tragic story of Yellowstone National Park’s 1988 disastrous wildfires like never...
OpenVR SDK Adds ‘Initial’ Support For OSX, DX12
Valve promised OpenVR support for Mac users in late 2016. Now in early 2017, the company is taking the first steps towards that promise. The SteamVR creator today launched v1.0.6 of its OpenVR SDK on GitHub, allowing applications to work across a range of VR headsets. A tweet from the OpenVR account noted that the...
Update: Oculus Touch Tracking Improvements ‘Taking A Little Longer’ Than Expected
Update: Earlier today Nate Mitchell took to Reddit to explain that the anticipated January update was “taking a little longer” than Oculus had expected. “We’re working to get it out to everyone as soon as possible. Appreciate everyone’s patience,” he said. “And yes, this means there’s very likely two updates in February.” Original Story: There’s...
Vive Tracker Capabilities Detailed in Developer Documentation
Ahead of the Vive Tracker’s consumer launch later this year, HTC plans to send 1,000 units to developers to kickstart an ecosystem of accessories and content which can make use of the device. New developer documentation details the ins and outs of the Tracker. Developers and accessory-makers looking to make use of the Vive Tracker...
‘SUPERHYPERCUBE’ Teases Vive Support, But Developer Protest Could Keep it From Rift
SUPERHYPERCUBE, a spatial reasoning puzzle game for PSVR looks to be soon headed to the Vive through SteamVR. And while SteamVR normally supports the Rift, a developer protest could exclude the headset. SuperHyperCube is most succinctly described as a ‘Tetris (1984) for VR’. But that alone would betray the game’s unique take on depth-based geometric gameplay—that...
NASA and Caltech Alums Raise $3 Million to Create The Microsoft Excel of VR
Virtual reality can do a lot of things. It can make gaming incredible, communications immersive and education fun. Now, VR is conquering one more territory, big data, thanks to a new startup from a group of founders that include alums from NASA and the prestigious California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The company is called Virtualitics and it...
The Unspoken: New Map, New Summon and New Artifact Coming Tomorrow
The Unspoken is one of the best multiplayer virtual reality gaming experiences you can have today. This modern day wizard brawler takes place in Chicago and pits your sorcery skills against other crafty spellcasters to decide who the best archmage really is. The game released alongside Oculus Touch late last year but its developer, Insomniac...
