Game development is and will always be a tough process, no doubt. With VR being in early stages of growth, ideas are being floated around and risks are being taken as people try to bring their ideas to life. Indie development already has its risks, but attempting to find a foothold in a VR market...
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Dell’s VR Future Includes ‘Premium’ Windows Headset And Standalone Device
Dell has a wired Windows Holographic VR headset on the way this year, but its future holds a standalone device too. That’s what Liam Quinn, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President at the company told me during CES last week. Quinn said that the company is doing a lot of internal work right now...
Check Out Sony’s Official Headset Stand For PlayStation VR
VR headsets are tricky things to store seeing as they’re only designed to sit on your head, but Sony now has its own solution for how you can maintain your PlayStation VR unit. The company made surprisingly little song and dance about its official headset stand for the device, made in partnership with UK-based gaming...
VR Horror Veteran ‘Dreadhalls’ Gets Touch Support, Vive Version Coming
Even after all this time, we still think White Door Games’ Dreadhalls is one of VR’s scariest games. Mechanically, though, it was starting to look a little dated. Dreadhalls is one of the Gear VR and Oculus Rift’s pioneering horror games, having first launched on the former mobile headset all the way back in the...
‘Drunk or Dead’ Is A VR Zombie Wave Shooter With A Twist Of Tequila
If you’re like me and the majority of the VR gaming public, then you’re probably tired of wave shooters. For the most part, they all feel the same and you can see everything that they have to offer in about an hour or less. Unless you’re ultra competitive or love to replay things just to...
Baobab’s ‘Invasion’ Has Reportedly Been Downloaded ‘Well Over 1 Million’ Times
Baobab’s adorable virtual reality animated short Invasion has reportedly been downloaded over 1 million times according to co-founder Maureen Fan. Fan was most recently the vice president of games at Zynga before starting Baobab with Madagascar and Antz director Eric Darnell. UploadVR had the chance to speak with Fan on the show floor of CES...
Oculus Calls Zenimax Lawsuit ‘Wasteful’ They Did Not Have ‘Vision, Expertise, Or Patience’ To Build The Rift
Yesterday we announced that the ZeniMax Media v. Oculus VR trial had officially begun in Dallas, TX. For those unaware, the court case is regarding the fact that ZeniMax claims that the Rift was created with the use of stolen technology from ZeniMax employees, such as John Carmack, as well as calling into question the...
Experiment 7 Is A New VR Studio Focused On Tabletop Games From Zynga And EEDAR Alums
Even though tabletop gaming may not be what you first think of when you imagine the immersive potential of virtual reality, it fits the medium better than you’d initially think. Playing games of Dungeons & Dragons in VR feels natural and by eschewing the need for physical table space, actually being present in the same...
Pimax 8K VR Headset Not Yet Ready For Primetime, But 4k Model Impresses
Several weeks ago, we published a story about a company called Pimax. The scrappy startup was announcing its CES 2017 lineup and this year that included an 8K (4K per-eye) resolution, 200 degree field of view virtual reality headset. The implications of an HMD that powerful would be highly disruptive to the current VR industry, where...
Google Is Using Tango In Museums To Add An Extra AR Layer to Exhibits
Tango is Google’s augmented reality platform that has the malleability to fit many different types of applications and purposes. With ideas of a more informative discipline, AR technology seems like a sure thing when it comes to museums and mobile exhibits of some sort by showing us more information than physical space may allow or...
