Rift versus Vive. Oculus Touch versus Vive wand. It seems like these are the only things you hear about any more in the virtual reality scene. But what if the answer to all of these questions was: neither. What if the true hero of the VR world is not some big, expensive system that demands a PC...
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‘Guided Meditation VR’ Lets You Calm Yourself And Relax From Life’s Troubles
Cubicle Ninjas developed Guided Meditation VR with one objective in mind: let players relax and meditate no matter where they are. Guided Meditation VR, a relaxation tool available now for Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, and coming soon to Oculus Rift, removes the user from reality and plants them in one of several different locales, such...
The 9 Best Vive Games to Play Right Now
Now that the HTC Vive has been out for a while, we’ve seen a tremendous amount of content flow onto Valve’s flagship VR headset. Hundreds of games live on Steam with HTC Vive support, although it’s worth clarifying that the majority of them offer very little in the way of engaging content beyond a simple...
5 VR Games With Local Multiplayer To Play With Your Friends and Family
The outplayed and overdone narrative is that VR is an inherently isolating experience. The commentary posits that, because you have a hunk of plastic and screen strapped to your face, you couldn’t possible engage in any form of social activity because you’re cut off from those around you. You’re gonna step on a dog, or...
Oculus Will Have 50 Touch Titles on Dec. 6, Revealing Full List Next Week
If you’ve purchased an Oculus Rift and Touch, it is time to start getting excited. An Oculus spokesperson confirmed to UploadVR the company plans to have 50 Touch titles available for the debut of Oculus Touch on Dec. 6. The titles likely represent a mishmash of content that had been originally released for Steam and...
Microsoft Announces The Minimum Specifications For Its Upcoming $300 VR Headsets
Microsoft has been a shadow player in the virtual reality arms race since it officially kicked off on March 28, 2016. On that date the Oculus Rift launched in each and every box was a Microsoft manufactured Xbox One controller. When the HTC Vive launched a week later, Microsoft now had two HMDs that were...
Here’s All 7 Pieces of Free Content You’ll Get With Touch
The launch of Oculus Touch is just around the corner, and while the company says there’s a day-one launch lineup of more than 50 titles, your Touch pre-order will grant you access to at least seven pieces of free made-for-Touch content. Much ado has been made of the two games bundled with Oculus Touch pre-orders,...
Minimum Specs for Microsoft’s Windows 10 AR/VR Interface Are Impressively Low
In a compatibility test application from recent Windows 10 test builds, Microsoft has revealed some minimum specs for Windows Holographic, the Windows 10 interface and platform for VR and AR devices which will include inexpensive headsets from big manufacturers. Spotted by The Verge, the ‘Windows Holographic First Run’ application seems to reveal some surprisingly low...
Two Words for “Experience” in German: What VR Can Learn from Erfahrung and Erlebnis
The language and terminology around virtual reality is still evolving, but the VR community has been settling into using the phrase ‘VR experience’ in order to describe the process of a going through a piece of virtual reality content. I had a friend/business partner over who got her Ph.D. in German literature, and she had...
Steam’s Autumn Sale Officially Kicks Off With Over 250 VR Games Discounted
Software sells hardware — it’s a well-known fact, passed down by wise men throughout the generations. Fancy technology, no matter how immersive and wondrous, is all but useless if you don’t have the software to power it. That means games, educational experiences, virtual tourism, videos, and more are all needed in order for VR to...