Image Copyright Omega Ophthalmics, used under Fair Use Doctrine There has been a clear progression in our relationship with technology over the decades. Our computers started out as massive, multi-block machines that required teams of people to see to them. Then they became mainframes, minicomputers and then the microcomputers we know as desktop PCs today....
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EVE Valkyrie Gets Oculus Touch Support Sans Motion Controls
Thanks to all the great deals on Oculus hardware this summer, the number of people using the Oculus Touch controller has skyrocketed. In response to player demand, EVE: Valkyrie developer CCP Games has added beta support for the Oculus controllers. We have a hard time imagining a space-sim like EVE: Valkyrie with motion controls. How...
Exclusive: Here’s How Fantastic Contraption VR Devs Generated More Than $1 Million
Fantastic Contraption’s developers are part of an exclusive group of VR creators who have successfully generated in excess of $1 million. The creative puzzler is made by Canada-based game-making couple Sarah and Colin Northway teaming with Radial Games’ Andy Moore, Kimberly Voll and Lindsay Jorgensen with sound by Gord McGladdery. It released with the launch...
Give Your Cat a Custom Nose, Tail, or Butt in Cat Sorter VR
We hope you like cats, puns, and butts, because Cat Sorter VR is full of all three. Launching on Steam for the HTC Vive on August 29th, the game seems to be a cat quality assurance simulator. The game’s trailer depicts a queue of felines with mixed-up body parts waiting for their turn under the...
Final Fantasy XV’s Original PSVR Experience Won’t Be Released
You probably figured this one out already but, just to make it clear, the original PlayStation VR (PSVR) demo for Final Fantasy XV that was revealed at E3 2016 won’t be released. Let me make that clear; I don’t mean Monster of the Deep: Final Fantasy XV, which was revealed at E3 2017 in June....
Oculus Is Extending The $399 Rift Sale Due To High Demand
It looks like Oculus’ massive Summer Sale on its Rift headset is indeed going well; the company is extending the promotion “due to high demand”, so you’ll have more time to pick it up at the $399 mark. “Due to high demand, and the resulting switch to the all-in-one Rift+Touch package, we’re extending the sale...
Wizard Dueling Game Wands Hits Oculus Rift Next Month
I desparately want a deep, immersive Harry Potter VR game. The Fantastic Beasts experience on Google Daydream is hardly more than a marketing gimmick and it’s not actually a game. Titles like inVokeR, The Unspoken, and Wands do a good job of tapping into that desire to shoot spells and throw fireballs inside a VR...
NextVR Develops Night VR Camera To Capture Animals, Ghosts
There are a lot of different VR cameras in development but I don’t think I’ve heard of one for capturing light in extreme darkness before. NextVR, however, built one for exactly this purpose. The Newport Beach-based company is best known for its live-streaming in VR of concerts, sporting events and even political debates with proprietary...
Oculus is Extending $400 Summer Rift Sale by “a few weeks”
Oculus is giving the Rift & Touch their biggest discount yet: $400 will get you both the Rift headset and the Touch controllers, and a slew of bundled content. The company confirms they’re extending the sale beyond the original six week window. Update (8/10/17): An Oculus spokesperson confirmed to Road to VR that the company plans...
Xing: The Land Beyond Is Finally Releasing On Rift And Vive This September, Plus A Dev Q&A
Xing: The Land Beyond from White Lotus Interactive has been around for a very long time in game development years. The Kickstarter campaign originally launched in 2013, raising $30,000. Now today, Xing is shaping up to be one of the most visually pleasing and highly anticipated new classical-style adventure games in some time. With the...