At first glance, I thought Blade & Soul: Table Arena was doing everything it possibly could to repel me. NCSoft’s VR debut is based on an MMO that I’m told is hugely popular over in Korea. It’s also billed as a card battler with scores of units. In my head, I was picturing a stat-filled...
Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the big-box retail giant, is focusing on the future of VR and AR, along with other emergent technologies, with its newly unveiled tech startup incubator. According to a Bloomberg Technology report, Wal-Mart is creating the incubator to “identify changes that will reshape the retail experience, including virtual reality, autonomous vehicle and drone delivery...
Knott’s Berry Farm in Orange County, California is said to be America’s oldest theme park. The Knott family started it as a literal farm but built it up into a restaurant and then opened up a ghost town in the 1940s for entertainment that served as the basis for a decades-long expansion into a 160-acre...
Fierce Kajiu was an early believer in VR, and one of the first to release a full game for Samsung and Oculus’ Gear VR in Viral. Since then it’s brought the original game to Oculus Rift with Touch support, but it isn’t forgetting its roots. UploadVR got an exclusive early look at Viral Quarantine, the...
There’s so much work going on in VR movie making right now it can be hard to single out what’s actually worth watching. Kaledioscope has curated some of the best work out there, though, and it’s putting it on tour across the globe. The second season of Kaledioscope’s 2017 Showcase kicks off in London on March...
PlayStation VR (PSVR) is set to have a busy few months with big releases like Farpoint and Starblood Arena, but Sony is also looking ahead, today revealing a new slate of VR titles coming from Chinese developers. These games are all being created under Sony’s China Hero Project, which supports developers in the country. A...
Next month, Upload will be launching a brand new 20,000 square foot skills training, coworking, and community space in Marina Del Rey, CA. The space will officially be known as Upload LA and it will serve as the premiere destination for Los Angeles-based augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR) companies and students. Whether you’re just...
Next week’s Silicon Valley VR Expo 2017 is set to bring together the core of the VR industry from Silicon Valley and beyond. As VR’s biggest industry event, this year’s event represents the most diverse group of companies from around the world ever to attend the conference. Well known as one of the largest and most...
This week we’re back with another Tilt Brush Tuesday livestream on Twitch. Starting today, March 21st, at 5PM Pacific, we’ll be going live with Upload’s Video Producer, Az Balabanian, who will be joined by VR artist and filmmaker Danny Bittman, as well as character and 3D artist Steve Teeps. Here is some of his past work,...
Like the recently covered Mission: ISSS, virtual reality can take us to environments we normally wouldn’t be able to explore and educate us in how those unique spaces operate. Back down on Earth, though, there are circumstances closer to home that a younger generation could be better informed on. Teachers have already reported on the benefits...
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