Back at GDC 2017 at the start of this month Unity gave us a brief update on Editor VR, its new platform for developing 3D content within headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. The company showcased some of the new tools that were supporting the platform, including Scene Fusion from KinematicSoup Technologies This...
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PSVR’s Battlezone Adds New Missions, Weapon and Enemy In Free Update
Battlezone [Review: 8/10] is one of a handful of PlayStation VR (PSVR) titles celebrating a five month anniversary this March as the headset and its launch games near the half-year mark. In recognition of this, developer Rebellion is dumping a lot of free new content on you today. Headlining this update are two new difficulty modes...
VRWC 2017’s Investor Showcase Lets Startups Pitch For Up To £2 Million
Usually when we talk about VR startups and investment it’s unsurprisingly based around the Silicon Valley area. This year’s VR World Congress (VRWC) event wants to bring some of that money to Europe, however. VRWC is a three-day event hosted in the UK city of Bristol. The show is set to gather a host of...
Oculus Publishes Touch CAD Files for Custom-made Accessories
Oculus has provided the ‘Touch Accessory Guidelines 1.0’ for download, which contains 3D CAD files of the Touch VR controller. This data can be used to help designers and manufacturers create new accessories that integrate with the Touch hardware. Available for download on the Oculus developer website, the Touch Accessory Guidelines 1.0 include technical drawings and...
2017 VR Industry Report to Bring Data-driven Insights & Forecasts That Cut Through the Hype
Greenlight Insights and Road to VR are teaming up once again to co-author a comprehensive report on the VR industry which will provide global forecasts, analysis, and best practices. The Virtual Reality Industry Report: Spring 2017 launches April 4th, pre-order today to save 40% off the list price. Looking ahead is tricky business. Predicting what might occur...
Hands-On With Karnage Chronicles, an Epic New Co-Op Action RPG
The biggest problem with a lot of fantasy roleplaying games (RPGs) is that they seem to struggle to stand out. Most of them all have bow and arrow-wielding archers, sword and shield carrying warriors, magic channeling wizards, and clerics, but few of them find interesting ways to make those classes and archetypes fun again. That’s...
Why Lone Echo Is A Linear VR Game With A Universe Of Possibilities
I’ve never had as pleasantly a distracted interview as when I spoke to Ru Weerasuriya last week. As I spoke with the Ready At Dawn founder at an Oculus event in London, he kept pausing to glance over at someone playing the studio’s debut VR game, Lone Echo, either of his own choosing or when...
Oculus Touch Doubled The Number Of Rifts Using Steam For VR Games
Valve dropped some interesting VR user data onto its community pages during GDC, providing an easily missed but important update about how people are using the Steam platform for virtual reality in the wake of Oculus Touch. Most interestingly, Valve’s Jeep Barnett wrote “the number of Rifts playing VR games through Steam doubled in December...
Virry VR Is PSVR’s First Paid-For 360 Video
Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) has embraced 360 video with surprising readiness since launch last October with a suite of free apps and, more recently, support for YouTube 360 content. This month, though, the platform gets its first premium 360 app. That app is Virry VR, a nature documentary set in the Kenyan Savannas that gives viewers...
Standalone VR Headsets Powered By Intel’s Project Alloy Will Cost ‘Closer To $1,000’
The cost of virtual reality headsets created using Intel’s Project Alloy reference design is going to be “closer to $1000” according to Achin Bhowmik, the head of the company’s perceptual computing group. During an interview with UploadVR, Bhowmik explained that the price of Project Alloy-powered VR headsets would be “comparable to a typical laptop” and estimated...
