There’s something of a renaissance for sci-fi racers lately thanks at least somewhat to the every-growing popularity of VR. With amazing homages to games past like Redout and Grip cashing in on the greatest racers of the genre from the original PlayStation era, it’s nice to see a game that takes something familiar and goes off...
As the prices on VR cameras slowly tick down, one company has figured out how to speed that process up, by letting you take VR footage using two stacked Android smartphones. Aimfire’s Camarada, which means “friends + camera” in Spanish, can take traditional 2D footage and display it in zoomable VR. But its real trick appears...
Update: AirMech Command is now available for Oculus Rift with Touch support, HTC Vive, and OSVR platforms. The game can be downloaded on Steam for $19.99 with support for all three headsets, as well as gamepad or tracked motion controller input methods. Original Story: Remember AirMech Command? It was one of our favorite launch titles for...
How do you think virtual reality will improve over the next few years? You’re probably hoping for better ways to see, hear and touch virtual worlds. Michael Abrash, chief scientist at Oculus, seems to agree: when he outlined his predictions for the next five years of VR last October, he focused on these three senses....
Speaking with Oculus’ VP of content, Jason Rubin at GDC 2017, UploadVR asked him about the tracking issues reported by some owners of the Rift VR headset and Touch VR controllers. Rubin offered a pretty clear statement in response: “We made a mistake.” “We are part of Facebook. Facebook’s slogan for a long time was...
Robo Recall is one of the first VR games to truly push modding, allowing you to bring content created by either yourself or other users into Epic Games’ Oculus Rift exclusive. But what if you want to create something for the game but don’t have any coding experience yourself? Never fear, Epic is here. In...
Kittypocaylpse might be one of VR’s most guilt-ridden games, getting you to blow up scores of aliens disguised as adorable kittens. For its second game, Dick Wilde, developer Bolverk Games is going with a slightly more acceptable form of animal slaughter. Dick Wilde isn’t a tower-defense game like Kittypocalypse, though. Instead, Bolverk has turned to...
Vimeo didn’t pick the best timing to announce its support for 360 video streaming, but it’s finally here at least. The online video service yesterday announced Vimeo 360, its new platform that allows any to upload panoramic content that can be hosted in up to 8K. As you’d expect, the launch comes with support for a smartphone...
Along with its own awards ceremonies, VR has been recognised at respected videogame and film shows over the past 12 months, and now it’s coming to one of the UK’s most prestigious institutions: BAFTA. The nominations for this year’s BAFTA Game Awards have been announced, and Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) is once again leading the...
Korix a visually-minimalist VR RTS headed to PlayStation VR claiming to be the first title to run natively at 120Hz on the headset. While the PSVR display supports a 120Hz refresh rate, most games on the platform run at 60Hz and use a technique called asynchronous reprojection to inject interpolated frames to bring the output up to...
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