From price cuts to new games, Oculus had so much to announce at GDC last week that a few of its reveals slipped under the radar. One such announcement was for Talking With Ghosts, the latest project from Oculus Story Studio. Unlike its previous releases, Talking With Ghosts is not a single VR film but...
Over the last week we learned that by spending essentially $300 to purchase three Vive Trackers, you will be able to bring your legs, feet and torso into VR — so you can kick a dinosaur in the face without even looking at it. Dinosaur kicking for $300 is certainly funny, but it’s also a great example...
Developed by Epic Games and with a budget that nearly matched the original Gears of War, Robo Recall [Review: 7.5/10] is probably the Oculus Rift’s biggest exclusive so far. But a new mod is making sure HTC Vive owners don’t miss out. You may well have heard of CrossVR before. He’s one of the developers...
As if you couldn’t tell by the fact a lot of people spent a large part of 2016 playing it, Niantic’s Pokemon GO was a huge success. The augmented reality (AR) app took the world by storm in the second half of the year and raked in tonnes of cash as a result. But here’s...
The Oculus Rift features built-in headphones, and the HTC Vive will get them soon too, but PlayStation VR (PSVR) owners still have to plug in their own headphones or ear phones for the most immersive experiences on PlayStation 4. The Mantis VR wants to change that. This new pair of headphones, announced last week by...
Moving around in VR isn’t a solved problem. In 5 years, the best games and experiences won’t be using point-and-click teleportation. At GDC 2017 last week, I saw two promising new types of experimental locomotion in VR. First was Sprint Vector, which greatly surprised me at its comfort, speed, and fun. And then there was VELOCIBEASTS....
Unity Technologies and Epic Games are in a grudge match for the hearts and minds of game developers. And so when you ask which one of them has a bigger or a better business, you get some very different answers. I interviewed both John Riccitiello, CEO of San Francisco-based Unity, and Tim Sweeney, CEO of...
The latest project from VR film specialists Oculus Story Studio. Talking with Ghosts, is a collection of four animated stories, each illustrated and brought to live in virtual reality, designed to bring you into an immersive comic book world. Oculus Story Studio’s continue their exploration of illustrative VR film when their latest collaborative project debuts at this...
Wevr said that its virtual reality experience, The Blu, will be displayed at theNatural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLA). The immersive adventure makes you feel like you are underwater, exploring the majesty of the ocean and its different habitats. You come face-to-face with some of the most awe-inspiring species on the planet. The...
CapitolaVR, as described on their website, is a digital agency all about action. They “don’t talk, buy prototype” and have built relationships through this ideal with clients such as Samsung and Ford. Via email, CapitolaVR’s Head of Digital David Robustelli shared a new development that was the result of the team charging forward with a...
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