Think of a classic Rockstar game that you want to see brought to modern consoles. OK, L.A. Noire probably isn’t your first choice. But that open-world detective game is now heading to Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on November 14. Rockstar is also releasing L.A. Noire: The VR Cases for the HTC Vive, which puts...
Eleague is adding some high-tech features for its CS:GO Premier 2017 tournament, which kicks off at 7 p.m. Pacific on Friday. Sixteen teams will face off on the battlefield of Valve’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, vying for a prize pool of $1 million. Thanks to partnerships with Tobii, Sliver.tv, and Dojo Madness, fans will get more...
GUEST: Eye-tracking technology has the potential to help VR bridge two gaps. It offers users additional control and an intuitive experience, while future developments in foveated rendering will eventually decrease both the processing power necessary for rendering complex 3D environments, which will make VR more accessible overall. Developers have talked a great deal about the...
Experiment 7 is setting out to create more than a way to play games in virtual reality with its Magic Table platform. It’s released two games so far — chess and the Dungeons & Dragons-licensed Dungeon Chess. And next up is Catan VR, which brings the classic Settlers of Catan board game to the Oculus...
Inside Music is the latest project to come out of Google’s Creative Labs. It’s a kind of next-level equalizer in virtual reality that uses WebVR and comes from a partnership with the music-analyzing podcast Song Exploder. Viewed either on the web or in a VR headset, Inside Music breaks a song down into its individual components,...
Since acquiring Minecraft in 2014, Microsoft has worked to turn the beloved brick-building phenomenon into its own platform, and those efforts have led to the company paying out $1 million in earnings to community members who are creating and selling digital items in the Minecraft Marketplace. Microsoft launched the program during this past E3 (the...
One of the world’s most beloved board games is coming to virtual reality — and a group of designers who want to make the worlds we find inside our Oculus Rifts and Samsung Gears the next place for us to gather and play on magical tables. On Friday at the PAX game and culture fan...
Since we first laid eyes on it just over a year ago, Mindshow has remained one of our most anticipated VR projects. From today, you can finally try it out for yourself. Mindshow is releasing today in Early Access on Steam for the HTC Vive and is completely free to download. You can think of the app...
Ricoh is unveiling its latest 360-degree camera this morning. Dubbed the Ricoh Theta V, the $430 4K camera is the latest in the line which launched in 2013 with the Ricoh Theta. Available for pre-order now, and shipping in mid-September, the Theta V features 3,820-by-1,920 resolution video capture. That’s a massive improvement on the earlier Theta S,...
Earlier this week, Google announced ARCore, a software-based solution for making more Android devices AR-capable without the need for depth sensors and extra cameras. It will even work on the Google Pixel, Galaxy S8, and several other devices very soon and supports Java, Unity, and Unreal from day one. In short, it’s kind of like Google’s...
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