Thanks to The Ring, Western audiences are highly familiar with Japan’s uniquely terrifying spin on horror — now there’s an opportunity to experience two Chinese takes on the genre, in virtual reality. Publisher Winking Entertainment today announced the PlayStation Store releases of 18 Floors and The Walker for PlayStation VR, each…Read More Source: PlayStation VR...
Nintendo may have abandoned virtual reality gaming after its Virtual Boy flopped in 1995, but that hasn’t stopped fans from imagining how its famous franchises would look in VR. Independent developer Aklar_45 went much further than mere imagination, using Unreal Engine 4 to re-create some of The Legend of Zelda’s most memorable boss bat…Read More Source:...
(Reuters) — Smartphone maker HTC plans to slash around a quarter of its global workforce through job cuts at its manufacturing unit in Taiwan, in a bid to better manage resources as the company continues to battle dwindling sales. The job cuts indicate fresh hiccups for the struggling Taiwanese mobile phone maker that once sold...
If you’ve ever felt that your body would be a better controller in virtual reality than a joypad or wand, you’ll understand why Kaaya Tech’s HoloSuit just reached its funding goal on Kickstarter. Offered in multiple versions, the wearable haptic controller uses a considerable array of sensors to control VR apps, and promises to st…Read...
If you haven’t heard of “virtual YouTubers” or VTubers, you’re not alone: the recent Japanese trend turns human actors into cartoony virtual characters for YouTube videos. Now Japanese gaming and media company Gree is leveraging VR hardware and IKinema software to recruit people who might become YouTube’s next big pers…Read More Source: Anime ‘virtual YouTube...
Facebook is launching Oculus TV as a new way for you to watch TV shows and movies in virtual reality on the Oculus Go VR headset. I tried it out briefly. It feels like sitting in front of a 180-inch TV screen, and it is set up so you can enjoy the movie in a...
The PlayStation VR version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has been an unqualified hit since its release last year — one of the top games for the most popular VR headset — but its graphics and controls left some players wanting more. Today, Bethesda is releasing a free patch that promises to improve its performance...
Dan Tucker is apologizing again. We’re stepping over cables, ducking under scaffolding and trying to hear each other over the drone of drilling on the first day of Sheffield Doc/Fest. Things are running a little late and the Alternate Realities Arcade, a staple feature of the festival that highlights VR and AR’s work in the...
Nintendo’s Game Boy was one of the first all-in-one portable gaming systems in the world, and now you can play its huge line-up of games on one of the first all-in-one portable VR systems in the world. Reddit user CidVonHighwind has ported Gearboy, a Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator, to the new Oculus Go headset....
Want to measure how Apple and Google are doing in the AR race? Well you could look to both company’s actual measuring apps, both called Measure. Whereas Apple’s iteration of this augmented app will be coming with iOS12 (which is rumored to be launching this week), Google has beaten it to the punch by launching its version...
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