OPINION: I’ve never used a OnePlus phone, but I’ve seen reviews, photos, and plenty of positive testimonials over the years. OnePlus customers are said to be happy and loyal — but by tech industry standards, there apparently aren’t very many of them. Two weeks ago, OnePlus said its latest phone sold a million units worldwide…Read...
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Elijah Wood: Transference’s Hollywood collaboration comes from a ‘genuine place’
For some, the phrase “Hollywood and video games” doesn’t have positive connotations due to a history of bad licensed products, canceled projects, and terrible film adaptations. But Ubisoft hopes it can avoid that curse with the virtual reality game Transference. Coming to PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive this fall (with a non-VR version...
GamesBeat Decides 86: Hammond is very good
On this week’s GamesBeat Decides podcast, hosts Jeffrey Grubb and Mike Minotti talk about Summer Games Done Quick, Mario Tennis Aces online, and more. We also had some news with Microsoft’s Xbox Community Content platform and more. Listen, won’t you? Here’s what we talked about: Wolfenstein 2 Battlefield V Overwatch with Ham…Read More Source: GamesBeat...
Oculus details its Varifocal half-dome VR prototype
Last month, we reported on a talk by Douglas Lanman of Oculus Research (now Facebook’s Reality Labs) from the 2018 SID Display Week event. The fascinating 40-minute session showcased some of the team’s latest work in VR hardware. Now you can watch that talk for yourself. Below is a direct feed video of Lanman’s talk, released this...
Virtual Fighting Championship is a first-person VR Street Fighter
Competitive gamers have dreamed about a compelling first-person fighting game ever since Capcom redefined side-scrolling fighting with Street Fighter II. Now Australian indie developer L&L Studio says it will launch a promising contender called Virtual Fighting Championship (VFC) through Steam Early Access on July 13 — the first step in c…Read More Source: Virtual Fighting Championship is a...
Niantic will offer AR platform to third parties, including AI object recognition
Apple’s ARKit and Google’s ARCore may have multi-million-user installed bases, but so does Niantic’s Pokémon Go, the first hit augmented reality game. Now Niantic plans to offer its custom AR software to other developers as the Real World Platform, and is teasing advanced features that go beyond the capabilities of Apple’s a…Read More Source: Niantic will offer AR...
Firewall: Zero Hour gets August 28 release date and PS VR Aim bundle
One of the most anticipated PlayStation VR titles of 2018, Firewall: Zero Hour, finally has an official release date — and a bunch of preorder incentives to line up players for the team-based 4-on-4 tactical shooter. Developer First Contact Entertainment revealed today that the game will be released on August 28, and come in both digital...
Marvel Powers United VR arrives July 26, and Black Panther is playable
Nearly one year after unveiling Marvel Powers United VR, Oculus announced today that it will release the virtual reality superhero game on July 26 — and it’s coming with new hero Black Panther. Preorders are now open for the Oculus Rift exclusive, which Sanzaru Games and Oculus Studios developed along with Marvel Games. Marvel Powers Un…Read More...
Epic Games awards $1 million in Unreal Dev Grants to 37 teams
Epic Games is opening up its Fortnite money vault to award 37 game development teams with a total of $1 million in Unreal Dev Grants, the publisher and engine maker announced this morning. Established in 2015 as a $5 million fund, the Unreal Dev Grants program awards $5,000 to $50,000 to developers and studios making...
HTC Vive’s Libraries Program will bring VR headsets to 110 libraries
Almost a year ago to the date Oculus announced an initiative to bring VR headsets to 90 different California libraries. Now, HTC has announced the Vive Libraries Program, which is set to bring VR headsets to 110 different libraries in California and Nevada. It’s hard to know how similar the programs are beyond the obvious, but it’s great to see...
