One of Gear VR’s most polished shooters is making the leap to the Oculus Rift with full support for Touch and a graphical overhaul. Developed by Pixel Toys, Drop Dead launched on Gear VR in late 2017 and was well received, garnering attention for its impressive mobile visuals and gameplay. As a VR FPS on Gear...
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Valve Removes $3,000 SteamVR Tracking Hurdle, Will Offer Base Stations This Year
Back in August of last year, Valve started to roll out of its innovative and royalty-free tracking technology. The company made a development kit available to licensees, but only if they attended a $3,000 training session that would teach the ins and outs of the tech. The introductory course was likely a bit of quality...
Valve to Sell Base Stations Directly, Lower Barrier to SteamVR Tracking Development
Valve today announced plans to begin selling SteamVR Tracking base stations directly later this year; the first units on offer are expected to be the new single-rotor models the company recently teased. Valve is also making it easier to develop new tracked products and accessories with SteamVR Tracking by removing the requirement of a $3,000 introductory...
Google Can Recreate Your Face For Better Mixed Reality Footage
We are big fans of mixed reality here at UploadVR. It is a great way of showing what people in VR are doing. Startups like Owlchemy Labs and LIV are attempting to make the capture process easier while pushing for higher quality, but current approaches are all limited by one major roadblock. The most expressive part...
Hacker Puzzle Game Darknet Releasing on PSVR This March
Darknet is one of the best and most highly-regarded VR puzzle games out right now. Available today on both Rift and Gear VR, it positions players as hackers in a cyberpunk futuristic environment where they must retrieve data from some of the world’s most secure networks. According to an official press release, starting March 7th,...
DICE 2017: The Year of VR
DICE 2017 — a gathering of some of the biggest thinkers, creators and leaders in the digital entertainment industry – kicked off today in Las Vegas. As we’re almost at the one-year mark of release for the latest round of VR headsets, it’s no surprise that many of the topics at this year’s show revolve...
Monitorless Is A Samsung AR Headset That Lets You Use PCs Without A Screen
The advent of mixed reality headsets like HoloLens could mean the end of the PC monitor, as apps jump off of the screen and into the real world. That future is a while off, though, and Samsung’s Monitorless looks like an intriguing stopgap. The electronics giant revealed this concept today ahead of a showcase at...
Dirt Rally On PSVR Is Brilliant, But Its Co-op Mode Isn’t
Let’s be clear about this: Dirt Rally on PlayStation VR (PSVR) is brilliant. It’s pretty much identical to the Oculus Rift version of the game; a rock solid racer that roots you in the experience, piling on the life-risking rush of putting your foot down and sliding a car through a muddy Welsh forest as...
Raw Data Is Finally On Its Way To Oculus Rift And Touch
Seven months after its initial Steam debut and Survios’ Raw Data remains one of our favorite co-op action games on the HTC Vive, even while its still in Early Access. And pretty soon, it will be on the Oculus Rift too with official Oculus Home and Touch integration. Raw Data is one of the few...
‘DiRT Rally’ PSVR Support is Here, Limited-time Bundle is the Best Value on Any Platform
Having launched initially with VR on the Oculus Rift in 2016, new DiRT Rally DLC adds PSVR support to the acclaimed racing game. The $13 DLC also brings a new ‘Co-Driver Mode’ that lets one player act as the navigator. A $43 Dirt Rally bundle for PS4 includes the base game, three mini DLC packs and the...
