As positively terrifying as it is, Resident Evil 7 played it safe. It’s easily one of our favorite VR games thus far, but it’s also essentially an enhanced version of the game you can play on standard screens with a standard controller. But how do you make a horror game with the full capabilities of...
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Paranormal Activity VR Is Coming Very Soon, Check The New Teaser Trailer
The Paranormal Activity franchise may no longer be haunting the box office, but it will soon be possessing a VR headset near you. Paranormal Actvity: The Lost Soul, as the game is called, will be launching in Early Access on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive on March 14th 2017, with a PlayStation VR version...
Valve Shows ‘Cheaper, Smaller, Lighter’ Next Generation Base Station Prototype
We’ve already seen Valve tease the next generation of SteamVR controllers, now the company has offered a peak at a new base station too. Company Programmer Joe Ludwig showcased a prototype for the next iteration of the hardware at a press event inside the Valve offices earlier this month, captured on video by the Valve...
Inside the First IMAX VR Experience Centre
The first IMAX VR Experience Centre has officially opened in LA. The company has unsurprisingly modeled the destination much like a movie theater, one that offers up immersive experiences on the latest VR hardware through a pay-to-play model. With plans to open more locations this year, Road to VR stepped inside the first IMAX VR Experience...
‘EVE: Valkyrie’ Gets Major ‘Wormholes’ Update with Intriguing New Game Mode
CCP Games are updating the sci-fi dogfighting EVE: Valkyrie today with a brand new game mode, a league system, and a number of fixes and improvements. The ‘Wormhole’ mode creates new combat scenarios, as travelling into an anomaly changes the rules, visuals and other gameplay modifiers. EVE: Valkyrie was a key feature of the Oculus Rift launch bundle...
AltspaceVR To Host World’s First Virtual Reality Wedding
On May 25th, 2017, bride and groom Elisa Evans and Martin Shervington will get together with friends and family at one of their favorite hangout spots: a quirky florist that doubles up as a bar in the Welsh city of Cardiff. They will then don their HMDs, and join the remainder of their guests scattered...
IMAX Launches High-Tech Centers That Make Trying VR a Movie-Like Experience
Today in Los Angeles, IMAX unveiled the first of many planned VR installations intended to create “location-based VR of the future.” According to IMAX: “IMAX VR is a mind-shattering VR experience in a location-based, state-of-the-art Experience Centre. The IMAX VR Experience features a unique combination of premium technology and world-class content that lets users see,...
Fifty Shades Darker Masquerade Ball 360-Video Features Over 200 Live Actors
The debate about whether or not 360 videos are considered “real VR” rages on across the internet, but the fact of the matter is that it’s the most accessible and easily digestible form of immersive content out there right now. Any Google Cardboard device, or even just a smartphone without a VR HMD, can view...
Hands-On: Kung Fu: Shadow Fist Is A VR Brawler Inspired By Streets of Rage
The VR controllers of the HTC Vive easily translate to a lot of movements that come naturally to us, but there’s something special about throwing a punch. On the expo floor of PAX South 2017, we came across Digital Precept’s Kung Fu: Shadow Fist, a game that asks you to throw quite a few punches,...
Oculus: 2017 Rift Lineup Will Bring the ‘Depth’ of AAA Console/PC Games to VR
The Game Developer’s Conference is right around the corner. For video game creators, both old and new, this means a lot of sleepless nights excitedly reading over the session list and carefully planning your trip. For journalists like us it means the PR wheel has begun turning, trying its best to crush us with emails, meeting...
