Action movie sequel, John Wick: Chapter 2, hits theaters next week, so it only makes sense its anticipated VR tie-in arrives then too. The Steam page for John Wick Chronicles: An Eye For An Eye has been updated, confirming a February 9th release date along with a $19.99 price tag. That’s next Thursday, for those...
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Get Qurious Maker Box Introduces Kids to Augmented Reality Play
Pokémon Go got many people to engage with an augmented reality game for the first time. But Los Gatos startup Get Qurious wants to expose even younger kids to AR games through tactile play. The company has introduced the Get Qurious Maker Box, which combines physical game cards with an interactive digital world. Using AR...
New HTC Vive Releases For The Week Of 01/23/17
Lots of diversity this week for the HTC Vive on Steam and Viveport. Awaken, a VR puzzle game about getting balls of light into their goals while you shape the level and its music over time just hit Early Access with a level editor and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, the latest cyberpunk action RPG from...
New Oculus Rift and Gear VR Releases For The Week Of 01/22/17
Another plentiful week of VR gaming awaits Gear VR owners today, and the Oculus Rift doesn’t have it too bad either. We’ve got the launch of a promising new boxing game, great cross-platform multiplayer titles, and a large suite of new mobile experiences to check out. Have fun! If you missed last week, you can...
Hands On With VR Suite, Winner of The Gear VR Killer App Contest
Last month Samsung declared a winner for its Gear VR Killer App Contest. After all the votes were counted, the winner was The Virtual Reality Suite — a comprehensive platform of enterprise level VR-powered communications solutions. We recently had the chance to go hands on with VR Suite at our offices in San Francisco and what...
Facebook Picks Former Android VP as New Head of Oculus, Looks to ‘Take VR mainstream’
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has tapped Hugo Barra, Xiaomi’s current Global VP, for the position of CEO at Oculus VR. Barra will be tasked with not only leading Oculus, Facebook’s subsidiary, but all of Facebook’s VR projects. Barra will be replacing Brendan Iribe who stepped down from the position last month to head the company’s PC VR group....
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’s Free VR Experience is a Beautiful Glimpse at the Future
Deus Ex fans with VR hardware can rejoice as developer Eidos Montreal have launched a new, free VR experience based on their latest title in the series, Mankind Divided, and it’s quite the looker. Deus Ex has had its problems as a franchise over years. From its incredible, trailblazing debut in 2000, through a questionable sequel...
Sony Reveals PlayStation VR’s Most Downloaded Games of 2016
The Official PlayStation Blog has shared Sony’s most downloaded games of last year. This includes a dedicated list for PlayStation VR, representing almost three months of software sales since the hardware launched in October. PSVR now has more than 50 titles supporting the headset, check out the most downloaded in 2016 below: Job Simulator ($30)...
EXOS Haptic VR Exoskeleton Glove Aims to Deliver Practical Touch Feedback
EXOS is a new haptic enabled VR glove which uses force feedback to deliver the sensation of physicality when inside immersive applications. Tokyo based developer Exiii are working on a new VR glove which delivers so-called “reactive force” in response to your actions inside virtual reality – the practical upshot of which is that you’re...
Devs Behind ‘Max Payne’ and ‘Quantum Break’ Form New VR House, ‘3rd Eye Studios’
3rd Eye Studios is a new VR developer team formed from Remedy Entertainment alum and they’re working on a new, original made-for-VR anthology inspired by 70’s sci-fi television shows. Here’s an exclusive first look at some of the first art for the game. As we’ve charted the growth of the VR industry over the years, one thing...
