Anyone that’s tried The Lab, the free mini-game collection from Valve that’s available on Steam, knows that Longbow is one of the standout experiences. Standing atop a castle wall, you shoot down wave after wave of little stick figures as they go running by. Some of them wear armor to take more hits as the...
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Some Of Daydream’s Biggest Apps May Have Sold Fewer Than 5,000 Copies
When it comes to VR sales data, most companies aren’t playing their cards close to their chest so much as taping the cards to themselves. We’ve had to rely on software sales to get some inkling of an idea at how headsets and their software are performing. Thanks to Android’s built-in statistics for apps, we...
The New ‘Power Rangers’ Film Is Getting VR Experience That Lets You Pilot A Zord
The Power Rangers have persisted for years as a staple of television for younger crowds, though many of us still cherish the Rangers in our older age. The franchise lives on through so many different iterations, but has only received a theatrical film adaptation a handful of times. In March of 2017, the Rangers will...
MSI To Announce $80,000 Prize Pool Winners for VR Contest On December 28
MSI will announce the winners of its “Leading VR Experience” competition tomorrow. The overall winner will take home the lion’s share of an $80,000 prize pool as well as several other electronics and accolades. According to MSI they received over 600 applications for the contest and those entries have now been whittled down to a...
ResearchVR Episode 27 – Why Storytelling Is So Important In VR
In this episode we discuss one of the main topics in modern VR – Storytelling, with one of the biggest German experts, Astrid Kahmke. Hackvention 2016 was a very productive time for us. First, we discussed wireless VR with Nicole and Dominic (which happened right around the Upload’s hands-on with TPCAST). Second, we took a...
‘Twilight Pioneers’ Is A Fun Google Daydream Action RPG That Channels ‘Zelda’
I have to admit when I saw Twilight Pioneers for the first time I was more than a little skeptical. A free, first-person action RPG that used Daydream’s laser point controller as a sword didn’t sound like it would be very successful. Normally, this might be the kind of game we skip over. It was...
‘Shadow of the Colossus’ Creator Fumito Ueda is ‘Interested In Creating Something For VR’
Even after the belated release of The Last Guardian, Fumito Ueda remains an interesting figure in the Japanese gaming industry, and someone we’d love to see work in VR. Ueda’s games have a distinct feeling to them. Their crumbling ruins and archaic worlds make them unlike anything else in the medium despite inspiring many other...
Hideo Kojima: VR Will ‘Significantly Change’ Entertainment, Education, and Culture
Hideo Kojima has had a meteoric couple of years. The legendary Japanese game developer has always been well-respected for his innovative and artistic handling of the Metal Gear series, but he transcended to nerd icon status throughout his very public falling out with longtime Metal Gear publisher Konami. Kojima’s split with his once great ally captivated gaming...
The Best HTC Vive Deal Yet: $100 Discount + $100 Gift Card + Free Shipping
Microsoft’s after-holiday sale has one of the best HTC Vive deals we’ve seen yet, offering $100 off of the headset’s original price along with an additional $100 gift card to the Microsoft Store. Various stores have been offering $100 off of the HTC Vive in sales sporadically throughout the holiday season, but now Microsoft is...
Samsung Internet Update Adds ‘Experimental’ WebVR 1.0 Support
WebVR continues to build in momentum heading into the new year. Samsung recently added new layers to its VR web-browsing app for its Samsung Internet Browser for Gear VR with improved support for the WebVR API. This update includes support for the “experimental” JavaScript API, WebVR v1.0. This incrementally builds on the previous WebVR integration, which...