Lucky’s Tale was the first game that I ever reviewed (Review: 9/10). It’s also one of the first VR games that most Oculus Rift owners ever played. Lucky was bundled right in for free with the Rift when it began shipping and as a result the friendly fox with a great big smile was ready and...
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Check Out Rock Band VR’s First MR Trailer, Now Arriving ‘Early 2017’
Did you find that strange lump of plastic with a hole through it nestled in with your Oculus Touch controllers when you got them last week? Keep hold of it; you might need it early next year. As you probably discovered upon closer inspection, that little add-on is designed for Harmonix’s Rock Band VR. It...
VR Video Study Finds Netflix, Hulu Preferred Over 360 Apps And More
A lot of companies would have you believe 360 degree video is the future of storytelling. It’s why 20th Century Fox just signed a deal with Felix and Paul, and IMAX is bringing VR stations to cinemas around the world. But is ‘VR video’ in its current state really proof of that? That’s what VR...
PS VR’s ‘Battlezone’ Is Getting A Nostalgia-Fueled Classic Mode Next Week
Rebellion’s Battlezone [Review: 8/10] might use the latest VR technology, but it’s actually based on a very, very old game. A free update next week will pay tribute to that original release. Battlezone is getting a Classic Mode, and it’s designed to look exactly like the original Atari game from 1980, only with the added...
Update: You Can Now Make Unity Games From Within VR
Update: Editor VR is now available to download for free as is an Editor VR Asset Pack. Unity says that its current uses include “laying out a scene in VR”, “Making tweaks to existing VR scenes”, and “Making adjustments to components using the Inspector workspace”. The company also provided an extensive starters guide to help developers get...
Nintendo Switch Patents Reveal VR-Style Headset Add On
Nintendo continues to play with our emotions. The company has yet to outright state if its upcoming console, Switch, will support VR, but patents uncovered today suggest that it’s certainly possible in the future. NeoGAF user Rösti posted the patent online complete with various images and descriptions that match the new device, which allows games...
‘Kingdom City Drowning’ Looks Like VR’s Very Own ‘Sin City’
What do you get if you take Frank Miller’s Sin City, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, 2000AD’s Judge Dredd, and mix them together with the help of VR? The answer might well be Kingdom City Drowning. This is a new cinematic VR series built in Unreal Engine 4 from phoenixmirror. Designed for the Oculus Rift and...
The UN’s New VR Doc Exposes a Forgotten Crisis
‘Ground Beneath Her’ is about a young woman helping her family rebuild after Nepal’s 2015 earthquake. The post The UN’s New VR Doc Exposes a Forgotten Crisis appeared first on WIRED. Source: The UN’s New VR Doc Exposes a Forgotten Crisis
Tim Sweeney Believes VR and ‘Digital Humans’ Will Make Elon Musk’s ‘Hyperloop’ Irrelevant
Welcome to part three in our “epic things Tim Sweeney says” series. In part one the outspoken founder of Epic Games warned us how dangerous collectivization could be for virtual reality; in part two he gave us our best look yet at how much Oculus is spending to fund VR content and now, in part three, Sweeney is...
‘Dreadhalls’ And ‘Sisters’ Included In $15 9-Game ‘HeroCade’ Collection For PS VR
Two of VR’s scariest games, Dreadhalls and Sisters, are finally coming to PlayStation VR in the 9-game bundle collection, HeroCade. The package is being published by Lucid Sight, a development studio that’s responsible for seven of the nine games included in the collection. Lucid Sight’s six existing titles — PolyRunner VR, 405 Road Rage, Zombie...
