When Google official launched its Daydream VR platform with the Google Pixel smartphone and Daydream View headset earlier this year, we knew more Daydream compatible phones were on the way. Back during Google IO, the tech giant told us as much when they showed a screen consisting of several partner companies. Today, in an official...
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DearVR Audio Engine Is A Unity Asset To Make VR Sound Better
Virtual reality is growing at a rapid pace and, as developers get more familiar with their tools, the more devs will want specific tools that lighten the workload. The more tools available that simplify and streamline certain basic elements of the design process, the more time can be spent creating more unique elements that will...
Hands-On: ‘Salvaged’ Might Be VR’s Most Interesting Strategy Game Yet
Many strategy games will refer to you as ‘commander’. It’s a nice touch, letting you drum up your own fiction in which you’re some sort of armchair general, rooted down in a top secret military base instead of sitting in the comfort of your own home, snacking on a slice of toast as you tell...
ICYMI: Conan O’Brien Takes A Hysterical Tour of Virtual Reality
Conan O’Brien is a TV host, producer, and infamous comedian who’s been in his current position on TBS’s late-night show Conan since 2010. He covers world and celebrity news with a comedic slant like any other late talk show, but in the last few years he’s begun to feature gaming segments a great deal. His...
Tactical Haptics Wins Additional Funding For Their VR Feedback Controller
Visual and audible elements can take virtual reality to new heights when it comes to immersion. The two combined efficiently provide an experience so close to reality it’s frightening but, as it currently exists, there’s a limiting factor when it comes to achieving the highest degree of realism: haptic feedback. A lack of haptic or...
NBA 2KVR Experience Mini-Game Collection Is Launching Tomorrow
When I first played Carnival Games VR [Review: 6/10] at PAX West, the 2K PR representative was very friendly. He handed me the Oculus Touch controllers and I played a round of Swish, the carnival version of basketball, that tasked me with shooting as many hoops as possible in 45 seconds. After playing the demo I...
‘Canvas’ From Occipital Scans Your Entire Home From An iPad
Our smartphones and tablets are often underestimated and underutilized by the average user, but these slim devices pack a ton of power. The cameras alone have the functionality of a separate device that could cost hundreds of dollars and can even replace the work of (or serve as the tool of) a professional photographer in...
‘Special Delivery’ Is A VR Game Inspired By ‘Paperboy’ and ‘Crazy Taxi’
One of the cool things about virtual reality is how it offers us a new perspective on existing genres within gaming. Its immersive nature can impact different styles of gaming and developers will continue to experiment with this idea as the Meerkat Gaming team is doing. Matt Rodwell and the team at Meerkat are adding...
HTC Vive Is $700 On Black Friday And Cyber Monday
Since it was first available, the HTC Vive room-scale VR system has been priced at $800. For comparison, the Oculus Rift and its Touch controllers will hit that same price when they start shipping in December. You might even need to add $80 to get a third camera that is said to offer full room-scale...
‘Oculus Medium’ Review
As the launch of Oculus Touch nears, the company is lifting embargos on a number of Touch titles, including the hotly anticipated Oculus Medium. Oculus Medium is a digital sculpting tool which leverages Touch’s high quality motion tracking to allow free-form creation that focuses on manipulation of mass, rather than the production of brush strokes...