If you ever wondered how we’ll populate the metaverse, look no further than Hour One, an Israeli startup that is making replicas of people with AI avatars. These avatars can be a near-perfect visual likeness of you and speak with words fed to them by marketers who want to sell you something. An avatar can...
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This Enormous T. Rex Made In SculptrVR Took 700 Hours To Print
Earlier this summer New Zealander Simon Clark spent nearly four hours in SculptrVR with the Rift S detailing the shape of a Tyrannosaurus rex. After roughly 700 hours on his 3D printer and the addition of spray-painted detail, the absolute unit of a T. Rex — 1-meter tall and 1-meter long — may go in...
Supernatural For Oculus Quest Adds Workout Family Plans
Oculus Quest workout app Supernatural now offers family plans so that sharing the same headset is easier while tracking the progress for each player. The feature doesn’t extend to multiple Quests and it won’t wipe away the sweat for you between uses, but the feature may help some families stay fit together. Supernatural is the...
Watch: Half-Life 1 Inside Alyx Is An Amazing Fusion Of Gaming History
The latest Half-Life: Alyx mod ports a portion of the original game in the series into VR headsets like never before. The original Half-Life is no stranger to VR ports; there’s an excellent one for the Oculus Quest for starters. But this Half-Life 1 Alyx mod from КотЭ, which extends up to the third chapter...
Spider-Man-In-Space VR Game Yupitergrad Launches Next Week
Gamedust’s intriguing VR swing-em-up, Yupitergrad, is just around the corner on PC. The game arrives on PC VR headsets on August 27th. You’ll be able to find it on SteamVR, the Oculus Store and Viveport for $14.99. Yupitergrad is a first-person swinging game that essentially casts you as Spider-Man in space. Well, it would if...
Oculus Rift S Update Improves Head-Tracking, Adds Stabilized Recording
Oculus 20.0 updates are now rolling out for Rift and Quest, including improvements to head-tracking and in-VR recording on Rift S. There’s nothing too significant to talk about in this month’s updates, but over on the PC side Facebook says it’s “enhanced rendering stability for Rift S to improve head tracking.” Rift S uses inside-out...
Watch: Return To Castle Wolfenstein Oculus Quest Mod Available Now On SideQuest
A mod for Return To Castle Wolfenstein runs smoothly on Oculus Quest in standalone VR mode and is now available to download. The free mod includes a fully playable demo but you can upgrade to the full game which is available on Steam for $5 as of this writing. There’s two-handed weapon support and smooth locomotion...
Iron Man VR Load Times Tackled, New Weapons & New Game+ Added In Big Update
A big Iron Man VR update, released today, tackles one of people’s biggest gripes with the game: load times. In a post on the PlayStation Blog, Blaine Higdon from developer Camoflaj noted that load times had been improved “across the board”. In fact, loading the game’s troublesome Shanghai area should now take between 20 –...
Hitman 3 Epic Games Store Exclusivity Casts Further Doubt On PC VR Support At Launch
Hitman 3 will be an Epic Games Store exclusive at launch on PC next year, casting further doubt that this version of the game will get VR support around that time. Earlier this month developer IO Interactive announced that its upcoming assassination game would support PSVR when it launches in January. Naturally, people wanted to...
Insane 40-Minute Half-Life: Alyx Speedrun Is Games Done Quickâs First Ever VR Title
Games Done Quick, the charity organization raising money for Doctors Without Borders, just featured a Half-Life: Alyx speedrun as its first-ever VR title. GDQ has been hosting speedrun streams in bulk to raise money for years now, but this year’s summer event is the first to be held from runner’s homes due to the COVID-19...
