As virtual and augmented reality steadily advance in both visual fidelity and headset comfort, researchers continue to work on input solutions that will feel more natural than holding controllers. A group of researchers announced FingerTrak, a wristband-based solution that uses thermal cameras to track hand movements in 3D, abstracting 20 finger joint positions from contours on...
Following the release of Layers of Fear VR on Oculus Quest we caught up with Bloober Team to talk about their work in VR horror and what the future holds. Layers of Fear VR Developer, Bloober Team, Q&A: UploadVR: When did work on the Quest version of the game start? Szymon Erdmański, Game Producer at...
It’s a challenging time around the world with the ongoing global pandemic. However, if you’re feeling a bit frustrated, a new PC VR game might let you take out some of your anger in an usual way. Corona Kombat is a new PC VR game available now on Steam, in which you’ll travel through blood...
Epic Games revealed some VR-focused projects are included in the latest round of recipients for its MegaGrants program. The program provides financial assistance to a wide range of software projects with the company behind Unreal Engine and Fortnite confirming today that, so far, it pledged more than $42 million to more than 600 recipients. The...
The development team behind the dark fantasy action game Swords of Gargantua announced that the game’s PSVR release has been delayed, alongside the planned content updates that were due to release for all platforms after that. The Dark Souls-esque VR fantasy game Swords of Gargantua released last year on Quest and PC VR, with cross-buy...
Yet another apparent ‘Oculus Quest 2’ render just leaked from WalkingCat, this time showing the lenses from a central bottom angle. On Wednesday, WalkingCat shared apparent renders of the front of the headset with the new controllers. Earlier today, the account shared another apparent render, this time from a side angle. Also today we saw...
Earlier this week prolific Twitter tech leaker WalkingCat shared an image of what appears to be a new Oculus Quest. Today, WalkingCat shared a rear angle of the headset, captioned ’15 Sep 🧐’. It’s unclear whether the September 15 hint refers to a reveal, a targeted launch date, or something else entirely. Facebook’s First New...
A new trailer landed for the upcoming Hatsune Miku DLC, coming very soon to Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash. The DLC pack, officially called the “Space 39 Miku Pack”, is a collaboration with the virtual pop star Hatsune Mike. It will take players “to a stage where you can dance with Ulala...
Eric Chahi’s sensational VR safari, Paper Beast, is finally out on PC VR headsets. How does this version stack up next to the PSVR original? Find out in our Paper Beast graphic comparison. Stacking up this week’s new PC edition of Paper Beast with the existing PSVR version is a funny one. If anything, it’s...
During the Xbox Series X Games Showcase yesterday Bloober Team (developers of the Layers of Fear series and Blair Witch) revealed its next non-VR horror game, The Medium. Fortunately, it does still sound like more of their work could come to VR again. In an email Q&A following the release of Layers of Fear VR...
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