Tag: #VR

“All” of the Unreal Engine 5 technology demonstrated in this week’s stunning reveal will be able to work with high end PC VR, according to Epic CEO Tim Sweeney. The statement was made in an interview with tech outlet CNET: “Certainly, all the technology we’re demonstrating will be able to run on the high end...

This week saw huge leaps for Oculus Quest owners, an incredible insight into what the future of VR gaming could look like, and the creation of the ultimate VR trailer destination on YouTube. It’s the VRecap! Top Stories The latest Oculus PC software beta update allows Oculus Link to work with many USB 2.0 cables...

Resolution Games released the first teaser trailer for their upcoming cooperative VR game ‘Cook-Out: A Sandwich Tale‘, coming to Oculus Quest and Rift platforms. The trailer starts off with showing three prominent Swedish chefs, including, amazingly, the winner of MasterChef Sweden 2020, in a hectic real-life kitchen before briefly switching to some gameplay. Cook-Out was...

I’ll confess, I wasn’t sure nDreams had it in itself. For years, the UK-based VR developer, one of the first brave/crazy enough to dedicate itself exclusively to the platform, seemed to zig zag from near miss to significantly wider miss. The Assembly was a good-natured, story-driven adventure that felt old before its time and Shooty...

If you want to communicate the amazing effects of VR to someone in just a few seconds, make them a giant. There’s something about Mini Motor Racing X’s Micro Machines-inspired camera view — in which players tower over Scalextric-sized tracks — that really pops inside a headset, more than you may have felt in a...

According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple acquired the 3D VR streaming company NextVR. NextVR is a VR startup that specializes in capturing real world events and presenting them in virtual reality. Its content is available through its own NextVR app on a number of headsets, along with occasional appearances on other platforms such as Oculus...

I’m a life-long fan of the iconic line-making game Tetris and I was excited to see it come to VR with the release of Tetris Effect in 2018 on PlayStation 4. I’ll admit, however, its move into VR didn’t really settle right with me. That is, until I played it through on Oculus Quest. Don’t...

Unlike regular video podcasts, The VR Download is broadcast from virtual reality! Our team are together in a virtual space, giving us many of the benefits of a studio even though we live on different continents. At the end of each show, we discuss a Hot Topic. This episode’s is: shouldn’t all VR headsets be...

What? UploadVR’s YouTube output is evolving! Yep, today we’re launching the ultimate dedicated VR trailers channel: VR Game Trailers & Clips. VR Game Trailers & Clips will feature officially released trailers and footage straight from developers and publishers themselves. Expect an encyclopedia of content and the ultimate destination for VR trailers. This decision comes from...

The latest Oculus PC software beta update allows Oculus Link to work with many USB 2.0 cables- including the one in the box. Oculus Quest was released almost one year ago as an Android-based “VR console”. In November the Oculus Link software update was released, allowing Quest to also work as a PC headset via...