Not many VR games allow you to roam and jump around freely like traditional non-VR games often do, but Orion13 hopes to give players access to that. The first-person VR hack-and-slash title aims to deliver a full-fledged story-based action game to VR players, and during PAX East 2020, I got the chance to run through...
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Snapchat Launches Lens Web Builder To Simplify AR Ad Creation
While augmented reality hardware hasn’t yet taken off with average consumers, Snapchat is among several smartphone apps that have succeeded in introducing basic forms of AR to millions of people, using camera “lenses” to add digital effects and objects to real-world scenes. Developer Snap released the Lens Web Builder, a tool that simplifies the process of building AR...
Vicon’s Capture.U Adds Live AR Athletic Tracking Using Apple’s ARKit
Vicon is already well-known and respected for both motion capture cameras and virtual reality endeavors, so its next step — augmented reality — probably won’t come as a shock to anyone. But professional athletes, trainers, and their teams may be particularly interested in the company’s latest development: an update to the Capture.U motion analysis app that lets users measure,...
Oculus Exclusive Lies Beneath Lights The Flame In New Teaser Trailers
Oculus exclusive Lies Beneath was only announced a few weeks ago, but it’s out at the end of the month. Developer Drifter isn’t wasting any time with its marketing, then. Two new teaser trailers for Lies Beneath have surfaced online over the past week. Each focuses on a different item you’ll use in the action-horror...
Gadgeteer Receives Big Optimizations, AR Version Coming To Magic Leap
Gadgeteer, which released last year for PC VR and Oculus Quest, aims to be VR’s ultimate Rube Goldberg machine. With some new updates and optimizations, the game should get a little bit smoother for users. But that’s not all — it looks like the developers want the game to conquer AR as well, with a...
Epic Games Acquires Facial Animation Technology Maker Cubic Motion
Epic Games has acquired Cubic Motion, a provider of automated performance-driven facial animation technology for video games, film, broadcast, and immersive experiences such as virtual reality. Cubic Motion has helped Epic on its quest to create graphically realistic virtual humans, which look and behave like real people. Cubic Motion’s part of that has been to capture...
Shadow To Launch Cloud-Rendered SteamVR Service For Oculus Quest, But Beware Latency
French startup Blade, behind the Shadow cloud PC service, will launch a closed beta for an Oculus Quest app allowing subscribers to play owned SteamVR games from anywhere with a good internet connection. With Shadow, owners of Facebook’s Oculus Quest standalone headset who don’t own a gaming PC could play games like Half-Life: Alyx by...
Tea For God Update Adds Extensive Tutorials For New Players
Another update dropped for the roomscale VR gem Tea For God. This latest update adds an often requested and much needed feature – tutorials. The popular roomscale VR game Tea For God has been on a roll with updates over the last few months, with major new features being added to each new build. While...
Hands-On: Spaceteam Is Full Of Absolute Co-Op Chaos
There aren’t many more panic inducing activities then being trapped in a chaotic situation with little options to free yourself. If you happen to find yourself trapped on a malfunctioning space station and only have your crew to fly on, as you do in Spaceteam VR, then the situation is even worse. During PAX East...
Oculus Quest Was In Stock Again After Coronavirus Production Woes
Updates: 2:53 pm Pacific 64 gigabyte Oculus Quest model is in stock too. 3:42 pm Pacific 64 gigabyte out of stock but 128 gigabyte still available. 4:04 pm Pacific 128 gigabyte version is out of stock now as well. Original Article Published 11:24 am Pacific: Facebook’s Oculus Quest has been sold out in recent weeks from...
