Never in a million years would I have wagered The Walking Dead would make for a great VR game. This is a brand, nay, an entire genre, that’s steadily slowed to a creative crawl, with seemingly every possible tie-in and conceptual angle hacked away at, sparing neither life nor limb. And yet, somehow, The Walking...
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Gloomy Eyes Coming To Oculus Quest And More PC VR Platforms February 14
After an initial release on Viveport, award-winning 360 degree VR movie Gloomy Eyes is coming to the Oculus Quest and other PC VR store platforms next month. Gloomy Eyes follows a young zombie boy who falls for a human girl, split across 3 episodic volumes. It’s narrated by Colin Farrell, who recently spoke about his...
Oculus Store Sold Almost $5 Million In Content On Christmas Day 2019
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during a call with investors that “on Christmas Day, people bought almost $5 million worth of content in the Oculus Store.” We hoped Facebook might finally break its silence and reveal how many Oculus Quests sold during its debut year but the $5 million figure is still an interesting number....
Mozilla’s New Demo Proves WebXR Can Match Apps
Recently, Mozilla unveiled ‘Hello WebXR’, a demo designed to show that WebXR is a viable alternative to store apps. We tried it out, and found it certainly makes a convincing case. The Mozilla Foundation is a not-for-profit organization which seeks to advance the open web. It develops and maintains the open source Firefox web browser, including...
Dashii VR Is A Gesture-Based Auto-Runner Coming To Rift And Vive This Year
A team of five indie developers presented a sneak peek teaser for their upcoming title Dashii VR, a gesture-based auto-runner coming to the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift platforms later this year. As you can see in the teaser below, the auto-runner will have you use your body as controls to avoid obstacles. A swing...
February PlayStation Plus Games Include PSVR Shooter Firewall Zero Hour
For this February’s line-up of free PlayStation Plus games Sony is including the highly-rated and popular PSVR shooter, Firewall Zero Hour. Other non-VR games include the Bioshock Collection and The Sims 4. This isn’t the first time Sony has thrown a PSVR game into the short list of free-to-download titles for the paid membership service,...
Get Oculus Quest Versions Of Accouting+ And Wands Cheap Thanks To Cross-Buy
Here’s a weird one. You can get the Oculus Quest versions of Accounting+ and Wands for cheap if you buy the Oculus Rift edition instead. Both of these games are currently on sale on the Oculus Rift store. Accounting+ is down to $4.95 and Wands is down to $10. If you look on the Quest...
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners Review (Skydance Interactive) – PC VR (Quest & PSVR Coming Soon)
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Some PCs Can Charge Oculus Quest While Sleeping If You Change This Setting
Oculus Quest is a versatile VR headset because it is able to operate both in standalone wireless mode as well as PC-powered Oculus Link mode. One change to the BIOS settings on your PC, though, may be able to make the transition go more smoothly. When I received the official Oculus Link cable from Facebook...
Gleechi VirtualGrasp Automates Virtual Hand-Object Interactions And Animations
A virtual reality software company, Gleechi, revealed a new technology they call VirtualGrasp, which automates the programming of hand interactions in VR. It allows you to easily grasp and interact with any object that has a 3D mesh “without the need of physics or manual collider assignment.” Gleechi demonstrated the technology in a new video,...
