An apparent fix for the widely reported Oculus Rift performance issues introduced by the December update has been released on the Public Test Channel. The issue was seemingly introduced in December’s v12 update. Reports emerged on Reddit and the Oculus forums over the past month. The reports described stuttering, judder, frame drops and other issues in a...
Unity 2019.3 introduces a new plugin system for XR headsets, and deprecates official support for Gear VR, Google VR, and Valve’s OpenVR (the API for SteamVR). Valve is working on a plugin for the new system, according to Unity: “Valve is using our XR SDK to develop their OpenVR Unity XR plugin for 2019.3 and...
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The newest survey of game developers conducted in connection with the Game Developers Conference (GDC 2020) reveals a sea change in VR developer interest. In previous years HTC Vive dominated the survey results but Facebook’s Oculus Quest is dominating this year alongside Valve Index and Rift. The key question on the survey — Which VR/AR...
The founders of the game development studio behind one of VR’s pioneering platforming titles Lucky’s Tale announced a significant reduction in staff size this week. Lucky’s Tale was one of the first projects publicly demonstrated on early Oculus VR headsets. Playful Corp, which became Playful Studios, embarked on a series of experiments with early Oculus...
The Walt Disney Company will sell FoxNext Games and Cold Iron Studios to Scopely, a games studio that produces mobile games for Android and iOS. FoxNext is a developer and publisher of VR content that Disney acquired as part of its purchase of 21st Century Fox in 2019. The developer had already released a VR...
VR developer Joy Way, previously known as PlatformaVR has two new SteamVR demos for you to check out, and they look pretty intriguing. First up is Change Range, a unique-looking puzzle-action game in which you save yourself from imminent death. You have the power to stop time and then change other people’s actions. Gang of...
Maze Theory’s Doctor Who: The Edge of Time releases on the Oculus Quest today, alongside a patch for the PC VR version of the game. The PC VR version now includes a ‘Quick Play’ feature, allowing you to skip to sections of the campaign, and also adds support for the Valve Index, which was missing...
The developers of Half-Life: Alyx answered questions about the game on Reddit. To save you rummaging through the Reddit thread, we’ve summed up all of the responses in one place. SDK Not Releasing Alongside The Game The team is “not currently planning on shipping a full SDK.” They said it may come at some point,...
UploadVR’s weekly podcast, The VR Download, is LIVE on YouTube today at 10:30 AM PST (18:30 UTC)! 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. This week’s Hot Topic:...
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