I’ve wanted a great stealth game in VR ever since consumer-grade headsets started hitting the market. When you’re wearing a headset you at first have a tendency to either sit or stand in one place without moving too much. But then you take a step, and you lean around, and you reach out with motion...
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There Will Be No Proto Awards In 2017, Return Planned In 2018
The organizers of VR’s biggest awards ceremony, The Proto Awards, say they won’t be hosting an event in 2017. In 2014, 2015 and 2016 The Proto Awards were held to recognize some of the groundbreaking efforts pushing forward the emerging medium of VR content. The event is organized by The Virtual Reality Foundation, which is...
Coldplay to Livestream ‘Head Full of Dreams’ Concert on Gear VR for Free Next Week
Ever wanted to go to a Coldplay concert? If you own a Gear VR headset, you’ve got a free ticket for the VR livestream of the band’s ‘A Head Full of Dreams’ performance next week. Samsung and Live Nation are teaming up to bring Coldplay’s performance on August 17th from Chicago’s Soldier Field straight to your...
‘Tron’ Star Jeff Bridges Thinks ‘Tron 3’ Should be the “first virtual reality movie”
Speaking on an Entertainment Weekly radio show to be aired on August 15th, actor Jeff Bridges, star of Tron (1982) and sequel Tron: Legacy (2010), suggested that a third Tron feature should be “the first virtual reality movie.” Posted in a short entry on the Entertainment Weekly website, writer Clark Collis explained that he was prompted...
Chris Milk’s Here Be Dragons Gets $10 Million Investment
You might not have heard of Here Be Dragons before, but you’ve probably heard of some of the projects they’ve worked on. Today, this VR and AR production studio is announcing the closure of a $10 million series A round of funding. The investment was led by Discovery Communications. Here Be Dragons has been creating...
Superhero Sim Megaton Rainfall Finally Gets PSVR Release Date
It’s been some time since we’ve heard from Megaton Rainfall, the VR superhero simulation from Pentadimensional Games. Today, though, the game has returned to the spotlight with a release date in tow. Megaton Rainfall hits PlayStation VR (PSVR) on September 26th. That’s just over a month and a half away. In the game, you play...
5 Things We Want To See In The VOID’s Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire Experience
Last week The Void announced that it was partnering with ILMxLAB and Disney to debut a Star Wars-themed VR arcade-style experience at locations near both Disneyland and Disney World. Titled Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire, the experience is a large-scale multiplayer adventure that takes place in the Star Wars universe. Its exact timing and...
Merge VR Releases Eccentric AR Cube
Press Image Copyright MergeVR, used under Fair Use Doctrine These days marker-based augmented reality is pretty much a mature technology. It’s something every smartphone with a camera and a middling spec sheet can do. As we move to advanced markerless, machine vision AR and MR systems no one is really expecting for the old approach...
Rez Infinite Is Now Available On Oculus Rift And HTC Vive
Surprise! Rez Infinite, which remains one of the best games on the PlayStation VR (PSVR) 10 months after launch, is now available on the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive. Infinite is a VR (and non-VR) port of the beloved rhythm action shooter in which players fly along a set path, shooting down approaching enemies....
Obduction On PS4 Won’t Launch With PSVR Support
We already reported that Cyan’s popular adventure game, Obduction, would be launching on PS4 this month, but there’s been a slight stumble on the game’s VR support. When Obduction hits the console on August 29th (just under three weeks from now), it won’t support PlayStation VR. Studio founder Rand Miller recently revealed as much on...