The VR ecosystem is jam-packed full of shooters, zombie games, escape the room puzzles, and dense horror fests, but it’s severely lacking in one of gaming’s greatest and most iconic genres: the hack and slash roleplaying game. Popularized by the likes of Diablo, Devil May Cry, God of War and other franchises with similar elements,...
Sometimes, the simplest solutions are also the smartest. Go Touch VR’s approach to VR haptics achieves surprising effectiveness out of small, simple haptic devices that provide stimulation to the end of your fingers. Call it “obvious,” but this is the first time I’ve seen Go Touch VR’s approach to VR haptics, which provides nothing more than...
There are many experiments by creators utilizing the VR platform as they try to find unique content that’s either fully interactive or more of a hands-off narrative experience. Gary The Gull is an attempt that floats in between the two styles as a short film with reactive AI. Gary’s interactive elements were made possible by...
The trailer for the fourth season of HBO’s Silicon Valley is out and it looks like Pied Piper’s technology might be used to improve virtual reality. The show has referenced VR multiple times in its first three seasons, but it looks like it may play a major role in the next season with the trailer referencing...
Back in January IMAX opened the doors to its first pilot center for its location-based VR initiative. When we tried it for ourselves, we were curious as to what kind of a reaction the center would get from the general public. Now we know. The center has seen 15,000 admissions since it opened on January...
The virtual reality gaming scene in its first year went through a predictable obsession with outer space. The deep space isolation game ADR1FT was there for Rift buyers on day one, along with dog fighting flight combat game EVE: Valkyrie, and countless others ever since. Space represents the final frontier, the great unknown, and a...
Back in October Microsoft unveiled a bold new vision for its Windows 10 operating system named the Creator’s Update, and mixed reality technology played a big part in it. Today, that revamp has finally been dated. Microsoft will begin rolling out the latest iteration of its operating system April 11, and the company confirmed to...
Announced today at Samsung Unpacked was a new version of the Gear 360, the company’s 360 camera. The event, which saw official announcement of the Galaxy S8/S8 plus and pricing info of the new Gear VR, revealed that the new Gear 360 is capable of capturing 360 video in 4K (4096 x 2160) at 24 fps, and livestreaming...
Gear VR games should get a lot easier to navigate, thanks to a new controller and an overhauled Oculus app. The post Gear VR Just Took a Huge Leap Forward (Thanks to Oculus) appeared first on WIRED. Source: Gear VR Just Took a Huge Leap Forward (Thanks to Oculus)
The Insta360 cameras attach to the charging port your Android or iPhone for filming in 360 degrees, and with a new update to the company’s app today owners will be able to livestream that view to Facebook. The Insta360 Nano ($200 for iPhone) and Insta360 Air ($130 for Android) get the capability through an update...
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