Vimeo didn’t pick the best timing to announce its support for 360 video streaming, but it’s finally here at least. The online video service yesterday announced Vimeo 360, its new platform that allows any to upload panoramic content that can be hosted in up to 8K. As you’d expect, the launch comes with support for a smartphone...
Along with its own awards ceremonies, VR has been recognised at respected videogame and film shows over the past 12 months, and now it’s coming to one of the UK’s most prestigious institutions: BAFTA. The nominations for this year’s BAFTA Game Awards have been announced, and Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) is once again leading the...
Korix a visually-minimalist VR RTS headed to PlayStation VR claiming to be the first title to run natively at 120Hz on the headset. While the PSVR display supports a 120Hz refresh rate, most games on the platform run at 60Hz and use a technique called asynchronous reprojection to inject interpolated frames to bring the output up to...
Bigscreen VR announced that they raised $3 million dollars for their “social utility” VR application. Bigscreen gives you access to your computer screen in VR, which is a deceptively simple idea but one that is unlocking new ways of working on your computer and enabling collaborative social environments that range from virtual 2D video game...
The beta channels for the Steam client and SteamVR now support Linux. As a development build, the selection of Linux-supported SteamVR games is very limited, but Valve says the build aims to let developers begin making VR content that supports the open source operating system. Valve recently provided some positive news for VR on Linux, which...
The American Dream is an upcoming VR game that takes a long, hard look at American’s gun problem. We played a short demo at PAX West and interviewed the developers last year and came away impressed with how well the team at Samurai Punk were able to blend the sardonic parody premise with rewarding gameplay. In...
Microsoft’s HoloLens is still very much in an early stage, and interesting new ideas and uses for the device are being discovered by the week. This most recent example turns your phone into a controller for the mixed reality headset. Currently, HoloLens is mainly controlled through gestures with your hand, though can also be navigated...
The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive each released almost a full year ago, with the Samsung Gear VR predating them by quite a bit and the younger, more fresh PlayStation VR (PSVR) headset from Sony just releasing a short few months ago in October. It’s been a whirlwind of a a year for the budding...
I have to admit I didn’t expect much going into Dying: Reborn PSVR. Publisher Oasis Games’ previous efforts on PlayStation VR (PSVR) have ranged from the mediocre (Ace Banana) to the downright terrible (Weeping Doll and Pixel Gear), so you could forgive me for being skeptical that this would be a different story. Much to my...
Since its reveal at E3 2016, we’ve watched Sony’s new Aim Controller for PlayStation VR (PSVR) with much intrigue. Last month we reported on a release date for the kit and, today, we’ve got an initial price as part of a bundle. The Aim Controller will arrive with its first compatible game, Farpoint, on May...
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