Videogame tie-ins to movies are usually pretty bad, but LA-based VRWERX is hoping the same isn’t true for VR tie-ins; the company has just announced a new VR game based on the Mission: Impossible franchise. This is the second movie-based VR experience from the studio, the first being the upcoming Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul....
“I’ve been in VR for a long time,” says Rob Catto. He tells me that back in 1993 he set up a fully immersive VR lab in the high school where he taught, so it’s not surprising that he believes Virtual Reality and teaching are natural bedfellows, nor that he ended up as the Director...
A lot of our Rock Band VR coverage thus far has been focused on how the series plays with the Oculus Rift. But, now that the game’s nearly here, we’re wondering exactly what are we going to play too. We’ve heard a few hits like The Black Keys’ Gold On The Ceiling during hands-on demos,...
Google’s Play Store, the official marketplace for Android apps and more, is turning five this month, and to celebrate the company is doing a number of things. For fans of its new ecosystem, Google Daydream, it’s got a sale in store. Just three games are discounted in Daydream’s first special promotion, but they’re worth taking...
At NVIDIA’s upcoming GTC 2017 conference on May 8-11, the company plans to award $30,000 in cash and prizes to the winners of the VR Content Showcase which is seeking companies focusing on content other than gaming which is using or plans to use Nvidia GPU technology like GameWorks, DesignWorks or VRWorks. Submissions close on March 15th. Nvidia’s annual...
OSVR is currently offering the HDK 2 at a 20% price reduction as part of their Academia and Developer Program. The HDK 2 is the most recent iteration of the organization’s open-source VR headset, normally priced at $399. The OSVR HDK 2 sits in a unique position in the market, aimed towards developers of VR software...
Realities, a ‘virtual travel’ title that presents near photo-realistic VR captures of real-world locations, has received a major update. In addition to a new explorable location, the software has been overhauled to support forward rendering and improved support for Oculus Rift and Touch. Practically as old as photography itself, use cases for photogrammetry (making measurements...
When HTC invited me to a behind-closed-doors demo at the 2017 Game Developers Conference (GDC) to show off a brand new VR shooter in development by Skydance Interactive, I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I was familiar with Skydance Media from their work on several film properties, such as Star Trek, True Grit, Mission...
Has it been a while since you dived into the wacky world of VR compatible multiplayer shooter, World War Toons by Studio Roqovan? You might want to give it a look over today; there’s plenty of new content inbound. Headlining this update, seen in the trailer below, is a Chinese-themed new map called The Great...
The 2017 Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) is now officially over. This year there was a ton of news and lots of great looking games for all manner of VR systems from the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift to the Gear VR and PlayStation VR (PSVR). One of the highlights of the week was undoubtedly The Mage’s...
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