At a PlayStation VR session today at GDC, Sony stated that first-party PSVR titles with support for the new Aim peripheral are in development. Sony’s curious looking Aim controller may not be the coolest looking peripheral out there (a dubious accolade at any rate), but after our hands-on with the device and its first supported...
Edtech startup Nearpod has closed a $21 million Series B round led by Insight Venture Partners, Reach Capital, GSV Acceleration, Krillion Ventures and AGP Miami. The company has now raised $30.2 million to further its reach across the education landscape. Guido Kovalskys, CEO and co-founder of Nearpod, told UploadVR this latest round of funding will...
Finally jumping the hurdle of VR input will eventually require a combination of many different technologies currently in their infancy. Hand-tracking looks likely to play a big part in that future, and Leap Motion is one of a few companies leading the charge in this department. Leap’s latest, well, leap is to bring its controller-free...
As has been Epic Games’ style for many years, Robo Recall – built on the company’s Unreal Engine 4 – allows you to change the original game via the engine’s editor, giving you the tools you need to mod the title to your heart’s content. The slickly designed and expertly executed first person VR shooter...
Despite big releases in the likes of Resident Evil 7 [Review: 9/10] and Dirt Rally VR, it’s been an undeniably quiet start to the year for PlayStation VR (PSVR), but Sony is promising that won’t last long. The headset maker said this week that more than 220 software titles and experiences are development for the...
The portability and affordability of mobile VR is inspiring developers from all walks to create games, educational apps, or even productivity software for the platform. Though dependent on the types of phones users have, there’s an incredibly large install base already in place so it’s just a matter of capturing their interest and keeping it....
Spoiler warning for people that haven’t traveled to Middle-Earth: Do you remember that bit in Fellowship of the Ring where poor old Boromir fights to save Merry and Pippin? Exhausted from a long journey, breath fading with every swing and body screaming from the fatal crossbow bolts lodged into his torso? Remember how he bravely...
VR experiences welcome users into virtual worlds for education and entertainment purposes, immersing them into settings of the developer’s own design. Games like the recently announced Dungeon Chess take a simple table-top experience and project it into a VR space with special effects, ultimately providing an intimate gaming experience that brings players together that may...
At a PlayStation VR session today at GDC, Sony stated that first-party PSVR titles with support for the new Aim peripheral are in development. Sony’s curious looking Aim controller may not be the coolest looking peripheral out there (a dubious accolade at any rate), but after our hands-on with the device and its first supported...
At GDC 2017, developers Impulse Gear confirmed that their VR shooter Farpoint has Co-op, and will launch in a bundle with the PS VR Aim Controller on May 16th. An ‘unnerving space adventure set on a hostile alien world’, Farpoint is a free-movement FPS exclusive to PlayStation VR. Build from the group up for PlayStation...
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