Scott Hayden
An American expat based in Italy, Scott learned at a young age to revere the power of science fiction, becoming a figurative stained glass window through which he viewed the world. Throughout his childhood he was force fed countless reruns of Star Trek TNG, Quantum Leap, Sliders, (among many others) and lived by The Evil Dead triology and Saturday mornings watching MST3K with the rest of his sci-fi-freak family.
Like every card-carrying dweeb who grew up in the ’90s, Scott spent uncountable hours in front of a TV and various consoles, but even longer wishing inside his head that the fantasies played out in games and movies would someday become a reality. After following VR casually since its entrance into the public psyche, he decided to investigate further by the only way he knew how: by writing about it. He believes that VR will start a revolution of the mind, helping to give ineffable ideas form and increasing humanity’s ability to relate to one another through free expression.
CTA, the show organizers behind the United States' largest consumer electronics show, today announced that CES 2021 will be an "all-digital experience" next January, and will have no physical component amid concerns of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
A digital version...
Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge is ILMxLAB's next foray into VR gaming. It's been under wraps since it was announced earlier this summer, but today we're getting our first real info dump.
The video itself is heavy on concept...
The Toronto-based AR/VR developer Dark Slope today announced it's closed a bridge funding round with multiple investors which brings the company's total funding to $2.75 million. This coincides with a pivot away from location-based VR entertainment towards immersive VR learning.
The...
Pixel Ripped 1995 (2020), the '90s nostalgia-soaked sequel to VR adventure Pixel Ripped 1989 (2018), just got a free update that's bringing a bunch of new content to the game.
Called 'The Ultimate Challenge', the update is said to include...
With a few caveats, In Death: Unchained is basically the same experience you can have on SteamVR headsets and PSVR with its forebear In Death (2018), which we gave a respectable for the PC VR platform. Two years have passed...
Vertigo (2016) proved to be an ambitious room-scale VR title that pioneered the medium alongside the best of them back in 2016. Now ostensibly overhauled completely, Vertigo Remastered (2020) refreshes the VR shooter's threadbare low-poly aesthetic with a richer, more immersive...
A newly released update for the Oculus Browser on Quest includes full-finger hand-tracking support for WebXR projects.
The feature was quietly released in the recent 10.2 build of Oculus Browser, which now comes with a hand-tracking API and timewarp layer support,...
The big PSVR update to Media Molecule's creation game Dreams (2020) is coming tomorrow, July 22nd. If you're counting the seconds though, you can catch an insider look right now as Media Molecule is going hands-on with the 'Inside...
ILMxLAB today announced that its upcoming VR experience Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge is getting a 'first look' next week, July 28th, which should hopefully demystify the studio's next built-for-VR original story.
Update (July 21st, 2020): ILMxLab say that on...
Social VR/AR platform vTime released a new update today that includes a few theater spaces where you can chat with friends and watch select sports programming on big screen TVs.
The new theater feature is available on all supported platforms, including Oculus...
Contractors (2018), the team-based competitive multiplayer shooter, is running a free weekend on Steam starting today.
Contractors will be free-to-play until Monday, July 20th. You can download it now on Steam, which supports your standard range of SteamVR-compatible headsets, including Oculus...
Building something with your own two hands out of wood can be rewarding, but also messy, difficult, and not always practical depending on where you live. In the Early Access game vrkshop, which is available starting today, you'll get a chance...
Paper Beast, the surreal wildlife simulation first launched on PSVR, is slated to release on SteamVR headsets next week.
Update (July 15th, 2020): Pixel Reef today announced that Paper Beast is coming to PC VR headsets on July 24th, 2020. This will...
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (2020) launched earlier this year to critical acclaim, and now the single-player zombie game just got an update that promises to bring more carnage to the dank, zombie-infested world with a wave-based horde...
Oculus Go's days are numbered, however Pico Interactive seems undeterred by Facebook's move to retire the 3DOF VR headset. Starting today, a new version of its Pico G2 "4K" headset is available; another enterprise-focused iteration set to follow this...
