E3 2015

E3 2015

Oculus to Open ‘Constellation’ Positional Tracking API to Third-parties

Oculus says that they'll be opening up their 'Constellation' tracking API so that third-parties can use the tech to build positionally tracked peripherals beyond what the company will make themselves. At E3 2015, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey told us that he...

Climax Studios’ ‘Bandit Six: Salvo’ a Gear VR Turret Shooter with Charm and Strategy

We caught up with Climax Studios at E3 2015 and went hands-on with their latest Gear VR title, Bandit Six: Salvo. With the focus of E3 primarily on the impending arrival of consumer desktop VR hardware, let's not forget the...
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Morpheus Exclusive ‘SuperHyperCube’ Shares Heritage With One of Indie Gaming’s Biggest Hits

When I was initially surveying the 17 Morpheus VR titles that Sony was showing at E3 2015, I came across one with a logo that was printed so small on the booth's placard that I could hardly read it. I...

Oculus Demonstrates Their Own ‘Room-scale’ Tracking Capability at E3 2015

Much praise has been lavished on Valve's 'room-scale'-capable Lighthouse tracking system, which affords users an impressively large tracking volume for virtual reality interaction. Not to be outdone, Oculus demonstrated to us at E3 2015 that their own tracking technology...
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First Look at ‘Harmonix Music VR’ a Trippy Visualizer for Morpheus from the Makers of Rock...

Harmonix, the studio behind the Rock Band franchise, created a VR music visualizer called Harmonix Music VR. The Sony Morpheus exclusive title shown at E3 this week takes you through a trippy on-rails experience that Harmonix says will get you listening...
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AMD Creates VR Gaming Rig of the Future with ‘Project Quantum’

AMD recently unveiled a supercharged, small form factor PC at E3 this week, a futuristic-looking gaming rig that promises to easily deliver the 90 FPS required by VR headsets like the new Oculus Rift. They're calling it 'Project Quantum', and is...
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Video Hands-on: ‘The London Heist – Getaway’ on Sony Morpheus

At E3 2015 Sony is showing a brand new addition to their The London Heist VR game, this time putting the player in an action-packed car chase. From Sony's London Studio, the demo represents another exemplary entry into the company's VR...

Hands-on: Oculus Touch is an Elegant Extension of your Hand for Touching Virtual Worlds

From the beginning, Oculus said they didn't want to reveal an official VR input solution until they could do it right. Despite pressure from their developers, competitors, and the VR community at large, the company bided their time up...
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Video Playthrough of ‘The Walking Dead’ VR Experience on StarVR

Here's a full play-through of Overkill's The Walking Dead experience at E3 2015 using Starbreeze's StarVR 210 degree VR headset. We went hands-on with the latest VR headset to appear at E3 this year. The StarVR is a 210 degree...

StarVR Detailed Hands-on: Big Field of View, Even Bigger Potential

We go hands on with the latest StarVR headset prototype from Starbreeze Studios, sporting a 210 degree field of view and dual quad-HD panels as demoed at E3 with Overkill's The Walking Dead experience. The InfinitEye team's metamorphosis from part-time garage hackers to...

StarVR Prototype Mini-Museum at E3 Shows Glimpse of Development History

StarVR, the recently reborn super-wide FOV VR headset from Starbreeze Studios, have put together something of a mini-museum at their E3 booth commemorating a number of development prototypes. Starbreeze Studios, the team behind the Pay Day franchise, made some noise earlier this week when...
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Crytek’s ‘Robinson: The Journey’ Prototype Playthrough Video

Crytek's new virtual reality demo prototype which debuts at E3 this week, is an impressive testament to Crytek's renewed commitment to VR. Here's a video playthrough and some thoughts from my time with the 'Robinson: The Journey' Prototype. Arguably late to...

EA, Microsoft, and Ubisoft all Reveal VR and AR Side Projects at E3 2015

Snippets of VR-centric news have been coming out from major game studios and their subsidiaries—specifically from EA, Microsoft, and Ubisoft—throughout the course of E3. Here we take a look at some of the VR projects the big studios have...

Oculus’ Palmer Luckey Explains Present and Near Future of VR at E3

During his many rounds of E3 interviews, Founder and inventor of the Oculus Rift Palmer Luckey discussed the present and near future of virtual reality. Here's a quick recap of our favorite bits: Luckey, donning an engineering sample of the...

Hands On: Battle Zone Pulls Off Hover Tank Combat on Sony Morpheus

We go hands-on with Rebellion's update to Atari's arcade classic Battle Zone and discover that this VR reboot is anything but a cheap VR cash-in on a retro title. Back in the day, Atari's arcade game Battle Zone was cutting...
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