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‘Call of the Starseed’ Gameplay on the HTC Vive at PAX Prime 2015
Cloudhead Interactive were at PAX Prime in Seattle this weekend, showing off their latest (and newly titled) first installment in their 'The Gallery' saga, Call of the Starseed, featuring their recently announced 'Blink' VR locomotion system. The game was...
How to Win an Oculus Touch Demo at PAX Prime
While Oculus has a booth full of their Rift CV1 headsets for PAX attendees to try out, the company's new 'Touch' motion input controller is behind closed doors. But that doesn't mean they're off-limits entirely. A few lucky PAX-goers...
Oculus SDK v0.7 Beta is Released With ‘Preliminary’ Windows 10 Support, Multiple Enhancements
The latest v0.7 release of Oculus' Software Development Kit and Runtime Driver is now here, bringing with it multiple enhancements alongside preliminary Windows 10 support.
As we detailed a couple of weeks ago, Oculus' latest and much anticipated SDK release is...
‘Marble Mountain’ Fuses Retro Arcade Gameplay with VR Immersion
Lightning Rock is a small development company based in Australia who are working on a retro inspired action puzzler called Marble Mountain who's Steam Greenlight campaign is currently doing rather well.
If you take Atari arcade classic Marble Madness and mash...
VR Pet Tracking with the HTC Vive and Bandit the Dog
HTC Vive title Hover Junkers creators StressLevelZero felt that their house pet Bandit was missing out on all the room-scale VR goodness enjoyed by the rest of the clan, so they rigged up a controller and put him in VR.
The...
‘Null of Hope’ is a Retro Adventure Made Possible by VR, Demo Available Now
Null of Hope takes your memories of 8 bit illustrated adventure games, turning on it's head whilst throwing the lot into an immersive VR powered experience. Watch the debut trailer.
Back in the 8 bit computing era, adventure games driven by...
Cedar Fair Amusement Park Company to Test Virtual Reality on Roller Coasters
Cedar Fair, the theme park company behind the famous Cedar Point park and 13 others, is set to trial virtual reality technology on one of the company's many roller coasters.
During a Q2 2015 earnings conference call, CEO Matt Ouimet spoke...
Vice Sports 360 ‘Extreme Sports’ Video Series Begins with Parkour Legend Ronnie Shalvis
In a new 360 degree video series, Vice Sports are aiming to capture the thrill of extreme sports in the most immersive way possible. The first in the series begins following Parkour / Free-running legend Ronnie Shalvis as he...
New ‘Rigs: Mechanized Combat League’ Gameplay on Sony Morpheus Reminds Us Why We Love it
Here's a brand new gameplay video featuring the new Guerilla Cambridge crafted sports mech shooter 'Rigs: Mechanized Combat League' for the PS4 and Project Morpheus.
Guerilla Cambridge, a UK based offshoot of the enormously successful Guerilla Games codehouse (developers of...
This 360 Video Shows ‘EVE Online’ at its Most Magnificent
Immerse yourself in the vast, beautiful world of EVE Online via this new 360 video which aims to illustrate the hugely popular MMO from CCP Games at its grandest.
Have you ever toyed with the idea of trying EVE Online...
We Want to Play these HoloLens Concept Games Right Now
Stress Level Zero, the developers behind forthcoming HTC Vive / Steam VR title Hover Junkers, have come up with a series of concept titles for the Microsoft Hololens which we'd love to see become a reality.
Remember long journeys in...
‘The Peterson Case’ Looks Terrifying and Beautiful in Equal Measure
The Peterson Case is a title from developers Quarter Circle Games which places you in the shoes of detective Franklin Reinhardt as he tries to unravel the mystery behind 2 missing families. Built in Unity 5 with VR support,...
Create Your Own Solar System with the HTC Vive and ‘Planets’
This short trailer for upcoming title 'Planets' demonstrates how the HTC Vive can let you create a 'room scale' solar system of your very own.
The HTC Vive, Valve's first flagship VR headset built on the Steam VR platform is...
Palmer Luckey’s Response to James Cameron’s VR Dismissal
Speaking to IGN recently, founder of Oculus Palmer Luckey has somewhat belatedly responded to James Cameron's dismissal of virtual reality and in particular the Oculus Rift last year.
It's normal, expected and healthy to have detractors in a space as...
Oculus Touch Prototypes Are in the Hands of Select Devs, More Info Coming at Connect
Although the Oculus Touch 'Half Moon' motion controller prototype was revealed back in June, there's not yet an openly available development kit like the Rift DK1 and DK2 to speak of. Like the Crescent Bay headset prototype (predecessor to...



















