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Rev VR Podcast (Ep.114): Rev. Kyle’s Final Thoughts on 2015
Almost none of the predictions I made during my 2014 year-end podcast were correct. In fact, If you listen to that podcast now, most of the comments I make could technically be made again right now and still be...
‘Disembodied’ is an Inventive Platformer for Quest That’s All About Hand-tracking
Disembodied is a unique platformer coming to Quest that answers the question: how do you build a 'traditional' game entirely around hand-tracking?
Retroactively adding hand-tracking to existing games is a bit of a mixed bag. Sometimes it works just fine, like in...
‘Raw Data’ Devs Share Player Metrics & Insights Ahead of October’s v1.0 Launch
Raw Data (2016) launched more than a year ago in Early Access. Following a number of major updates including the addition of a PVP mode, the game is set to hit version 1.0 and launch out of Early Access on October 5th...
‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Launches Next Month But Index is Still Sold Out Across the Globe
Valve's first flagship VR title, Half-Life: Alyx, is now set to launch on March 23rd but unfortunately the company's Index VR headset is still just about impossible to buy direct. In the meantime, the shortage has seen secondary markets selling the...
The 20 Best Rated & Most Popular Quest Games & Apps – January 2023
While Oculus doesn’t offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual games & apps are performing across its Quest 2 storefront, it’s possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here’s...
Vive Pre-orders to Open February 29th as HTC Pivots From Smartphones to VR
Speaking with The Telegraph, HTC CEO Cher Wang confirms that pre-orders for the company's Vive VR system will open February 29th. Wang also indicates that HTC is turning its focus primarily to virtual reality.
The Telegraph reports HTC CEO Cher Wang...
Experimental VR Interfaces in Dave Buchhofer’s Oculus Rift Playground [video]
Recently I had a chance to meet with Dave Buchhofer, a 3D artist and developer, who has been working to find intuitive VR control schemes. Part of this requires a functional user interface, and I got to see some...
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...
PlayStation 5 to Launch Holiday 2020, Including New Controller with Improved Haptics
It was confirmed back in April that Sony's upcoming next-gen console would include support for the current-gen PSVR. In a new exclusive interview with Wired, the company further revealed that not only is PlayStation 5 slated to arrive holiday season 2020, but...
‘Laser Dance’ Coming to Quest in 2024, From Creator Behind One of Quest’s Best-rated Puzzle Games
Thomas Van Bouwel, the developer behind popular VR puzzle game Cubism (2020), is nearing launch of the long-teased mixed reality game for Quest that turns your living room into a moving grid of lasers straight out of Mission Impossible.
Update...
Meta Swiftly Pulls the Plug on ‘Marvel Powers United VR’ Fan Revival Project
Meta shut down MARVEL Powers United VR (2018) back in 2021, the online co-op game released exclusively on Oculus Rift by Meta-owned studio Sanzuru Games. A recent fan project dedicated to reviving the game gave fans a glimmer of hope...
Valve is Open to Bringing SteamOS to Third-party VR Headsets
Valve's newly announced Steam Frame VR headset will be the first running SteamOS, the company's Linux-based operating system. But it may not be the last.
In the same way that Valve is open to other companies building traditional devices that run...
Using Experiential Design to Expand VR Presence Theory
Dustin Chertoff has pulled experiential design insights from the advertising world to come up with a more holistic theory of Presence in virtual reality. In 2008, he was in graduate school and was dissatisfied with the major theories of...
Meta Announces First-party ‘Deadpool VR’ Game Voiced by Neil Patrick Harris
Meta's first-party VR game studio Twisted Pixel revealed its latest upcoming title: Marvel's Deadpool VR. Set for release later this year, the game is said to feature an all-new, original Deadpool story, with the main character voiced by Neil...
Project Holodeck Update: Razer Now Official Sponsor, The Team Tests the Oculus Rift
Exciting info for the team of Project Holodeck, Razer is now an official sponsor. The company, which was founded in 1998 and manufacturers PC peripherals for hardcore gamers, will supply the Holodeck team with hardware pertinent to the project and...






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