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Amazon Promises “single-digit latency” for AR/VR Streaming Over 5G with AWS Wavelength
Last month Amazon quietly announced the 'Wavelength' platform as part of its Amazon Web Services (AWS) offering. The new 'edge computing' service promises "single-digit millisecond latencies" over 5G networks. Amazon says the platform is made for "latency-sensitive workloads" including...
‘Halo Reach’ VR Mod ‘ReclaimerVR’ Shows Progress with Motion Controller Input
Halo Reach (2010), the final Halo game from the series' original developer, Bungie, launched on PC in December, and could now wind up with a VR support through an unofficial mod. Zack "Nibre" Fannon, the creator of the Alien: Isolation VR...
New Samsung VR Headset Design Surfaces in Recent Patents
Samsung recently filed patents with China's National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) office that shows off a few new designs in what appears to be two fairly similar PC VR headsets.
There's little to go on besides the photos of both...
Cas & Chary Present: ‘The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners’ Gameplay Overview
Launched yesterday, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is a heavy physics-based survival adventure game set in the zombie apocalypse of the Walking Dead universe. In this video and article, we wanted to showcase the core gameplay mechanics without spoiling too...
‘The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners’ Coming to Quest & PSVR This Year
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (2020) launched on PC VR headsets yesterday, and basically established itself as one of the most gritty and violent entries into the VR horror-survival genre. Now, Skydance Interactive says both PSVR and Oculus Quest...
Now 150 People Strong, Varjo Talks Future Focus, More Affordable Headsets
Finland-based startup Varjo, maker of high-end enterprise VR headsets, has built an impressive product and charted a rapid growth, seemingly similar to the early years of Oculus. Now with 150 employees and some $46 million in venture funding, Varjo...
‘The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners’ Review – Satisfyingly Drenched in Existential Angst
To put it bluntly, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is genuinely terrifying. And I'm convinced the game's creators started with a pretty simple premise and built everything with that in mind: 'how to make the player feel insanely distressed in literally...
Valve “Confident” That ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Will Ship on Time
With a handful of high profile games being delayed in the last few weeks (like Cyberpunk 2077, Doom Eternal, The Last of Us Part II, and more) there's been lingering worry that Valve—perhaps the game studio most infamous for...
Valve Makes All ‘Half-Life’ Games Free to Play Until ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Launches in March
In celebration of the upcoming launch of Half-Life: Alyx, the studio's first full VR title, Valve is making all games in the Half-Life series free to play until Alyx's release in March.
Half-Life is the cornerstone franchise that established Valve as one...
‘Minecraft’ Creator Praises ‘Boneworks’, Considers Starting a VR Game Studio
Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" has apparently been spending time with Valve's new Index headset and the recently released Boneworks. Now he's flirting with the idea of starting up a new VR game studio to revisit some game development ideas.
Recent tweets from...
Valve Confirms ‘Left 4 Dead’ VR Game Not in Active Development
If you were buzzing about the proposition of getting a Left 4 Dead game any time soon, be it VR or otherwise, Valve says it's definitely not working on any Left 4 Dead-related IP, and it hasn't for years.
Rumors that Valve...
The 5 Best Cross-Play Multiplayer Games for PC VR & PlayStation VR
Single-player games can immersive and rewarding, but when the campaign is done and all the AI foes have been slain, you need to know when you finally hit that 'multiplayer' button that can play with actual human beings. Here...
‘Moon Rider’ is a WebVR Game That’s Quietly Amassed Thousands of Daily Players
Moon Rider is a free VR rhythm game built on the WebVR standard which means it runs directly from a web browser rather than being downloaded and installed on a specific VR storefront. Its creators say the game has...
Mojo is Making Contacts Smarter with Its Incredibly Tiny Microdisplay
Mojo Vision is a company that's working to produce smart contact lenses, which it hopes in the near future will let users have a non-obtrusive display without needing to wear a pair of smart glasses.
CNET's Scott Stein got a chance...
Facebook Surges in U.S. Patent Rankings Due to Mounting AR Strategy
An analysis of U.S. patents done by Fairview Research reveals that Facebook has made a significant surge in its year-over-year ranking for patents granted in 2019, something partly owed to its increased number of patents surrounding augmented reality. The news...




















