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Oculus Touts New VR Rendering Feature, Valve Calls It an “Ideal Safety Net”

At GDC last week Oculus announced they were bringing a VR rendering function called Asynchronous Timewarp to Windows with version 1.3 of the Oculus PC SDK. The feature (abbreviated 'ATW') smoothes over otherwise uncomfortable stuttering which can happen when...

‘Oculus Social SDK’ Slips Out in Connect 2 Schedule

Details of Oculus' second 'Connect' VR developer conference are now out and hints at a new 'Social SDK' which it's presumed is designed to help developers to create applications designed to being people together in VR. There are many examples of disruptive...

‘Hubris’ Review – Visually Stunning VR Shooter That Just Misses the Mark

Hubris should be what we've all been waiting for, a visually well-realized VR native that transports you to otherworldly biomes, replete with shooting, jumping, climbing, swimming, and even some basic crafting mechanics. On paper it certainly checks many of the...

Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 96): Adult Entertainment in VR with Ela Darling

The adult entertainment industry is ripe and ready for virtual reality, and a few entrepreneurial folks are already capitalizing on it. My guest today is one of those people, adult performer, Ela Darling. Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 96): Adult Entertainment in...

‘EVE: Valkyrie’ Gets Major ‘Wormholes’ Update with Intriguing New Game Mode

CCP Games are updating the sci-fi dogfighting EVE: Valkyrie today with a brand new game mode, a league system, and a number of fixes and improvements. The 'Wormhole' mode creates new combat scenarios, as travelling into an anomaly changes the...

OpenXR Now Certifying Headset & App Compliance, Adds Extensions for Hand-tracking & Eye-tracking

Khronos Group, the consortium behind the OpenXR industry standard, today announced that it has begun officially certifying products that correctly implement the OpenXR standard. Additionally, the group has added new extensions to the standard to support hand-tracking and eye-tracking. OpenXR is...

Long-delayed ‘Lone Echo II’ Finally Set to Launch This Summer on Oculus PC

Lone Echo is one of the best regarded Oculus exclusive titles, which has made its follow up, Lone Echo II, highly anticipated. Originally slated to launch in 2019 and pushed back by numerous delays, Lone Echo II is now set for...
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‘The Gallery: Call of the Starseed’ Launches April 5th, New Trailer Revealed

After 3 years in development, Cloudhead Games are finally set to bring the first instalment of their made-for-VR series The Gallery to the HTC Vive, with release set for April 5th. To celebrate, they've released a trailer which reveals...

Lytro Announces VR Light Field Rendering Software ‘Volume Tracer’

Lytro, the once consumer-facing light field camera company which has recently pivoted to create high-end production tools, has announced a light field rendering software for VR that essentially aims to free developers from the current limitations of real-time rendering. The company...

VorpX Update to Add Oculus Rift DK2 Support and More – Skyrim Positional Tracking Demo (video)

It's been a little while since VorpX, the 3D injection driver that allows you to use your Oculus Rift with many non-VR games, was released. VorpX was the first commercially available driver of its kind to be released...

Review: ‘Seeking Dawn’ Is a Beautiful Sci-Fi Shooter Marred by Too Many Dull Chores

Seeking Dawn (2018) is a sci-fi first-person shooter which puts you in the boots of a space marine who's assigned to carry out a search and rescue mission on a mysterious alien planet. Including a single player campaign, and online...

Facebook Allows Oculus Go to be “Repurposed” with Release of Unlocked OS

Facebook has made good on a promise to release an unlocked OS build for its discontinued Oculus Go headset which will allow it to be modified beyond what was originally possible with the device. Update (October 22, 2021: Facebook this...
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Watch: IKinema’s HTC Vive Powered Full Body Motion Capture System is Impressive

Motion capture specialist IKinema has demonstrated its new in-development low-cost motion capture system which uses use 6 points of SteamVR tracking points to deliver a pretty accurate recreation of real world motion. The potential diversity of uses for Valve's SteamVR...

Microsoft Publishes New System Requirements for Windows VR Headsets, and An App to Check Your PC

As the holiday launch of the Windows VR headsets nears, Microsoft has published a new set of system requirements and an app allowing you to see if your PC will be ready for the company's "Mixed Reality" platform. A while...

‘Another Fisherman’s Tale’ Review – A Captivating Sequel with More of Everything

We're back for another dose of mind-bending puzzles à la Bob the Fisherman. The sequel offers up a longer, more emotionally complex story while packing in a ton of new puzzle mechanics that makes Another Fisherman's Tale feel leagues ahead of the...
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