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‘Drunk or Dead’ Studio Announces Starship Trooper-Style Shooter ‘B3’
4 I Lab, the studio behind Drunk or Dead (2017), released a trailer announcing their next game, B3, a co-op VR shooter that's definitely borrowing some of its vibe from Starship Troopers (1997).
Not much is known about the game besides...
Tim Heidecker’s ‘On Cinema’ Goes 360 in a Hilarious Lambaste of VR Video
Tim Heidecker's Adult Swim parody movie review show On Cinema went full 360 in its latest episode, strapping a number of Ricoh Theta 360 cameras around the set.
In On Cinema, Heidecker's fictional alter ego is usually looking for the next big...
Developer Creates Scan of Apartment to Work Inside of VR for 30 Days
Turin, Italy-based developer Enea Le Fons is aiming to spend more than 30 days of extended stints in VR, and although he won't be able to qualify for any records—he's still eating, sleeping, and using the bathroom sans headset—Le...
Sony Experimenting with Advanced Livestreaming Features for PSVR, Mixed Reality Views
Speaking during a session at GDC 2018 last month, Richard Forster, Senior Team Lead at Sony's Research & Development West group, chronicled a range of explorations in advanced livestreaming and sharing features for PSVR.
Today PSVR users can access the usual...
Update: KatVR Scraps ‘Mini’ VR Treadmill Kickstarter, Sets Price at $3000
Kat VR, the China-based company behind the 2015 Kickstarter-funded KAT Walk VR treadmill, announced last month that a new mini-version of the low-friction VR treadmill would be hitting Kickstarter soon, and that above all it would be "affordable." Today...
Play Zero-G Sport ‘Echo Arena’ This Weekend on Rift For a Chance to Win Prizes
Oculus is heading into its third week of 'Rift Gold Rush', a prize-winning extravaganza marking the two-year anniversary of Rift's launch. To get a chance to win this weekend, just pop into a public match in Echo Arena (2017) during the...
Updates on the Decentralized Metaverse: WebXR, A-Frame, & ‘Supermedium’
I visited Mozilla's offices last October to chat with A-Frame co-creator & co-maintainer Diego Marcos about the current state of WebVR. Marcos has since left Mozilla in order to work on the Supermedium WebVR browser, which creates a desktop...
Social VR App ‘vTime’ Closes $7.6M Series A Investment, AR Experience to Come in 2018
vTime, the social VR platform, today announced the closure of a $7.6 million (£5.4 million) Series A funding round led by Deepbridge Capital with included investment from Liverpool, UK-based institutional loan and equity provider MSIF.
vTime founder and CEO Martin Kenwright says...
VR Photogrammetry Showcase ‘Realities’ is Getting Three New Scenes
Realities is a VR photogrammetry showcase featuring detailed photogramatic scans from a handful of interesting locations around the world. In collaboration with Canadian television channel TV5's documentary series Terre d’Exploration, the first of three new scenes from the Canadian wilderness is...
Group Behind JPEG Unveils New ‘visually lossless’ Compression Standard for VR/AR and More
This week at NAB Show in Las Vegas, the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG), the international committee behind the titular image compression standard, unveiled JPEG XS, a new format that is touted as a lower energy compression solution that provides...
Hands-on: Infinadeck’s Latest Prototype is the Most Natural Feeling VR Treadmill Yet
Infinadeck is an active omni-directional VR treadmill that lets you walk in any direction. Compared to others, which generally rely on low friction surfaces to emulate the act of walking, Infinadeck's design actually has a tread that moves beneath...
‘Killing Floor: Incursion’ to Land on PSVR May 1st, Arriving With ‘Tron-style’ Bonus Level
Last month Killing Floor: Incursion (2017), the co-op zombie shooter from Tripwire Interactive, made its transition from Oculus exclusive to multi-platform title when it launched via Steam with support for HTC Vive and Rift. Now, the zombie-splattering sci-fi horror game is headed to...
Studio Behind ‘Prison Boss VR’ is Kickstarting ‘Jousting Time’, Built for Spectator Interaction
Trebuchet, the Montreal-based studio behind Prison Boss VR (2017), just launched a Kickstarter campaign for a new game that places you on the back of a trusty steed and puts a lance in your free hand. The multiplayer VR jousting...
The Yang and the Yin of Immersive Storytelling with Oculus’ Yelena Rachitsky
The future of VR storytelling will be immersive and interactive. Yelena Rachitsky is an executive producer of experiences at Oculus, and she's been inspired by how interactive narratives have allowed her to feel like a participant who is more...
‘VRChat’ is the Closest VR Experience Available Today to ‘Ready Player One’s’ OASIS
Ready Player One was released on March 29th, and the current VR experience that comes the closest to realizing the vision of the OASIS depicted in the movie is the social VR experience of VRChat. By 2045, I predict...




















