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‘Tilt Brush’ Live Exhibition Paints VR in an Artistic Light

Tilt Brush's first painting exhibition, a gathering that took place last weekend in San Francisco, was organized to showcase a select group of artists using the made-for-VR painting program. Though VR headsets are largely known for enhancing immersion in gaming, Tilt Brush...

StarVR Detailed Hands-on: Big Field of View, Even Bigger Potential

We go hands on with the latest StarVR headset prototype from Starbreeze Studios, sporting a 210 degree field of view and dual quad-HD panels as demoed at E3 with Overkill's The Walking Dead experience. The InfinitEye team's metamorphosis from part-time garage hackers to...

StarVR Prototype Mini-Museum at E3 Shows Glimpse of Development History

StarVR, the recently reborn super-wide FOV VR headset from Starbreeze Studios, have put together something of a mini-museum at their E3 booth commemorating a number of development prototypes. Starbreeze Studios, the team behind the Pay Day franchise, made some noise earlier this week when...
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Crytek’s ‘Robinson: The Journey’ Prototype Playthrough Video

Crytek's new virtual reality demo prototype which debuts at E3 this week, is an impressive testament to Crytek's renewed commitment to VR. Here's a video playthrough and some thoughts from my time with the 'Robinson: The Journey' Prototype. Arguably late to...

EA, Microsoft, and Ubisoft all Reveal VR and AR Side Projects at E3 2015

Snippets of VR-centric news have been coming out from major game studios and their subsidiaries—specifically from EA, Microsoft, and Ubisoft—throughout the course of E3. Here we take a look at some of the VR projects the big studios have...

Hands On: Battle Zone Pulls Off Hover Tank Combat on Sony Morpheus

We go hands-on with Rebellion's update to Atari's arcade classic Battle Zone and discover that this VR reboot is anything but a cheap VR cash-in on a retro title. Back in the day, Atari's arcade game Battle Zone was cutting...

Here’s Every Morpheus Game Sony is Demoing at E3 2015

We scrounged, scraped, and combed for every single Morpheus game currently demoing in Sony's booth at E3 2015 in Los Angeles. Here's our complete list, coming to 17 impressively varied VR demos for the PlayStation 4. Trackmania Turbo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3piye62BYf4 Trackmania Turbo, the newest installment...

Hands-on: Crytek’s ‘Robinson The Journey’ Prototype is a Visual Feast, Built for Motion Controls

With games like Crysis (2007) and Ryse: Son of Rome (2013), Crytek has cultivated a reputation for making beautiful games. The company's VR team, which just announced Robinson: The Journey as their first title, is keeping with that tradition in...

Hands-on: Sony’s First Triple-A Competitive VR Game, ‘Rigs’

We go hands on with Project Morpheus exclusive multiplayer mech combat game by Guerilla Games Cambridge, Rigs: Mechanized Combat League. By far the best looking VR game on Morpheus right now. Guerilla Games, the developers behind smash hit Playstation franchise Killzone,...

Sony Showing “Close to 20 Morpheus Titles” at E3 2015, Here’s 10 Confirmed So Far

With Sony getting serious about VR as they approach the launch of their Morpheus headset next year, the company says they're showing nearly 20 Morpheus games at E3 2015 in LA, here is a look at the ones we were...

Crytek’s First VR Game Revealed as ‘Robinson: The Journey’

Crytek, the creators of Crysis (2007) and in-house game engine CryEngine, have announced a VR game called Robinson: The Journey and early impressions are good. The game's website is still sparse on info at the moment, with only a brief description to tide...

OSVR HDK Headset Now Shipping with 100Hz Positional Tracking, Upgrade Modules Announced

OSVR's 'Hacker Development Kit' version 1.2 is now shipping to selected developers, including the long awaited IR positional tracking system. The company has today updated their SDK to include support for Android devices, adding true cross-platform compatibility to an ecosystem that...
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Hands-on: AMD’s New Fury X GPU Powers Kite & Lightning’s Spectacular ‘GE Neuro’ Experience

Kite & Lightning have taken the wraps off of their newest experience, another project for GE, which explores the inner workings of musician Reuben Wu's brain in both a fantastical and realistic representation. The new experience is powered by...

Fove to Explore Lighthouse Positional Tracking at $700,000 Stretch Goal, Announces SteamVR Support

Fove, the impressive eye-tracking VR headset that's smashed through their Kickstarter goal, has revealed plans to investigate 'Lighthouse' positional tracking from Valve as a $700,000 stretch goal. The company today is also announcing that they will support the OpenVR...
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Industrial Light & Magic’s New Division to Create Immersive Star Wars Experiences

Industrial Light & Magic, the visual effects company founded by George Lucas, have announced a new project group called ILMxLAB, an internal research group that focuses on "all manner of immersive entertainment." ILMvLAB aims to develop a number of immersive media projects, including...
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