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‘L.A. 2097’ is Your Own Little Slice of ‘Blade Runner’

L.A. 2097 is VR experience loosely based on the tech-noir classic film Blade Runner (1982), and although offering only a single re-imagined scene from the film—Rick Deckard's high-rise apartment balcony—the demo holds a surprisingly tight grip on the imagination. We spoke with project creator...

Nimble Sense Kickstarter Aims to Bring Time-of-Flight Depth-sensing Tech to VR on the Cheap

Today Nimble VR launches a Kickstarter campaign for Nimble Sense, a natural input controller that the company says was designed for virtual reality input. And while Nimble Sense doesn't at first appear to be much different than Leap...

Review: ‘Technolust’ is a Gritty Cyberpunk Adventure That Leaves You Begging For More

Technolust, like many others in the cyberpunk genre, stands on the shoulders of giants. Taking cues from neo-noir staples like Blade Runner (1982) and William Gibson's Neuromancer (1984), the adventure game makes good on its promise to deliver the lovably gritty 'high-tech, low-life' atmosphere that cyberpunk fans are after,...

Samsung Gear VR Gets Positional Tracking Via Sixense STEM, Announced at SFVR (Video)

Samsung's Gear VR is close to release, if recent rumours are to be believed, and it's certainly hotly anticipated. At a recent SFVR meetup, Sixense demo'd a solution to the Note 4 powered VR headset's one glaring feature omission -...

Mechwarrior Online Oculus Rift Support On the Way?

The developers of MechWarrior Online, the latest title in the long-standing mech franchise, tried out the Oculus Rift at GDC 2013 and seem very impressed. Their report from GDC teases heavily that Oculus Rift support for MWO could be...

NVIDIA GTC VR Content Showcase to Award $30k in Cash & Prizes to Non-gaming Applications

At NVIDIA's upcoming GTC 2017 conference on May 8-11, the company plans to award $30,000 in cash and prizes to the winners of the VR Content Showcase which is seeking companies focusing on content other than gaming which is using or...

‘Kittypocalypse’ Review

Kittypocalypse is a first-person tower defense game for Oculus Rift that wants to liven up some pretty well-trodden territory. With its army of infectiously cute alien kitties waddling ever closer to your base, your only hope is to find the...

‘Pinball FX2 VR’ Coming to Vive and PSVR Along with Walking Dead Table on November 29th

Pinball FX2 VR’s timed exclusivity with Oculus shortly comes to an end, with the game due to arrive on HTC Vive and PlayStation VR on November 29th. At the same time, the popular Walking Dead-themed table shuffles its way...

Sony Reveals PlayStation VR’s Most Downloaded Games of 2016

The Official PlayStation Blog has shared Sony’s most downloaded games of last year. This includes a dedicated list for PlayStation VR, representing almost three months of software sales since the hardware launched in October. PSVR now has more than...
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Disney Research Shows How VR Can Be Used to Study Human Perception

Researchers from Disney use a virtual reality headset and a real ball tracked in VR to understand the perceptual factors behind the seemingly simple act of catching a thrown object. The researchers say the work sets a foundation for...
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Dave & Buster’s Hosts Wireless VR System from VRcade, ‘Time Zombies’ and ‘Interstellar Marine’s Bullseye’

Dave & Buster's Milpitas, CA location is now playing host to the restaurant arcade chain's first wireless VR system, an optically tracked solution created by VRcade. VRcade, a gaming and entertainment-centric division of VRstudios, have launched two titles on their...

Oculus Arcade Beta Now Available With 21 Coin-op Classics on Gear VR

With the reveal of today's pre-order for the first consumer Gear VR, Oculus has launched the beta version of Arcade, the company's first-party title currently featuring 21 classic arcade games from Sega, Midway, and Bandai Namco. Oculus Arcade beta is...
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This VR Experiment Generates Beautiful Worlds From Your Biometrics

STRATA is a new virtual reality experiment from The Mill that taps into biometric data—heart rate, breathing etc.—and produces beautiful procedurally generated worlds to match. No Man's Sky is the latest and possibly the most high profile example of procedurally generated...
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New ‘Robinson: The Journey’ Video Shows 5 Minutes of PSVR Gameplay

Crytek's Robinson: The Journey is the studio's first PlayStation VR game. A new gameplay video reveals more about the title's gameplay and interactions. Robinson: The Journey is shaping up to be an ambitious VR adventure game, and a beautiful one at...

“Valve’s VR Demo Felt Like Being in a Lucid Dream State and Very Much Like a...

Last week we saw the latest Oculus Rift prototype, dubbed 'Crystal Cove,' and this week we've been waiting patiently for info on Valve's prototype virtual reality head mounted display that the company showed yesterday and today at the Steam...
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