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Crytek and Basemark Accidentally Made the Most Spectacular Cinematic VR Short I’ve Ever Seen
At GDC 2016 I saw an early version of VRScore, a virtual reality benchmarking program created in collaboration with Crytek and Basemark. To test PC hardware performance to ensure enough power for running VR experiences, Crytek created a real-time...
‘Zenith’s First Major Update Releases Today, Featuring “dozen of hours” of New Content
Zenith is getting its first major update next week with the launch of 'The Celestial Throne', a v1.1 patch that's slated to bring a massive slice of content to the MMO.
Update (June 16th, 2022): In addition to the new instanced...
Simula One is a Standalone VR Headset Running Linux Desktop, Kickstarter in January
Developers looking for a unique Linux-based workstation may be interested to hear that SimulaVR, the startup behind its own open-source VR Linux distro, is creating a standalone VR headset that aims to offer just that.
Dubbed 'Simula One', the standalone...
Formed by Ex Pixar and Bungie Alumni, Limitless Entertainment Says “We will be the Pixar of...
Limitless Entertainment is a new startup created by Tom Sanocki who hails from two of entertainment's biggest heavyweights, Pixar and Bungie. He saw the promise of virtual reality and decided he had to be involved. We talked to Tom...
‘Myst’ Remake Coming to Quest & SteamVR Headsets Soon, Trailer Here
Myst (1993), the iconic point-and-click puzzle adventure from Cyan Worlds, is coming to the Quest platform later this year, and on SteamVR headsets "soon."
Update (September 17th, 2020): It appears Myst will also be coming to SteamVR headsets in addition...
Hands-on: ‘Fallout 4’ on Vive Offers a Peek at the Future of ‘AAA’ VR
With the announcement of Bethesda's recently revealed commitment to virtual reality - alongside the news that Fallout 4 is coming to VR in 2017 - I was eager to get my head into a game from one of the most successful studios to date....
Stealth-action Game ‘Arashi: Castles of Sin’ Coming to All Major VR Headsets This Fall in ‘Final...
Skydance Interactive announced during UploadVR's Summer Showcase that the award-winning stealth-action VR game Arashi: Castles of Sin (2021) is finally making its way to major VR headsets this fall.
Developer by Endeavor One, Arashi: Castles of Sin is slated to bring its visceral melee...
Reverse Engineering the Oculus Rift DK2 Provides Brilliant Insight into Inner Workings
Spurred by the current lack of a Linux SDK for the Oculus Rift DK2, a group of developers sought to dissect the Rift's optical tracking system by reverse engineering the DK2. The information that was tediously corralled together is...
‘YouTube VR’ Finally Comes to PC, Bringing the Platform’s 360 Videos to Vive, Rift, and Windows...
It's been a long while coming, but Google has finally launched a YouTube VR app on PC. The app is now available on Steam, officially for the Vive (but also functional with Rift and Windows VR headsets). Google expects YouTube...
Preview: ‘Dead & Buried’ Action Packed Multiplayer Could be the Killer App Oculus Touch Needs
After playing the latest build of Dead & Buried, the gun-slinging action game from Oculus Studios, I walked away disappointed. Disappointed that I would have to wait many months still for Oculus to release their Touch controllers so that I'd be...
VR a No Show at Xbox One X Launch, Here’s What we Know
Microsoft's Xbox briefing has come and gone and no sign of the originally touted "high fidelity VR" we were hoping for from the newly christened Xbox One X. Nevertheless, here's what we know about Xbox One X virtual reality...
‘Tilt Brush’ Derivative Apps Come to PC VR & Quest Mere Hours After Google Open Sources
Google's VR art creation app Tilt Brush isn't free, but the company made it open source a few days ago after announcing it has stopped active development, so it was only a matter of time before independent developers got...
‘The Martian VR Experience’ Launches on PSVR and HTC Vive Tomorrow
The Fox Innovation Lab are all set to finally release their virtual reality tie-in with last year's sci-fi blockbuster The Martian starring Matt Damon to a VR headset near you as the title launches tomorrow on both PlayStation VR...
One of Europe’s Largest Water Parks Now Has a VR Water Slide
One of Europe's largest water parks, Therme Erding's Galaxy Erding water park in Germany, has a new claim to fame: a water slide that outfits guests with a VR headset. Dubbed VRSlide, the system includes a water-resistant VR headset powered by...
Google Releases ‘Resonance Audio’, a New Multi-Platform Spatial Audio SDK
Google today released a new spatial audio software development kit called 'Resonance Audio', a cross-platform tool based on technology from their existing VR Audio SDK. Resonance Audio aims to make VR and AR development easier across mobile and desktop...



















