Road to VR

Hands-on: Team Shooter ‘Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds’ Open Beta

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Oct 1, 2020

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Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds is inXile Entertainment and Thirdverse’s upcoming team shooter, and although it was supposed to launch into open beta for everyone on Monday, kicking off a three-week period of free 10v10 team shooting action, it’s now officially live, albeit a little bit later than expected for everyone to play. Here’s some of my impressions after playing a good number of matches in both off-peak times and with a full cadre of live users.

HaptX Secures $1.5M Grant to Build Full-body Haptics for VR & Telepresence Robots

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Oct 1, 2020

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The company behind the force feedback haptic gloves HaptX and research teams from Virginia Tech and University of Florida have secured a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), something the group says will allow them to build full-body haptic and force feedback tech for VR and robotics.

‘Ilysia VR’ MMO Kickstarter Doubles Funding Goal with a Few Days Left

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Sep 30, 2020

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Ilysia is an upcoming VR MMO that hit Kickstarter earlier this month with a modest budget of $60,000. It seems developers Team 21 Studio have struck a chord with the VR community, as the Sword Art Online-style MMORPG has recently doubled its funding goal with only a few days remaining in the campaign.

‘Star Wars Lightsaber Dojo’ VR Arcade Experience Coming to Locations Worldwide

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Sep 30, 2020

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ILMxLAB is again teaming up with VR arcade company Nomadic to bring a new version of the ‘Lightsaber Dojo’ from Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series to locations worldwide.

‘Until You Fall’ Quest Review – Hack & Slash Satisfaction with Strategic Choices

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Until You Fall brings a refreshingly unique approach to VR sword fighting which combines the satisfaction of a hack & slash game with the depth of RPG combat, all wrapped up in a VR-native design. The game’s Quest port is a near-perfect translation from its PC counterpart which benefits from the lack of tether.

‘The Walking Dead Onslaught’ Review – Run, Gun, Scrounge & Grind

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The Walking Dead Onslaught is this year’s second Walking Dead franchise game for VR, following the release of the The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (2020) in January. Unlike its scrappy RPG-style older sibling, Onslaught does away with dark and gloomy trepidation of entering a room halfcocked, instead replacing it with a constant pressure to run, gun, and scrounge your way through levels to an oftentimes ineffectual conclusion.

Team Shooter ‘Frostpoint VR’ Open Beta Starts Today with “Play to Own” Offer

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Sep 28, 2020

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Thirdverse and inXile Entertainment announced last week that Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds, the upcoming team-based multiplayer shooter, is going into open beta starting today. You could also get it for free when it launches.

Sony Patent Reveals VR Controller Design Seemingly Inspired by Valve Index

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Sep 28, 2020

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Sony Interactive Entertainment recently published a patent for a VR motion controller that look suspiciously similar to Valve’s Index controllers, aka ‘Knuckles. The news was first reported by LetsGoDigital (Dutch).

After Multiple Delays, ‘Budget Cuts’ Finally Arrives on PSVR

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Sep 25, 2020

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Budget Cuts (2018) was originally slated to arrive on PSVR back in May, and due to the global slowdown it also fell victim to another delay in June. Starting today though, PSVR users will finally be able to step into the stealth action game that was so highly anticipated on the PC VR platform.

HP Reverb G2 Will Begin Shipping in November, New Orders in December

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Sep 24, 2020

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HP announced today that its upcoming Reverb G2 headset will begin shipping in “early November” to those who pre-ordered, and new pre-orders starting today will ship in December.

‘Solaris Offworld Combat’ Impressions – Virtual Laser Tag with Competitive Ambitions

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Sep 24, 2020

Launching today, Solaris Offworld Combat is a team-based VR arena shooter from First Contact Entertainment, the studio behind the lauded Firewall: Zero Hour (2018). This time around, the studio wants to deliver a fast-paced experience that anyone can pick up and play. My preview of the game reveals strong technical merit, but a potential clash between casual and competitive ambitions.

Unofficial Quest App Store ‘SideQuest’ Raises $650,000 From Oculus Founder & Others

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Sep 23, 2020

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SideQuest is an unofficial app store for Facebook’s Oculus Quest headset which offers an avenue for developers to distribute apps without being subject to Oculus’ approval process. The team behind the project has raised $650,000 in seed investment, including funding from departed Oculus founder Palmer Luckey.

‘Gnomes & Goblins’ Review – A Beautiful World Hiding an Inscrutable Game

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Four years after the release of a preview of the game, Gnomes & Goblins is finally here. Pitched as a “fantasy adventure VR simulation” with direction by film director Jon Favreau, Gnomes & Goblins delivers a beautiful appetizer with a rotten main course.

Report: Facebook Acquires Varifocal Startup Lemnis Technologies

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Sep 22, 2020

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It’s come to light that Lemnis Technologies, a startup creating varifocal optics for use in VR headsets, has reportedly been absorbed by Facebook in an ‘acqui-hiring’ move.

‘Minecraft’ Gets PSVR Support Starting Today in Free Update

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Sep 22, 2020

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The long wait is over. Starting today, Minecraft will now include support for PSVR, which arrives as a free update to the base game on PS4.

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