Road to VR

Indie Project ‘Tinker Pilot’ Aims for Deep Immersion with Highly Customizable VR Cockpits

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Apr 29, 2019

TinkerPilotCockpit2a — Image courtesy Tinker Pilot Team

Simulator fans know the score: despite offering less pixel-dense displays than traditional monitor setups, there’s not much else besides VR that will let you step into (and haphazardly wreck) exotic luxury cars, fighter jets, and even your very own sci-fi spaceship. To that tune, indie developers Tinker Pilot Team have announced an ambitious new project that aims to let users import their own 3D digital objects into their upcoming space flight sim.

Philip K. Dick-inspired VR Story ‘The Great C’ Now Available on Mobile VR

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Apr 29, 2019

the-great-c-(4) — Image courtesy Secret Location

Secret Location, developers behind Blasters of the Universe (2017), today announced they’ve brought their Philip K. Dick inspired VR experience, The Great C (2018), to Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream.

‘Firmament’ Kickstarter Reaches Funding Goal in Final Hours, PSVR Support Confirmed

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Apr 29, 2019

firmament — Image courtesy Cyan

It wasn’t clear last week whether Cyan, the makers of iconic puzzle adventure games Myst (1993) and Riven (1997), would be able to make up the remaining Kickstarter funds for their next VR-compatible title, Firmament. Miraculously the studio was able to rally support for the game in the final hours. Firmament is coming.

‘Super Mario Odyssey’ & ‘Zelda Breath of the Wild’ Updated with Switch VR Support

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Apr 26, 2019

mario-odyssey-breath-of-the-wild-vr-nintendo-switch-vr — Image courtesy Nintendo

In a surprise move today, Nintendo announced that blockbuster titles Super Mario Odyssey and Zelda Breath of the Wild will get support for the Switch VR Labo Kit.

Magic Leap is Giving Away 500 AR Headsets as Part of Epic’s $100M Unreal MegaGrants

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Apr 25, 2019

magic-leap-one-creator-edition — Image courtesy Magic Leap

At Unreal Engine Build: Detroit 2019, Magic Leap today announced that the company will be giving away 500 Magic Leap One Creator Edition AR headsets as part of the recently unveiled Epic MegaGrants.

WW2 RTS ‘Final Assault’ to Leave Early Access Next Month

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Apr 25, 2019

Phaser Lock Interactive, the studio behind VR titles Final Approach (2016) and Twisted Arrow (2017), are bringing their WWII-themed real-time strategy game Final Assault out of Early Access with their full launch next month.

Claustrophobic Underwater Adventure ‘FREEDIVER: Triton Down’ Coming to PC VR Next Month

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Apr 25, 2019

Archiact, the studio behind VR games Evasion (2018) and Waddle Home (2016), are diving into new territory soon with an upcoming VR experience that promises to give claustrophobics and thalassophobics (people afraid of open bodies of water) a shared reason to never put on a VR headset ever again.

Report: Apple to Announce ARKit Updates at WWDC 2019 Including OS Support for AR Headsets

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Apr 24, 2019

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Apple has been continuously iterating on ARKit, its augmented reality development tool that lets creators make smartphone-based AR experiences. The company unveiled ARKit at its World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) in 2017, and the 2.0 version at the dev conference a year later. Now, a report from 9to5Mac holds that this year’s WWDC could see yet more new additions, including OS support for stereo AR headsets.

Hands-on: VRMMO ‘OrbusVR: Reborn’ Offers a True World of Possibilities

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Apr 24, 2019

orbus-reborn-3 — Image courtesy Orbus Online

OrbusVR has been in Early Access for a little over a year now, and with the entrance of its first expansion, Reborn, the VRMMORPG is finally launching as a full game. This was my first opportunity to scratch the surface of the new world that lay before me, and I don’t think it will be my last.

Cat Simulator ‘Konrad the Kitten’ 2.0 Update Brings More Gameplay (and cats)

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Apr 23, 2019

konrad-the-kitten-hat — Image courtesy FusionPlay

Virtual pets have seen quite the revival since consumer VR took off nearly three years ago. As an early entrant back in 2016, Konrad the Kitten took some of the much beloved game mechanics from the classic hand-held digital pet Tamagotchi and imbued them into a friendly little kitty named Konrad.

The Simple Guide to Four Major VR Headsets Launching This Spring

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Apr 23, 2019

oculus-quest-rift-s-valve-index-hp-reverb — Images courtesy Oculus, HP, Valve

If you’ve been paying attention to the VR space at all in 2019, you’ve likely noticed the increasing buzz, no doubt thanks to four major VR headsets set to launch over the course of the next few months. Here’s the quick breakdown of what we know.

Rube Goldberg-inspired Physics Game ‘Gadgeteer’ Heads into Early Access Today, Trailer Here

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Apr 23, 2019

Metanaut, the developer behind early VR experience MSI Electric City (2016), is releasing its first bonafide game today in Early Access, the very Rube Goldberg-inspired gadget game Gadgeteer.

Oculus Explains Why It Doesn’t Think the Time is Right for ‘Rift 2’ or ‘Rift Pro’

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Apr 22, 2019

oculus-half-dome-prototype-4 — Oculus 'Half Dome' prototype, Image courtesy Facebook

With last month’s announcement of the Rift S, it became clear that Oculus was not ready to deliver a ‘Rift 2’, and instead opted to focus on making the existing Rift experience easier to use, rather than pleasing enthusiasts looking for a next generation experience. It was suggested that the company could have opted to offer a ‘Rift Pro’ for that latter group at the same time as the Rift S, but Facebook’s Jason Rubin explained in a recent interview why they didn’t think that was the right call.

VRMMO ‘OrbusVR: Reborn’ Expansion Launches Tomorrow, Quest Support Coming Spring 2019

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Apr 22, 2019

Orbus Online, the indie studio behind OrbusVR, announced that their first expansion ‘Reborn’ now has an official street date. The studio also released word that users will be able to jump into the game on Quest “later this spring.”

Linden Lab CEO: ‘We’re Pitching ‘Sansar’ Less as a VR Platform Now’

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Apr 22, 2019

sansar1 — Image courtesy Linden Lab

Linden Lab’s website maintains Sansar is their platform for creating social VR experiences, and that “Sansar will democratize VR as a creative medium, making it easy for people to create, share, and sell their own social VR experiences.” It seems however the company is less bullish on VR now that hype has died down—at least as far as the company’s messaging goes.

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