As the world’s largest telecom manufacturer, when Chinese tech giant Huawei makes a market prediction, they have plenty of room to speak. Talking in an interview with CNBC, Huawei CEO Richard Yu says the industry at large will begin commercializing AR headsets within one to two years, Huawei included.
The Beat Saber Modding Group is putting on a special event starting today that could net you a new HTC Vive Pro or thousands of dollars in prizes just by playing custom songs on Beat Saber.
A house fire is a sickening reality, but when it’s finally time to clean up and tally losses, that’s where fire investigators come in. Now, forensic investigation firm Donan and 3D scanning company Matterport are partnering to bring fire investigators the tools to make highly detailed photogrammetry scans so they can review the situation from afar through a VR headset, desktop client, or mobile app.
As the adage goes, the more, the merrier. Oculus is taking it to heart this holiday season in the US with its new referral program that could net you, and up to three friends significant savings on hardware and content.
Megalith, a first-person arena brawler from Disruptive Games, is slated to arrive on PSVR on January 8th, 2019. Both pre-order availability and a free trial are landing on the PlayStation Store today, November 13th.
Last month Jaunt announced it was shuttering its cinematic VR division in a critical refocusing of their core mission towards augmented reality, which brought with it lay-offs to a significant portion of their staff. Now, a Venture Beat report maintains Jaunt is looking for a buyer in hopes of alleviating some of the financial strain on the company.
Gear VR users have had access to YouTube’s VR app since July, but now it’s Oculus Go’s turn, as Oculus’ standalone VR headset is finally getting the long-awaited YouTube VR app. It’s now available for free on the Oculus Store, letting you watch everything the video streaming platform has to offer.
The studio behind first-person VR dungeon crawler The Mage’s Tale (2017), inXile Entertainment, has been acquired by Microsoft Studios.
VRsenal, a company creating commercial VR attractions, has partnered with Beat Saber (2018) studio Beat Games to launch a VR arcade machine featuring the popular block-slicing rhythm game. The arcade cabinet, which is touted for its ability to run attendant-free, is set to debut next week at the IAAPA Attractions Expo in Orlando, Florida.
When it comes Valve, there’s no telling what’s going on behind their Bellevue, Washington doors. As one of the most reclusive developers of both games and hardware, that goes doubly so for its efforts in VR. Now, reported images of what appears to be a never before seen Valve headset have come to light, and it certainly looks the part of a next gen device.
Windlands 2 (2018) made a splash when it hit the Oculus Store in September, but as much fun as the unique co-op adventure-combat game was, it only supported Oculus Rift at the time of launch. Developers Psytec Games today announced that Windlands 2 is headed to Steam next week for all major PC VR headsets.
Tetris Effect is a modern day adaptation of the classic block-breaker Tetris that promises a number of new features to go along with a host of immersive 3D environments. Created by Rez Infinite (2001) studio Enhance Experience and Monstars, the game is now available on PS4, PS4 Pro and PSVR.
Facebook Art Director Goro Fujita works at the company’s Social VR team, and while he’s typically occupied with creating modest, but fantastical “quillistrations” as a part of his daily regime using Facebook’s first-party art tool Quill (2017), Fujita today unveiled his latest work that he says helped him explore the possibility of bringing larger-scale Quill art to Oculus Quest.
PokerStars, the online gambling site, today released a social VR app that lets Oculus Rift and HTC Vive users play poker for free.
