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10 Projects That Have Us Excited About the Next Generation of VR & AR

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Jul 8, 2018

digilens-ar-hud — Image courtesy DigiLens

With leading high-end VR headsets debuting in 2016, we’ve had about two years to see what the first-generation VR experience looks like. While there’s certainly a range of exciting games and other VR software coming soon to first-generation hardware, it feels like the market is steadily turning its attention toward next-generation technologies, and fostering a renewed sense of excitement and momentum. Here’s a smattering of exciting projects that are likely to influence the VR and AR space in the next two years.

Update: ‘The Unspoken’ VR League Final is Back on & Coming to Oculus Connect 5

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Jul 7, 2018

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The Virtual Reality League is an ESL Gaming organization partnered with Oculus that oversees eSports tournaments for online VR multiplayer games including Echo Arena, The Unspoken, and Sprint Vector. While ESL cancelled the competition a few days ago, something that was done after competitors engaged in seven weeks of bracketed 1v1 battles, the company now says it’s reverting back to the original plan to send the top four players to compete at Oculus Connect 5 after all.

PSVR Horror Game ‘Stifled’ Coming to Vive, Rift & PC Next Week

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Jul 6, 2018

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Stifled (2017) originally launched last year as a PSVR exclusive, but now Singaporean studio Gattai Games is bringing the echolocation-based horror game to Rift, Vive, and PC next week.

Play High-flying Ninja Sim ‘Sairento VR’ on Rift for Free This Weekend

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Jul 6, 2018

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Mixed Realms is bringing its action-packed cyber ninja simulator Sairento VR (2018) to Rift users for free this weekend, which includes a campaign mode and online multiplayer for up to four other players in PvP and PvE modes.

Update: This Homebrewed Mini 3D-Tracked Sensor Module Only Cost $3 in Parts

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Jul 6, 2018

steamvr-mini-tracker — Image courtesy Dr. Masahiko Inami

Dr. Masahiko Inami, a professor at the University of Tokyo’s Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, recently tweeted a picture of an incredibly small, homebrewed 3D-tracked sensor module that has us reeling at the implications for ever-smaller tracked objects in VR.

Spell-caster ‘The Wizards: Trials of Meliora’ Comes to Oculus Go & Gear VR, Launch Trailer Here

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Jul 6, 2018

Carbon Studio, the Poland-based studio behind PC VR games The Wizards (2018) and Alice VR (2017), just brought a new single-player game to Oculus Go, Gear VR, and Xiaomi Mi VR. Dubbed The Wizards: Trials of Meloria (2018), the game looks to replicate some of the spellcasting fun of its big brother, The Wizards.

The Avengers’ Black Widow & Hawkeye Coming to ‘Marvel Powers United VR’

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Jul 5, 2018

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Hawkeye and Blackwidow—not the most important, or even most powerful character’s in the Marvel Universe—but the underappreciated Avengers are coming to Sanzaru Games and Oculus Studio’s upcoming co-op game MARVEL Powers United VR just the same.

Valve Reveals 2018’s Top Selling VR Games on Steam (so far)

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Jul 5, 2018

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Just in time for the end of Steam’s summer sale, Valve has released a list of the top selling VR games of 2018 so far.

Valve: Monthly Active VR Users on Steam Are Up 160% Year-over-year

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Jul 5, 2018

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Speaking at an industry event last week, Valve offered an update on Steam, the company’s massive digital marketplace for PC games, including the continued growth the company has seen in the VR segment over the last year.

‘CalcFlow’ Studio Partners with HTC to Bring VR STEM Tools to Libraries Across California & Nevada

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Jul 4, 2018

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Nanome, the studio behind CalcFlow, the 3D visualization tool for math concepts, has partnered with HTC to bring their STEM-focused VR tools to libraries across California and Nevada.

Periscape Brings VR Pop-up Installation to JFK International, Company in Talks with Over 200 Airports

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Jul 4, 2018

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Traveling through Terminal 4 on your way to, or through JFK International? Then you might have a chance to jump into VR thanks to Periscape VR’s recent pop-up installation that brings a number of high-quality PC VR games and experiences to international travellers.

‘Waba’ is a Virtual Pet That Aims to Wobble Your Heartstrings, Launching Next Week in Early Access

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Jul 4, 2018

The heyday of virtual pets like Tamagotchi and Digimon may be long gone, reaching the height of their popularity in the late ’90s, but with new mediums come new possibilities, and new ways to interact with virtual pets too. Enter Waba, an impossibly cute, amorphous little guy that aims to wobble your heartstrings.

‘Waltz of the Wizard’ Studio Aldin Raises $1M to Fuse VR & AI in New Title

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Jul 3, 2018

waltz-of-the-wizard — Waltz of the Wizard | Image courtesy Aldin

VR veterans Aldin, the indie studio behind Waltz of the Wizard and other early and innovative VR titles, has announced the closure of a $1 million Seed investment. The money will be used to support the studio’s next project which aims to create “believable virtual realities” by fusing VR and AI to push the boundary of interactive storytelling.

Chinese VR Zombie Action-shooter ‘The Walker’ Launches on PSVR Today

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Jul 3, 2018

The Walker (2018) is a VR action-shooter from Haymaker that puts a six-shooter in one hand and magic talismans in the other—all to fend off zombies of increasingly horrific sizes in the streets of old Shanghai. The Walker is now available on PSVR in the US; EU players will have to wait until July 6th for the game to hit PSN.

Ultron & Venom Tapped as Next Villains in ‘Marvel Powers United VR’ Lineup

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Jul 3, 2018

ultron-venom-marvel-vr — Images courtesy Sanzaru Games, Oculus Studios

With Marvel Powers United VR headed to Rift next moth, the hype train for the official Marvel superhero co-op game from Sanzaru Games and Oculus Studios is just about left the station. The next set of villains on this list: the sentient (and evil) robot Ultron and the dastardly symbiote Venom.

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