Free Shipping on Oculus Rift Through August 31st
According to the official Oculus product page, the company is offering free shipping on Rift orders through the end of the month.
‘PlayStation VR Worlds’ Gets New Features to Improve Casual and Competitive Play
PlayStation VR Worlds is a collection of VR mini-games created by Sony’s talented London Studio. The studio has detailed new features designed to improve first-time VR experiences for those showing VR to their friends and family, and competitive features to keep gamers coming back for more.
Sos Sosowski’s ‘Mosh Pit Simulator’ is Disturbing, Funny, and Unapologetically Terrible
A video game is a reflection of its maker, and usually the smaller the developer team, the more clear it is to see something of its creator within. I think I caught a glimpse of project creator Sos Sosowski somewhere in Mosh Pit Simulator, a game currently in development that according to him is supposed to “bring mayhem upon a crazy world of weird humans in virtual reality.” It was bright, insane, and off-putting, and held together with spit and glue, but deeply and undeniably interesting.
Dexta Shows Off Latest Exoskeleton Gloves That Let You Touch VR
Dexta Robotics are looking to create the next generation VR input device, one that not only lets you interact with virtual objects but also lets you sense the size and solidity of them, letting you touch virtual reality. This is the Dexmo exoskeleton glove.
‘Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’ VR Experience to be Shown on PSVR at Official Fan Event
Debuting early next month at Call of Duty XP 2016, the official fan celebration hosted by Activision, attendees will have a chance to see what’s being called an “exclusive” Call of Duty VR experience running on PlayStation VR.
Hands-On: ‘Ripcoil’ for Oculus Touch Has Fast Locomotion That Really Works
Ripcoil is a two-player duelling game from Oculus Studios and Sanzaru Games, and as one of 30 titles coming to Touch later this year, it’s poised to help fill the growing VR eSports genre. I got a crack at the demo at this year’s Gamescom, and proved that I am much better at tossing things in VR than I am in real life.
New Drive Club VR Gameplay Video on PSVR Impresses
Drive Club VR from Reflections is due to land on PlayStation 4 within the launch window beginning October 13, and this new hands-on gameplay footage demonstrate why it’s becoming one of the most hotly anticipated titles for any VR platform.
New Thinner, Lighter HTC Vive 3-in-1 Cable Spotted in the Wild
An HTC Vive customer has posted images of a replacement headset cable which looks to significantly reduce the size and weight of the original.
The ‘Wolfe’ External GPU Aims to Make Macbooks VR Ready
The Wolfe is a new project about to hit Kickstarter that claims to offer a hardware solution to Macbook owners wanting to run virtual reality applications, an external Thunderbolt connected GPU.
‘Firebird: La Peri’ Adds LoTR Actor in a Re-launch of One of VR’s Finest Experiences
The artful and delightful virtual reality ballet La Peri has has been re-launched with a new name, adding Lord of the Rings voice actor John Rhys-Davies alongside numerous other enhancements in this unique ‘must own’ VR experience, now known as Firebird: La Péri.
VR Design Best Practices with Google VR’s Alex Faaborg
At the company’s annual I/O conference, Google announced the Daydream VR platform and mobile headset that will be coming to the latest Android phones later this year. There’s a DIY dev kit that you can start using today to start developing Daydream-ready apps, and Google has also released a Google VR Unity SDK that includes a number of DaydreamLabs Controller Playground examples to demonstrate different user interactions with the 3DOF controller.
‘Battlerite’s’ Impressive New VR Spectator Features May Trump ‘DOTA 2 VR Hub’
Stunlock Studio’s PvP brawler Battlerite has just received a state-of-the-art feature update that puts it toe to toe with DOTA 2. A new VR spectator and camera system that seems to trump even Valve’s own.
AMD Launches Open Source Ray Traced VR Audio Tech ‘TrueAudio Next’
AMD has announced TrueAudio Next a “scalable” physics-based audio rendering engine for generating environmentally accurate, GPU accelerated audio for virtual reality.
Dual Wield Guns and Magic in this Cool Oculus Touch Game Prototype
Guns are cool. Magic is cool. Motion controls are cool. Combine all three with virtual reality and you have a prototype experience that looks, well, really cool!
Oculus: Touch is “Fully Capable” of Roomscale Tracking, But Skeptical It’s “Absolutely Necessary for VR”
As the launch of Oculus Touch approaches later this year, the company is sticking firm to its plan to focus on standing, front-facing VR experiences for motion input. Though it’s claimed that Touch can match the ‘roomscale’ tracking of the HTC Vive, Oculus is skeptical that such a large tracking space will appeal widely to customers.
