Red Storm Entertainment, a North Carolina-based Ubisoft studio, is jumping into the world of social VR with Werewolves Within, a unique take on the Russian social deduction game Mafia (also known as Werewolf). We went hands on with the first ever demo of the game at this year’s GDC.
Autodesk are continuing to push their virtual reality credentials with the latest version of their Stingray game engine which adds expanded VR support including HTC Vive and Oculus SDK 0.8 integration plus a new 3D character creation workflow.
Manus VR are developing what they claim will be the first consumer virtual reality glove and have announced that their first developer kits are to go on sale at $250, developers can grab a pre-order reservation today.
AMD has unveiled what it’s calling the worlds most powerful graphics card, the dual GPU Radeon Pro Duo, and it’s targeting the product at virtual reality content creators.
Lucasfilm has revealed a new HTC Vive experiment called Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine, which finally lets us wield the Jedi’s iconic lightsaber. Oh, and the Millennium Falcon makes a visit.
AMD’s Capsaicin GDC event is over and we now have official high resolution images and technical specifications for the new Sulon and AMD powered augmented and virtual reality headset the Sulon Q.
After a very brief and accidental release last week, ILMxLab’s trailer for the Star Wars experience subtitled ‘Trials on Tatooine’ – a room-scale experiment in the Star Wars universe – is here and we’ve got the full trailer for you.
OptiTrack are well known in industry circles for their specialist motion capture technology, but at GDC this year, the company is turning its attention to wide area virtual reality experiences as it puts it tracking technology to task in a new interactive virtual reality basketball experience at GDC.
Earlier today a media leak confirmed the existence of a new untethered VR and AR headset from Sulon and AMD, known currently as the ‘Q’. Now, a video demonstration has appeared which may show that hardware in use.
Rebellion, the developers behind the VR hover tank title Battlezone, have released a new trailer with fresh footage of the games single player campaign and revealed more details on how the game will play.
Already known primarily for their endeavours in augmented virtual reality headsets, Sulon now look to have partnered with GPU manufacturer AMD to produce what they call “the world’s first and only all-in-one, tether-free, “wear and play” headset for VR, AR and spatial computing.”
Untethered Android mobile VR headset developer GameFace Labs has today announced an eclectic group of new hires from the world of gaming and hardware hacking. Ex Sony London Studio Head David Ranyard, infamous iPhone ans PS3 hacker George Hotz (aka Geohot) and Ex Mojang developer Ryan Holtz are to join the company.
Samsung’s to bring a new set of experimental headphones to SXSW that uses electrical impulses to fool your inner ear into thinking your body is physically moving. What’s more, they seem to be pitching the new headgear for virtual reality use alongside the company’s Gear VR headset.
HTC Vive title Fantastic Contraption has flaunted its room-scale credentials to impressive effect in various mixed reality videos. Now, the team from Radial Games and Northway Games demonstrate you can enjoy the title just fine as a seated ‘desk scale’ experience by producing a video which demonstrates just that.
In this episode of the Rev VR Podcast, I am joined by my good pals over at the Left-Handed VR Podcast, Bob (aka Coznefx), Jason (aka Apieceoffruit, and Matt (aka Holotape). We discuss GDC, STEM, Lighthouse occlusion, Hover Junkers, and much more.
