New Apps and Games on Gear VR – December Week #2
Project Cars v7.0 Patch Brings More Oculus Rift Enhancements
One of the early titles to pledge and receive virtual reality support, Driving Simulation title Project Cars has refined it’s support for the Oculus Rift headset in the latest 7.0 patch.
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg to Testify in Oculus Vs ZeniMax Lawsuit
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been ordered to give a deposition in the long-running dispute between virtual reality company Oculus and games publisher Zenimax media after the latter claimed its intellectual property was used to improve the former’s Oculus Rift VR headset.
HTC Vive Pre-Orders in February, “We Could Have Started to Ship Vive” CEO Claims
HTC recently announced that it the expected arrival date for its SteamVR powered headset the Vive had slipped from ‘holidays 2015’ to April 2016. HTC’s CEO Cher Wang claims however that “…we could have started to ship Vive this month”.
Modbox is a Multiplayer Physics Wonderland for HTC Vive
Developers Alientrap have revealed details and a new trailer for their riotously fun looking physics playground title, Modbox, coming to SteamVR and HTC Vive next year.
Oculus Audio SDK is Out of Beta, Includes Over 500 Free Sound Effects
Oculus’ Audio SDK is now officially out of beta, giving developers a range of audio spatialization plugins for Unity, Unreal Engine, and audio middleware along with a free library of over 500 high-quality sound effects designed by Oculus specifically for use in VR.
Samsung Gear VR Holiday Buying Guide, Currently Available in US, NZ, Brazil, & Parts of EU and Asia
Getting your hands on the new Samsung Gear VR hasn’t been easy task due to spotty availability. But if you’re in Western Europe or the United States, you still may be able to grab one in time for the holidays.
Unboxing The Challenges of VR Cinema
The great fun in VR right now is that when you strip away all of the bluster, all of the marketing speak, and all of the ego posturing the truth, we’ve only scratched the surface of how this new medium works and what its limitations will be.
‘Convrge’ Announces Gear VR Beta with Cross-Platform YouTube Viewing
Convrge, the social VR platform known for hosting some of the first large-scale social meetups in virtual reality, has announced signups for a Gear VR beta, which will allow Samsung Gear VR users to mingle and also watch YouTube videos with Oculus Rift DK2 owners.
Presence Capital’s $10 Million AR/VR Fund Counts HTC’s Phil Chen Among Founders
Presence Capital today announced they’ve raised a $10 million fund to invest in VR/AR companies through the new VC firm. Among other heads of the fund is HTC’s Phil Chen, the purported “founder” of the HTC Vive project at HTC.
Presence Capital’s Amitt Mahajan Brings Lessons from Casual Mobile Games to VR
Presence Capital is a new early-stage venture capital firm that’s focused on funding virtual reality and augmented reality startups. I had the chance to interview one of the co-founders Amitt Mahajan at the VRX Conference about this new fund and how he plans on applying the lessons he learned from the causal, social & mobile gaming market to VR.
Oculus Remains Silent on 2015 Rift & Touch Pre-orders in Wake of Vive Delay
Following the HTC Vive delay which pushed the headset just into Q2 2016, eyes turn to Oculus to see if they can deliver on the Rift’s Q1 2016 release date window.
EVE: Valkyrie Gameplay – 10 Player Footage From the Latest Pre-Alpha
We now know that EVE:Valkyrie will be packed-in with every retail Oculus Rift once that VR headset launches in Q1 2016. So what can you expect from the game? We’ve got some new gameplay of the latest pre-alpha in action to help answer that question.
EVE: Valkyrie Will Ship With Every Oculus Rift at Launch
CCP Games have announced that their made-for-VR online, multi-player space shooter EVE: Valkyrie, will ship free with every consumer Oculus Rift VR headset at launch, some time in Q1 2016.
