‘Paranormal Activity’ VR Game Coming to All Major Headsets in 2016
Paranormal Activity, Paramount Pictures’ horror film franchise, is soon to be made into a VR video game set to release on all major headsets next year.
EA, Microsoft, and Ubisoft all Reveal VR and AR Side Projects at E3 2015
Snippets of VR-centric news have been coming out from major game studios and their subsidiaries—specifically from EA, Microsoft, and Ubisoft—throughout the course of E3. Here we take a look at some of the VR projects the big studios have mentioned in passing.
Oculus’ Palmer Luckey Explains Present and Near Future of VR at E3
During his many rounds of E3 interviews, Founder and inventor of the Oculus Rift Palmer Luckey discussed the present and near future of virtual reality. Here’s a quick recap of our favorite bits:
Hands On: Battle Zone Pulls Off Hover Tank Combat on Sony Morpheus
We go hands-on with Rebellion’s update to Atari’s arcade classic Battle Zone and discover that this VR reboot is anything but a cheap VR cash-in on a retro title.
Here’s Every Morpheus Game Sony is Demoing at E3 2015
We scrounged, scraped, and combed for every single Morpheus game currently demoing in Sony’s booth at E3 2015 in Los Angeles. Here’s our complete list, coming to 17 impressively varied VR demos for the PlayStation 4.
Hands-on: Crytek’s ‘Robinson The Journey’ Prototype is a Visual Feast, Built for Motion Controls
With games like Crysis (2007) and Ryse: Son of Rome (2013), Crytek has cultivated a reputation for making beautiful games. The company’s VR team, which just announced Robinson: The Journey as their first title, is keeping with that tradition in full force. Their prototype of the game, shown at E3 2015, is one of the most expansive and visually impressive VR demos I’ve ever seen.
Gameplay Video: Watch Us Play ‘Rigs’ on Project Morpheus
We got the chance to go hands-on with the first VR title from Guerilla Games Cambridge, Rigs: Mechanized Combat League. This gameplay video covers a full 3v3 match in Sony’s special press-only area housing 6 demo pods, players in all took part in the match.
I had a great time with Rigs and despite my short time with the game, that statement is important. Whilst it was undoubtedly technically impressive, the game’s polished visuals were matched by weighty, depth-filled FPS gameplay in a multiplayer setting that worked really well.
Apologies for the poor quality of the video, filming conditions were far from ideal. However, despite the video not doing the game’s accomplished visuals justice, it does give you a good impression of that vertical gameplay and a feel for the speed and intensity of gameplay.
Road to VR are in LA covering E3 all week. Stay tuned for all the VR news from the show.
Hands-on: Sony’s First Triple-A Competitive VR Game, ‘Rigs’
We go hands on with Project Morpheus exclusive multiplayer mech combat game by Guerilla Games Cambridge, Rigs: Mechanized Combat League. By far the best looking VR game on Morpheus right now.
Sony Showing “Close to 20 Morpheus Titles” at E3 2015, Here’s 10 Confirmed So Far
With Sony getting serious about VR as they approach the launch of their Morpheus headset next year, the company says they’re showing nearly 20 Morpheus games at E3 2015 in LA, here is a look at the ones we were able to track down so far.
OSVR HDK Headset Now Shipping with 100Hz Positional Tracking, Upgrade Modules Announced
OSVR’s ‘Hacker Development Kit’ version 1.2 is now shipping to selected developers, including the long awaited IR positional tracking system. The company has today updated their SDK to include support for Android devices, adding true cross-platform compatibility to an ecosystem that prides itself on its open-source nature, and also revealed several upgrade modules to enhance the HDK headset’s capabilities.
Hands-on: AMD’s New Fury X GPU Powers Kite & Lightning’s Spectacular ‘GE Neuro’ Experience
Kite & Lightning have taken the wraps off of their newest experience, another project for GE, which explores the inner workings of musician Reuben Wu’s brain in both a fantastical and realistic representation. The new experience is powered by AMD’s new Fury X GPU (codenamed Fiji).
Fove to Explore Lighthouse Positional Tracking at $700,000 Stretch Goal, Announces SteamVR Support
Fove, the impressive eye-tracking VR headset that’s smashed through their Kickstarter goal, has revealed plans to investigate ‘Lighthouse’ positional tracking from Valve as a $700,000 stretch goal. The company today is also announcing that they will support the OpenVR SDK, bringing support for the headset to SteamVR.
Industrial Light & Magic’s New Division to Create Immersive Star Wars Experiences
Industrial Light & Magic, the visual effects company founded by George Lucas, have announced a new project group called ILMxLAB, an internal research group that focuses on “all manner of immersive entertainment.”
Killzone Developer Announces Competitive Mech Shooter ‘Rigs’ for Sony Morpheus
On stage at the company’s E3 press conference, Sony revealed a new Project Morpheus title in the works called Rigs: MCL, a mech shooter which they say is built around competitive gameplay.
