News Bits: Project Cars Announces Support for Sony’s Morpheus VR Headset
The forthcoming hardcore racing sim, Project Cars, was one of the titles originally rumored to support Sony’s Project Morpheus. Today it’s been announced officially that the game will support Sony’s PS4 VR headset alongside the Oculus Rift.
Breaking: New Eve Valkyrie Gameplay Video from Eve Fanfest, Development Moves to Unreal Engine 4
Today marks the beginning of the annual Eve Fanfest event, hosted by developer CCP Games. A keynote presentation focused heavily on the company’s forthcoming virtual reality title, Eve Valkyrie. In addition to announcing that the game will be built on Unreal Engine 4, new gameplay footage has been revealed.
Report: ZeniMax Wants Compensation for Tech it Says Carmack Stole to Oculus
ZeniMax, parent company of Bethesda, Arkane Studios, Zenimax Online Studios, and, John Carmack’s former employer, id Software, is seeking damages for tech it says Carmack stole away to Oculus. “It was only through the concerted efforts of Mr. Carmack, using technology developed over many years at, and owned by, ZeniMax, that Mr. Luckey was able to transform his garage-based pipe dream into a working reality.”
News Bits: First Orange County VR Meetup Happens Today
In the backyard of the Oculus Headquarters in Irvine, California; Orange County Virtual Reality (OCVR) is launching its first official meet up on Thursday May 1st. The event will be at PeopleSpace, a nonprofit tech-hub, for a gathering of the VR community.
[Update From Oculus] News Bits: Oculus Confirms Consumer Rift for 2015?
According to a report from Business Insider Australia, the consumer version of the Oculus Rift (also known as the CV1) will go on sale in 2015.
Oculus Rift and Other Tech Combined to Induce Real-life Lag
Ever wonder what it’s like to live with three seconds of lag in real life? An ‘experiment’ from Swedish ISP UME uses the Oculus Rift to show just what that would be like. It turns out that real-life lag is hilariously similar to the lag gamers are used to.
‘Giant vs. Horde’ Pits One Fully-embodied VR Player Against Hundreds of Others
Giant vs. Horde is an impressively unique asymmetric multiplayer game with Oculus Rift support. One player, donning an Oculus Rift and a professional motion capture suit, is the Giant. Other players pilot combat spaceships which are but flies to the Giant. Hundreds of players must work together, as a swarm, to defeat the Giant.
3 Month Delay for STEM Motion Controller Aims to Improve Accuracy and Modify Modular Design
Sixense, creators of the popular (and now rather expensive!) Hydra system, today announced to their Kickstarter backers a three month delay in delivery of their upcoming STEM motion controllers “for the sake of performance optimization.” The controllers, originally due in July, would’ve been shipped roughly around the same time as the Oculus Rift DK2 VR headset. Sixense attributes the delay to two factors.
The Faces of SVVR Conference & Expo 2014 – New Speakers and Panellists Announced!
The first Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Conference and Expo is gathering serious momentum with a flood of new speakers, exhibitors and panellists now confirmed.
News Bits: John Carmack is Making a Virtual Reality Comic Book Store
John Carmack has never shied away from unique projects. His latest appears to be a virtual reality comic book store, presumably for the Oculus Rift.
Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 60): A Look at the Past, Present, and Future of Virtual Reality with Kevin Williams
Digital Out-of-Home Entertainment specialist, Kevin Williams joins me in this episode of the Rev VR Podcast. We discuss virtual reality’s rocky history, some interesting developments in the Arcade world, and make a few predictions for the future.
Billionaire ‘Shark Tank’ Investor Mark Cuban Flip-flops on Virtuix Omni, Joins $3 Million Investment
After initially shunning the product during an appearance on ABC’s investment reality show, Shark Tank, billionaire investor Mark Cuban joins other venture capitalists in raising $3 million in seed funding for the Virtuix Omni VR treadmill.
New Unreal Engine 4 VR Roller Coaster Demo Shrinks You to the Size of a Mouse (Video)
Well, it looks like the legendary RiftCoaster may well finally have a successor. Teddy Lipowitz knocked up this coaster demo, based on the new Unreal Engine 4 platform, over the Easter Weekend. The twist? You’re avatar is the size of a mouse.
