Amazon Promises “single-digit latency” for AR/VR Streaming Over 5G with AWS Wavelength
Last month Amazon quietly announced the 'Wavelength' platform as part of its Amazon Web Services (AWS) offering. The new 'edge computing' service promises "single-digit millisecond latencies" over 5G networks. Amazon says the platform is made for "latency-sensitive workloads" including...
‘Halo Reach’ VR Mod ‘ReclaimerVR’ Shows Progress with Motion Controller Input
Halo Reach (2010), the final Halo game from the series' original developer, Bungie, launched on PC in December, and could now wind up with a VR support through an unofficial mod. Zack "Nibre" Fannon, the creator of the Alien: Isolation VR...
New Samsung VR Headset Design Surfaces in Recent Patents
Samsung recently filed patents with China's National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) office that shows off a few new designs in what appears to be two fairly similar PC VR headsets.
There's little to go on besides the photos of both...
Cas & Chary Present: ‘The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners’ Gameplay Overview
Launched yesterday, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is a heavy physics-based survival adventure game set in the zombie apocalypse of the Walking Dead universe. In this video and article, we wanted to showcase the core gameplay mechanics without spoiling too...
‘The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners’ Coming to Quest & PSVR This Year
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (2020) launched on PC VR headsets yesterday, and basically established itself as one of the most gritty and violent entries into the VR horror-survival genre. Now, Skydance Interactive says both PSVR and Oculus Quest...
Couch Co-op Heist Game ‘Covert’ Launching on PSVR in February
Covert (2018), an action-adventure title that puts asymmetric co-op at its core, is coming to PSVR next month.
White Elk Studios says in a tweet that Covert is arriving on PSVR February 25th. White Elk is also known for the...
Rhythm Shooter ‘Audica’ to Launch on Quest Next Week with Rift Cross-buy
Audica (2019), the VR 'rhythm shooter' from Guitar Hero studio Harmonix, is officially set to arrive on Oculus Quest on January 28th. This, the studio said in a recent tweet, also includes cross-buy with the Rift version available through...
Now 150 People Strong, Varjo Talks Future Focus, More Affordable Headsets
Finland-based startup Varjo, maker of high-end enterprise VR headsets, has built an impressive product and charted a rapid growth, seemingly similar to the early years of Oculus. Now with 150 employees and some $46 million in venture funding, Varjo...
‘The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners’ Review – Satisfyingly Drenched in Existential Angst
To put it bluntly, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is genuinely terrifying. And I'm convinced the game's creators started with a pretty simple premise and built everything with that in mind: 'how to make the player feel insanely distressed in literally...
Valve “Confident” That ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Will Ship on Time
With a handful of high profile games being delayed in the last few weeks (like Cyberpunk 2077, Doom Eternal, The Last of Us Part II, and more) there's been lingering worry that Valve—perhaps the game studio most infamous for...
