Exclusive: Designing Single-handed Shortcuts for VR & AR

For new computing technologies to realize their full potential they need new user interfaces. The most essential interactions in virtual spaces are grounded in direct physical manipulations like pinching and grabbing, as these are universally accessible. However, the team...

JDI is Developing a 1,001 PPI High Pixel Density LCD for VR Headsets

Japan Display Inc. (JDI), a display conglomerate created by Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi, today announced the development of a high pixel density, 3.25-inch 1001ppi LCD created specifically for VR headsets. JDI says in a press release they plan to start...

‘Rick and Morty VR’ Tops the Charts for Most Downloaded PSVR Game in April

Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (2017) seems to have done well enough to rate it the number one most downloaded game this past month on PSVR, beating out the VR stalwarts Job Simulator (2016) and Superhot VR (2017). Rick and Morty: Virtual...
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Soviet Retrofuture Adventure ‘Red Matter’ to Launch This Month on Rift

When we saw Red Matter at a Oculus Connect 4 last year, we were immediately taken in by the adventure puzzle's wonderfully weird, retrofuturistic vibe. Now, Madrid-based studio Vertical Robot tells us pre-orders are open today for Red Matter, with launch coming later...

Standing VR Motion Controller Platform ‘Alto100’ Campaign Hits Indiegogo

Visospace, a Sydney, Australia-based team of engineers, recently launched their standing VR motion controller platform Alto100 crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo in effort to tempt developers, beta testers, and early adopters to a unique style of locomoting through VR games...

Play Racing Simulator ‘Project CARS’ for Free This Weekend on Rift

In lieu of downloadable demos, Oculus has been offering free access weekends to select games to show off what VR multiplayer is all about. Up this weekend is Project CARS (2015), the VR racing simulator from Slightly Mad Studio that...

Google Confirms Chrome is Coming to Standalone Daydream Headsets

The Lenovo Mirage Solo, the first standalone Daydream headset, launched just last week. In our review we noted it odd that the headset didn't have access to a VR web browser. But that's soon to change, as Google has...

‘Star Trek: Bridge Crew’ Expansion to Bring TNG’s Enterprise-D, Romulans, Borg, and More

Don't abandon ship just yet, because Ubisoft is pushing out its first DLC for Star Trek: Bridge Crew (2017). If you're a TNG fan, now is probably the time to toss out the synthehol and crack that hidden bottle of...

‘Budget Cuts’ Sees Two Week Delay, Now Launching May 31st

Two years in the making, Budget Cuts has remained almost completely off the radar after briefly surfacing back in 2016, but this week at GDC 2018 the game has reemerged with fresh details, including a May 31st release date, which,...

Google ‘Tour Creator’ Lets You Build VR Tours Using Streetview & Your Own 360 Photos

Google today launched Tour Creator, a web-based tool that lets you easily build a VR 'tour' using imagery from Google Street View and even your own 360 photos. The company released the tool as a part of Teacher Appreciation...