Unreal Engine 4.20 Ships With Native Mixed Reality Compositing for VR, New AR/VR SDKs
Unreal Engine 4.20 officially launched today with heaps of updates. In the VR realm, the new version brings native mixed reality video compositing for VR applications, and an update to a much newer Oculus SDK. On the AR front, UE...
Niantic Acquires Seismic to Help Create AR Games & Upcoming AR Platform
Seismic Games, the studio behind Google Daydream's Blade Runner: Revelations (2018), has been acquired by Niantic, the force behind popular location-based games Pokémon GO, Ingress, and the upcoming Harry Potter: Wizards Unite.
Seismic Games released the news via a blog post, saying that from now...
One of Europe’s Largest Water Parks Now Has a VR Water Slide
One of Europe's largest water parks, Therme Erding's Galaxy Erding water park in Germany, has a new claim to fame: a water slide that outfits guests with a VR headset. Dubbed VRSlide, the system includes a water-resistant VR headset powered by...
‘Plex VR’ Social Viewing Is Now Cross-compatible with All Supported VR Headsets
Plex VR, the free PLEX viewer for VR devices that lets you stream locally stored media to your headset, just got an update that includes cross-platform social watching for all supported platforms, including Gear VR, Oculus Go, and Google Daydream...
‘Hotel Transylvania’ VR Rhythm Game Comes to VR Arcades in North America, Europe & China
Hot on the heels of Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018), which hit the box offices last week, comes a newly announced VR rhythm game that lets you grove to the spooky beats DJ'ed by series' characters Drac, Mavis, or Johnny....
Oculus Begins Shipping $300 Commercial ‘Go for Business’ Bundle
Oculus Go, the company's recently launched standalone VR headset, is already on store shelves starting at $200 for the 32 GB version. And just like the company's previous Rift for Business announced last year, now it's Go's turn for the...
Mil-Sim VR Shooter ‘Onward’ to Host Free Access Period on Steam This Weekend
Onward, the multiplayer VR shooter in Early Access, is hosting another free access weekend, this time on Steam for owners of Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.
The popular mil-sim tactical shooter has hosted several free weekends since its Early Access...
‘Marvel Powers United VR’ to Feature Avenger Villains Madame Hydra & Scientist Supreme
Oculus and Sanzaru Games today announced two more villains coming to MARVEL Powers United VR, the superhero co-op battle Rift game which is slated to launch July 26th. Both villainous foes to the Avengers, the companies today revealed that Madame Hydra (aka 'Viper') and Scientist Supreme...
Retro-inspired Adventure ‘Pixel Ripped 1989’ Headed to All Major VR Platforms This Month
If you've been following VR since the early developer kit days, you may recognize the ultra-retro nostalgia headtrip that is Pixel Ripped 1989. The multi-dimensional platformer-meets-VR adventure is slated to arrive on PSVR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Windows "Mixed Reality"...
VR’s Biggest Players Back New ‘VirtualLink’ Connector for Next-gen Headsets
A consortium representing many of VR's most prominent players—NVIDIA, AMD, Valve, Oculus, and Microsoft—have backed a new connector standard called VirtualLink which the companies say was "developed to meet the connectivity requirements of current and next-generation virtual reality (VR)...
