‘Sacralith’ Review – a Superb VR Bowshooter With High Action & Real Narrative
Moscow-based indie developer Odd Meter isn't a household name in VR development yet, but with their latest game Sacralith: The Archer's Tale (2018), that may change somewhat. It's a surprisingly clever bow shooting game draped in impressively polished visuals...
HTC Says Watching ‘Ready Player One’ Boosts VR Purchase Intent in China
HTC China President Alvin Wang Graylin tweeted recently that Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One (2018) is projected to have a "significantly positive impact" on VR adoption in China this year.
Graylin presented a few supporting slides this past week during a talk at...
Hands-on: VR Goes Skydiving at iFLY – The Ultimate Haptic Simulation
iFLY, a leading provider of indoor skydiving facilities, today launched their iFLY VR initiative which combines the company's indoor skydiving experience with immersive visuals powered by a Gear VR headset. I got to try to experience for myself at...
Merging RL with VR Events via SVVR’s Reality Portals & MULTIVERSE
Today is the five-year anniversary for Silicon Valley Virtual Reality meetup, and founder Karl Krantz is announcing a couple of new initiatives as SVVR reorganizes itself as a public-benefit corporation. They're going to be formally announcing their MULTIVERSE initiative...
Newly Revealed ‘Superhot Japan’ Isn’t Getting a VR Counterpart (for now)
SUPERHOT (2016), the massively successful slow-mo shooter for PC and console, already has a built-for-VR version for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PSVR—SUPERHOT VR (2017)—but now that the team has licensed the IP to Japanese developers GameTomo, you may...
Valve’s New Site Affirms Role of VR in Company’s Future, Teases “Top secret” Games
"We make games, Steam, and hardware. Join us," says the first line of Valve's newly redesigned website—in big bold red letters—bringing its look more in line with 2010's design language than the previous version that screamed 'late 2000's'. Along...
AntVR’s MIX AR Headset Kickstarter Blasts Past $50,000 Funding Goal in 8 Hours
AntVR, the Beijing-based headset company, has something worth celebrating within only a few hours of launching their AR headset MIX Kickstarter yesterday. After only eight hours on the crowdfunding site, the company has already reached their goal of $50,000, and...
Amazon’s VR/AR Creation Tool ‘Sumerian’ Now Available to General Public
Amazon today announced that Sumerian, a tool that aims to make creating web-based applications for VR/AR and traditional monitors an easy process, is now available to the general public. First announced at last year's AWS re:Invent, Amazon Sumerian touts the ability to...
Konami’s Remastered ‘Zone of the Enders 2’ to Launch on PSVR September 2018
Konami's 4K/VR remastering of Zone of the Enders 2 (2003), called Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner MARS, now has an official street date: September 4th in the US and September 6th in the EU and Japan.
The game is set...
Retro Rogue-lite VR Shooter ‘COMPOUND’ Launches on Steam Early Access
COMPOUND is a rogue-lite VR shooter from indie developer NotDead Games that looks to bring back some of the classic feel of early FPSs like Doom (1993) and Wolfenstein 3d (1992). After a lengthy wait, the game finally launched today on Steam Early Access.
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