Google Shares New Research into Foveated Rendering Techniques
Display resolutions are growing, but the graphical processing power to serve these displays with content isn't growing at the same rate. Enter foveated rendering, a technique commonly held as one of the next logical steps in making VR headsets...
Owlchemy Labs to Unveil Next VR Game Tonight at The Game Awards
Charged up from the multi-million dollar success of Job Simulator (2016) and its more recent game Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (2017), Owlchemy Labs recently revealed they're teasing their next VR game at this year's Game Awards.
Geoff Keighley, game journalist and founder of The...
HTC Announces Pricing, Pre-order Date & Specs for Vive Focus Standalone Headset
HTC today announced more specifics around Vive Focus, the company's standalone mobile VR headset for China-based customers.
Once destined for Western shores running Google's Daydream platform, HTC recently surprised the world by scrapping those plans and limiting the release of the standalone...
New Report from ILMxLab & Disability Visibility Project Shares Insights on VR Accessibility Design
The Disability Visibility Project recently published a report that highlights the accessibility issues relating to VR users with disabilities. This follows a survey created by Disability Visibility Project founder Alice Wong in partnership with Lucasfilm’s ILMxLab, which covered user...
Oculus Rift Core 2.0 Update Now Available in Beta – Hands-on with Home & Dash
Announced back in October, Oculus is launching the Rift Core 2.0 update today in beta, a major overhaul to the platform’s underlying experience. The update not only rebuilds the default ‘Home’ environment with huge customization potential, it also introduces...
‘High Fidelity’ Makes First Strides into its Blockchain-based Digital Economy
High Fidelity, the social VR app founded by Second Life founder Philip Rosedale, recently launched Avatar Island - the first of many future in-world stores stocked with digital assets for its users to buy. While purchasing digital items like hats and t-shirts may not...
Oculus Flash Sale: Get up to 75% Off on 80+ VR Titles, Sale Lasts Today Only
It's been exactly one year since Oculus launched Touch, the motion controller that made Rift a truly competitive room-scale headset. To celebrate, the company is hosting a dedicated flash sale of up to 75% on 80+ major Touch titles. The sale expires today...
Free ‘Farpoint’ DLC Adds 1v1 Multiplayer Combat & Expanded Weapon Selection, Now Available
Farpoint (2017), PSVR's bug-shooting showcase for the mightily impressive PS Aim, has had one free expansion so far, the 'Cryo Pack', which added additional co-op levels and challenge mode. Now the game has just received its next free DLC in...
