Rockstar to Bring ‘L.A. Noire’ to HTC Vive With Cases “rebuilt specifically for virtual reality”
L.A. Noire (2011), the hit neo-noire adventure game for PC and console, is coming to VR in a series of cases taken from the original game that Rockstar says are being "rebuilt specifically for virtual reality."
Called L.A. Noire: The VR...
Blending Immersive Theater & VR with ‘Draw Me Close’ by NFB and National Theatre
The National Theatre has created an Immersive Storytelling Studio to better understand the practices, protocols, opportunities of how virtual and augmented reality technologies are creating new storytelling possibilities. They collaborated with the National Film Board of Canada on an...
‘Brass Tactics’ RTS Now Available for Pre-order, Launching October 19th
Brass Tactics, the RTS from Defense Grid 2 (2016) studio Hidden Path Entertainment, was first teased at GDC earlier this year where they showed off their miniature tabletop world of war. As an Oculus platform exclusive, Brass Tactics is now available for...
Facebook Marketing VP Rebecca Van Dyck Joins Oculus as Chief Marketing Officer
Facebook's VP of Marketing, Rebecca Van Dyck, has been chosen to take over the role of CMO at Oculus.
TechCrunch confirmed the story late last week, which initially broke via an unnamed Facebook spokesperson. It's only now that Oculus has officially released...
AiSolve Acquires Clay Park VR, Installs Founder as Head of North American Operations
AI and VR development firm AiSolve has acquired Clay Park VR, an LA-based strategy and advisory consultancy headed by Oculus-alum Shauna Heller. Heller takes up the position of president of AiSolve's newly formed North American operations.
The UK-base AiSolve was...
Greenlight’s VRS 2017 Conference Reflects VR’s Rapid Changes & Growing Impact
The second annual Virtual Reality Strategy Conference hosted by Greenlight Insights takes place October 24th through the 26th with new focus-areas reflecting the VR and AR industry’s lightning fast changes and growing worldwide impact across industries. The event features over...
Samsung is Developing VR Tools to Help Diagnose Mental Health
Samsung Electronics has recently signed a partnership with Korean VR studio FNI and Gangnam Severance Hospital, one of South Korea's largest hospitals, to develop VR-based mental health diagnosis programs for Samsung Gear VR.
The goal, a report by ZDNet maintains, is to eventually commercialize the...
You Can Still Buy an Oculus Rift + Touch Bundle for $400 on Amazon
The big Oculus Rift Summer Sale may be officially over, which saw the Rift + Touch bundle temporarily slashed from $600 to $400 for a limited time, but for some reason the US Amazon site hasn't reverted yet to...
Revive Creator Joins OpenXR Initiative ‘to help create a truly open VR standard’
CrossVR's Revive, the software that allows HTC Vive users to play games from the Oculus platform, today announced it's joining one of the leading initiatives in creating an open standard for VR and AR apps and devices, otherwise known as OpenXR.
Lead...
The Guardian Launches VR-illustrated 360 Short Film ‘Sea Prayer’
Acclaimed author Khaled Hosseini’s short story inspired by Alan Kurdi—the three-year-old Syrian refugee who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea in 2015—has been illustrated using Tilt Brush for a unique 360 degree short film. Sea Prayer is the latest of...
