Google’s AR/VR Team Just Keeps Growing
Google first started its venture into virtual reality with Google Cardboard back in 2014. Since then we've seen the company's ambitions in VR and AR continue to grow with the introduction and launch of the Daydream headsets in 2016,...
Hands-on: ‘Chroma Lab’ is a Mesmerizing Physics Sandbox and a Simple But Stunning VR Showcase
Chroma Lab is a mesmerising particle simulation and a simple but stunning VR showcase, using a custom physics engine to calculate the fluid-like behaviour of more than 100,000 particles. While there are no ‘game’ elements, indie developer Sean Tann...
bHaptics’ TactSuit Promises Better Actuator-Based Haptics at a Lower Price-Point
Gamescom is one of the few truly gargantuan expos dedicated to gaming, holding within its massive Zeppelin hanger-sized halls all manner of ostentatious booth featuring all the big names in gaming. But it's not all glitz, cosplay, and long...
Release Dates & Platforms for ‘Skyrim VR’, ‘Doom VFR’, and ‘Fallout 4 VR’ Revealed
In the build-up to QuakeCon 2017, which starts tomorrow, Bethesda has announced launch dates for their three major VR titles for the holiday season. Skyrim VR (PSVR) launches first on November 17th, followed by Doom VFR (PSVR, Vive) on...
Hands-on: ‘Stifled’ Oozes Style With Its Terrifying Visual Re-imagination of Echolocation
Stifled is an upcoming first-person horror game from Singapore-based studio Gattai Games. Heavily featured at this year's Gamescom, in no small part thanks to their partnership with Sony Interactive Entertainment that's seeing a number of Asian-born titles coming West, we got a...
Hands-on: ‘Skyworld’ is a Charming Turn-Based Strategy Game With Fast-Paced Real-Time Interludes
Skyworld, a turn-based strategy game from Arizona Sunshine (2016) developers Vertigo Games, was initially introduced to the world as a demo during HTC Vive's first public showing back in GDC 2015. At this year's Gamescom, we got a hands-on with...
Massive Particle Simulation Playground ‘Chroma Lab’ Launches on SteamVR
VR design is still in the very early stages, but something that we know leads to immersion in VR is interactivity. One developer is taking interactivity to the extreme with Chroma Lab, a VR experience now available on SteamVR that...
Preview: Not Much Memorable in ‘Remember: Remember’
Everyone agrees: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) is a maddeningly good film. It is too good to tolerate, nearly. There is no one who does not think this; it is True. But everyone knows it’s missing something,...
Hands-on: ‘The Talos Principle VR’ Feels Like It’s Come Home in Virtual Reality
The wildly popular puzzler The Talos Principle (2014) from Croteam is soon to be making its way to VR in a separate version, playable on SteamVR-compatible headsets; i.e. HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Getting a chance to go head-first into...
‘Doom VFR’ Devs Detail Gameplay, Setting, and Locomotion in New Video
In 2016, Bethesda announced it was working on a Doom VR project, and earlier this year at E3 the company revealed it as Doom VFR. Due to launch in Q4 2017, a Q&A video with the game's developers shines more...
