Oculus CTO: Improved Gear VR Visuals Part of a “brand new Oculus runtime system,” Details Improvements
In an update rolling out to Gear VR users over the next few weeks, Oculus Home on Gear VR will see a 2x boost in pixel resolution, according to Oculus, and load times improved as much as 3x. Oculus...
VRLO 7 Brings Latest in VR and AR to London from Epic Games, HTC, Rewind, and...
VRLO, the UK’s leading meetup for virtual reality practitioners and enthusiasts, had its seventh edition on March 20th. Hosted by Rewind, in association with Advertising Week Europe, VRLO 7 attracted 350 attendees who glimpsed the present and future of...
‘Virtual Virtual Reality’ on Google Daydream Plays on Popular Anxieties of the Near Future
It's the joke everyone in the VR space has made at least once: 'virtual virtual reality—how meta!' But developer Tender Claws has taken the idea and applied it to a new Daydream experience which explores common themes of "VR, AI...
‘Ghost in the Shell’ VR Experience is an Awe-Inspiring Deep Dive into the Mind of Major
The live-action Ghost in the Shell (2017) film starring Scarlett Johansson is already in theaters worldwide, but Oculus has today published the VR experience so you can get a slice of the android-kicking action direct on your Gear VR or Oculus Rift.
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TouchSense Force Plugin Aims to Help VR Game Devs Make Better Haptics, Faster
Founded in 1993, Immersion Corp. designs and licenses haptic technology that's come to be used in gamepads you're well familiar with. Now the company is developing a new haptic programming system which aims to help game developers make better...
‘Downward Spiral: Prologue’ Review
Downward Spiral: Prologue (2017) is a sci-fi adventure game that takes you into a lovingly recreated '70s retro future of CRT monitors and space stations abound. Featuring a single-player and coop mission, and multiplayer deathmatch mode Downward Spiral: Prologue feels like...
Hands-on: Rhythm Game ‘Audio Beats’ is a Hidden Gem That Plays to VR’s Strengths
At SVVR 2017 this week in Silicon Valley, Chinese VR developer organization VRCore brought a range of content to the show representing some of the VR work happening in the West. Among that content was Audio Beats by developer Famiku,...
Oculus Co-founder Palmer Luckey Bids Goodbye to Facebook
Palmer Luckey, the co-founder of Oculus VR and designer of the Oculus Rift, is stepping down from his position at the company.
Oculus told Upload VR the news, saying that it will be Luckey's last week at the Facebook-owned VR headset...
MixCast VR Studio Helps Devs Add Mixed Reality Capture Features to VR Games
Blueprint Reality, developers of VR puzzle game Awaken, have launched the MixCast VR Studio on Steam. Developers can quickly add the free SDK to their Unity-based VR games, which allows users to easily set up, broadcast, or record mixed...
Samsung Suggests High-Powered, Standalone VR Headset To Compete With Rift and Vive
Continuing to push its established mobile VR business—recently revealing its flagship Galaxy S8 smartphones support and an updated Gear VR with controller—Samsung has again confirmed it has more powerful VR hardware up its sleeve. High-end, standalone VR headsets from...
