Valve to Sell Base Stations Directly, Lower Barrier to SteamVR Tracking Development
Valve today announced plans to begin selling SteamVR Tracking base stations directly later this year; the first units on offer are expected to be the new single-rotor models the company recently teased. Valve is also making it easier to...
‘DiRT Rally’ PSVR Support is Here, Limited-time Bundle is the Best Value on Any Platform
Having launched initially with VR on the Oculus Rift in 2016, new DiRT Rally DLC adds PSVR support to the acclaimed racing game. The $13 DLC also brings a new 'Co-Driver Mode' that lets one player act as the navigator....
Now on Rift, ‘Tilt Brush’ is the First Google App on Facebook’s VR Platform
After a long and somewhat awkward period of Google keeping all of their VR apps from Facebook's VR platforms on desktop (with Rift) and mobile (with Gear VR), Tilt Brush is the first VR olive branch extended across the platform...
On the Hunt for VR’s Killer App with Sony’s Head of PlayStation Magic Lab, Richard Marks
Everyone in the VR industry can envision a world in the next 10 years that's radically changed by virtual reality. From healthcare, education, social, training, cinema, gaming, and more, VR has a lot of Killer Use-cases. But it seems...
Valve: Only 30 SteamVR Apps Have Made $250,000+ (and other truths of the young VR market)
During a recent media event, Valve revealed that only 30 VR apps have made over $250,000 so far on Steam. Now focusing his company heavily on VR development, Valve president Gabe Newell remains bullish on the future of VR,...
HTC’s Vive President on What’s Happening in China & VR
Alvin Wang Graylin is the China President of Vive at HTC, and I had a chance to talk with him at CES this year about what's happening in China. He provided me with a lot of cultural context, which...
‘John Wick Chronicles’ Review
Neo-noir action-thriller John Wick (2014) has come to the Vive in its new VR wave-based arcade shooter John Wick Chronicles. Recreating the look and feel of the film franchise while offering up a heavy slice of gun play and plenty of moving targets, the game can be...
Bethesda Head Affirms Ongoing Work on ‘Fallout 4 VR’, Calls it “Pretty Incredible”
Bethesda Game Studios made the surprise announcement at E3 last year that the company would be porting the entirety of Fallout 4 to virtual reality, and confirmed it would be released for both the HTC Vive and in VR on...
Watch: ‘LogiX’ is an Impressive Multi-User Visual Programming Interface for VR
Sightline developer Tomáš ‘Frooxius’ Mariančík has released a major update for his collaborative 'world engine' NeosVR which adds an incredibly cool multi-user visual programming interface, so you and your friends can code together, entirely within VR.
NeosVR is a collaborative ‘world engine’...
NullSpace VR’s New ‘Hardlight’ Haptic Suit is Heading to Kickstarter
NullSpace VR are poised to launch a new haptic vest focused toward immersive, virtual reality gaming, via Kickstarter soon. The Hardlight suit integrates 16 haptic pads that allow you to feel directional impact linked to actions inside the VR experience.
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