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Star Wars ‘Mos Eisley’ Realised in Staggering Detail on UE4, VR Version Coming

An environmental artist with a passion for Star Wars has realised the iconic location of Star Wars' Mos Eisley space port in jaw-dropping detail via Unreal Engine 4. What's more, it's coming to VR soon and you can download the...
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14 Minutes of ‘Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice VR’ Gameplay

Ninja Theory's BAFTA award-winning action-adventure game Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (2017) is coming to Oculus Rift and HTC Vive soon. Here's 14 minutes of gameplay, taken after the game's initial intro. Update (July 31st, 2018): Helblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition is now available as...

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Now Includes 3 Hours of In-game Developer Commentary

Curious about what made Half-Life: Alyx (2020) one of the most richly detailed and immersive VR games to date? Now Valve has released a developer commentary mode in the game that gives you a first-hand peek at every aspect of...

Valve Says No New First-party VR Game is in Development

Steam Frame has finally been revealed and promises to let players access most of their Steam library (be it VR or otherwise) right from the headset. Unfortunately, that won’t include any new VR content from Valve, the company has...

‘Voxelus’ Aims to Let Everyone to Build Their Own VR Content

With the huge success of Minecraft, a generation of gamers have grown up expecting to build and create in, as well as 'merely' play their games. Voxelus aims to tap into that creative spark with it's new Voxelus Creator...

Hands-On: ‘Star Shelter’ – Survival in Zero Gravity

Stranded in space with just an AI voice and your broken ship for company, you must scavenge for materials to survive, searching random debris floating nearby using motion-based, zero-gravity locomotion. Needing some polish but highly playable in its current...

‘Sacralith’ Review – a Superb VR Bowshooter With High Action & Real Narrative

Moscow-based indie developer Odd Meter isn't a household name in VR development yet, but with their latest game Sacralith: The Archer's Tale (2018), that may change somewhat. It's a surprisingly clever bow shooting game draped in impressively polished visuals...

Sony Researchers Unveil Knuckles-style Prototype VR Controller with Full Hand Tracking

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) researchers unveiled a prototype motion controller recently which showcases experimental techniques into full hand tracking using machine learning and capacitive sensors. Vision-based hand tracking systems like Leap Motion are great for tracking hands when you're not...

Microsoft Preparing VR Capable Xbox One for Use with Oculus Rift, Reports Suggest

Microsoft may be preparing a new, much more powerful version of their Xbox One games console codenamed 'Scorpio' to power the Oculus Rift some reports are suggesting. As the gaming industry and associated press wind the hype engine up in...

‘Penn & Teller VR’ Launches on Quest & PC VR, PSVR Version in July

Gearbox Software today released their latest VR game, a title from magic/comedy duo Penn & Teller called Penn & Teller VR: Frankly Unfair, Unkind, Unnecessary, & Underhanded. The game is available on Quest, Rift and Vive starting today, with a version...

HTC Launches Inside-out ‘Vive Ultimate Tracker’ for $200

First revealed at GDC 2023 earlier this year, HTC has now launched its long-awaited inside-out tracking accessory, which is now dubbed the Vive Ultimate Tracker. Unlike previous Vive Trackers, Vive Ultimate Tracker makes use of inside-out optical tracking instead of...
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VR Action Game ‘Sword Reverie’ is a Love Letter to ‘Sword Art Online’, Trailer Here

Isekai Entertainment, a Seattle-based indie studio, released the first trailer for its upcoming action game Sword Reverie, a JRPG-inspired title that feels like a heartfelt love letter to the popular anime/manga Sword Art Online (SAO). Drawing from Japanese games and anime such...

GDC 2018 ‘Day 1’ Roundup – Vive Pro Pricing, Magic Leap SDK, Nvidia RTX, and More

Here’s a roundup of news from ‘day one’ of our GDC 2018 coverage. Vive Pro date and price, Magic Leap announcements, Nvidia's real-time ray-tracing, and Budget Cuts resurfaces. Vive Pro headset launches April 5th for $800, original Vive drops to...

‘Beat Saber’ Scoring Explained – It’s All in the Technique

With the release of Oculus Quest, more and more players are jumping into Beat Saber. And while it's easy enough to cut cubes to the beat, there's a trick to achieving the highest score. Here's how scoring works in Beat...

Crytek’s 50 Person VR Dev Team Can Only Mean One Thing

At GDC 2015, game developer and CryEngine creator Crytek was showing an impressive virtual reality experience on the Oculus Rift Crescent Bay prototype. But it would seem that the company has much more up their collective sleeve than a...
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