2023 Sections
‘Pokémon Go’ Maker Niantic Reportedly Selling Gaming Division, Shifting Focus to AR & Mapping Tech
Niantic, the company behind Pokémon Go (2016), is reportedly in talks with Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely to sell its gaming division.
According to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the talks, the report maintains the companies are currently discussing a $3.5...
‘Alien: Rogue Incursion’ Finally Announced From Veteran VR Studio, Set for Late 2024
We've been waiting patiently for veteran VR studio Survios to finally offer up some details on its next game, and today we finally have them. Alien: Rogue Incursion is described as a "single-player, action-horror VR game," with an "all-new storyline full...
Oculus’ Jason Rubin on Rift and Touch Games “We’re Not Launching a Dev Kit”
The Oculus Rift will land in people's homes from March 28th and there'll soon be 1000s of people hunting for new content to play in virtual reality. Oculus is of course keenly aware of this, and Jason Rubin, Head...
INT Announces 2,228 PPI High Pixel Density AMOLED for VR Headsets
When we saw the news that JDI, the Japanese display conglomerate founded by Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi, were developing a 1001ppi LCD display for VR headsets, it was clear that the race for ever-higher pixel densities was still alive...
VR’s First Official NFL Game ‘NFL PRO ERA’ Makes You the Quarterback, Coming to Quest &...
During Meta's Quest Gaming Showcase today, we finally caught a glimpse of VR's first official NFL game, NFL PRO ERA, which promises to let you QB for your favorite team as you make your path to the Super Bowl.
Developers...
Critical ‘Robinson: The Journey’ Steam Bug Gets Patched
Robinson: The Journey's recent Steam release got off to a rocky start with a fatal bug which prevented players from even starting the game. Today, a 140MB patch from Crytek appears to have fixed the problem.
Yesterday we reported on Robinson:...
This Live Mixed Reality Solution Uses Kinect to Eliminate Green Screen
This project uses Kinect depth cameras to the fuse virtual and the real to produce real-time mixed reality footage with no green screens required, all using Microsoft's depth camera Kinect.
Mixed reality is all the rage and has become one...
‘Beat Saber’ Gets Its First Hip Hop Mixtape, Including Uncensored Tracks from Snoop, 2Pac, Dr Dre...
Everyone's favorite block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber (2018) just got its first-ever hip hop mixtape, featuring some of the biggest hits in hip hop from the early '90s until today.
Check out the full track list below:
2Pac - “All Eyez...
‘Bravo Team’ Review – Shoot, Cover, Rinse, Repeat
Filling something of a gap in Sony's PSVR content lineup, Bravo Team is a cooperative title which aims to bring military shooter style first-person action to the platform. Will you revel in cooperative combat, or is this one bullet worth dodging?
Bravo...
HTC Registers ‘Vive Focus’ Trademark in EU & US, Likely Intended for Standalone VR Headset
HTC has submitted a new trademark application in both Europe and the US, specifically requesting the use of a new name: Vive Focus.
First revealed at Google I/O 2017 developer conference, both HTC and Lenovo announced they were building standalone VR...
The 20 Best Rated & Most Popular Quest Games & Apps – August 2021
While Oculus doesn’t offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual apps are performing across its VR storefronts, it’s possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here’s a snapshot of...
Rift and Windows VR Continue Growth Streaks at Expense of Vive in Latest Steam Survey
The latest data from Valve's Steam Survey shows the Rift and Windows VR headsets continuing growth streaks in their share of monthly-connected headsets on Steam, snatching share mostly from the Vive and Vive Pro.
Each month Valve collects info from...
Sony Experimenting with Advanced Livestreaming Features for PSVR, Mixed Reality Views
Speaking during a session at GDC 2018 last month, Richard Forster, Senior Team Lead at Sony's Research & Development West group, chronicled a range of explorations in advanced livestreaming and sharing features for PSVR.
Today PSVR users can access the usual...
Quest 2 Now the Most Used on Steam, Monthly-connected Headsets Hit Record High of 2.8 Million
Another month, another record high count for the VR usership on Steam. Quest 2, despite being a standalone headset, has helped to drive much of the growth thanks to its ability to connect to a PC to play PC...
Relaxing Adventure ‘Arca’s Path’ Launches on All Major VR Headsets, Trailer Here
Arca's Path VR, a single-player VR maze game produced by Rebellion and developed by Dream Reality Interactive, is launching today on all major VR platforms including HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows VR, PSVR, Oculus Go, Gear VR, and HTC Vive Focus.
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