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‘Ready Player One: OASIS beta’ Launches on Steam With Vive, Rift, & Windows VR Headset Support
Ready Player One: Oasis beta (2018), the free mini-game sampler with experiences inspired by Steven Spielberg's latest film Ready Player One (2018), is finally on Steam, which includes support for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows "Mixed Reality" VR headsets.
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Cloudhead Games – Lessons Learned From Five Years of VR Locomotion Experiments
Both the Rift and the Vive first launched to consumers around this time two years ago, but their debut, and the games that launched alongside them, were the culmination of years of prior game design experimentation in a new...
‘Modbox AR’ to Arm You With an Arsenal of Virtual Objects to Create Useful & Fun...
The developers behind Modbox (2016), the VR physics sandbox for SteamVR-compatible headsets, have been experimenting with augmented reality recently, something they say is a perfect fit for the Modbox software.
Developer Lee Vermeulen didn't wait for VR headsets like the Vive...
Vive Pro Gets AR Capabilities Thanks to HTC’s New Tools for Front-facing Cameras
HTC has announced a new set of tools allowing developers to build applications which take advantage of the Vive Pro's stereo front-facing cameras, effectively turning the device into an AR headset dev kit. The new tools allow the cameras to...
Exiii Raises $750K for Haptic VR Gloves with Force Feedback
Japan-based startuped Exiii, which is developing a pair of haptic gloves with force feedback, has raised $750K for continued R&D, expansion of sales channels, and growing the company's team.
Back in March we wrote about Exiii's two haptic VR gloves,...
17 Minutes of Sci-fi Adventure ‘Downward Spiral: Horus Station’, Gameplay Video Here
Downward Spiral: Horus Station is an upcoming sci-fi adventure set in the lost and forgotten Horus space station. Created by Finland-based 3rd Eye Studios, the minds behind the game recently put out an extended look at some of the its...
Firmware Update Brings Vive Pro Audio Improvements, HTC Looking into Reports of Screen Issues
Following a small rash of reports from new Vive and Vive Pro users, HTC says they're looking into issues regarding mismatched display brightness. Additionally, SteamVR's beta branch brings a firmware update to the Vive Pro which is said to...
‘Drunk or Dead’ Studio Announces Starship Trooper-Style Shooter ‘B3’
4 I Lab, the studio behind Drunk or Dead (2017), released a trailer announcing their next game, B3, a co-op VR shooter that's definitely borrowing some of its vibe from Starship Troopers (1997).
Not much is known about the game besides...
Developer Creates Scan of Apartment to Work Inside of VR for 30 Days
Turin, Italy-based developer Enea Le Fons is aiming to spend more than 30 days of extended stints in VR, and although he won't be able to qualify for any records—he's still eating, sleeping, and using the bathroom sans headset—Le...
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...
Social VR App ‘vTime’ Closes $7.6M Series A Investment, AR Experience to Come in 2018
vTime, the social VR platform, today announced the closure of a $7.6 million (£5.4 million) Series A funding round led by Deepbridge Capital with included investment from Liverpool, UK-based institutional loan and equity provider MSIF.
vTime founder and CEO Martin Kenwright says...
VR Photogrammetry Showcase ‘Realities’ is Getting Three New Scenes
Realities is a VR photogrammetry showcase featuring detailed photogramatic scans from a handful of interesting locations around the world. In collaboration with Canadian television channel TV5's documentary series Terre d’Exploration, the first of three new scenes from the Canadian wilderness is...
‘Skyrim VR’ vs. ‘Fallout 4 VR’ – The Best Bethesda RPG in VR
Bethesda's recent flatscreen-to-VR ports, Skyrim VR and Fallout 4 VR, face a few common challenges in terms of immersion. Neither are perfect, but at this point in time, both games represent something VR users haven't had yet: vast and rich open-world...
‘One Piece’ VR Experience to Head Westward May 22nd on PSVR
Bandai Namco has teased One Piece fans for some time now with images and trailers of the PSVR exclusive experience One Piece: Grand Cruise. The company has now given a firm release date in North America and Europe: May 22nd.
As the first One...
VR Horror Mystery ‘Dead Secret’ to Arrive on PSVR April 24th
Studios Frame Interactive and Robot Invader today announced Dead Secret (2015), the Gear VR title that later landed on PC VR headsets, is finally making its way to PSVR.
Coming to PSVR April 24th, the horror-mystery adventure puts you in the...



















