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Designing the Future Through Sci-Fi World Building

VR represents a shift from telling stories to building story worlds that people experience and interact with. There is a process of world building and experiential design that first creates the conditions of the environment, and then the full...

New Report from ILMxLab & Disability Visibility Project Shares Insights on VR Accessibility Design

The Disability Visibility Project recently published a report that highlights the accessibility issues relating to VR users with disabilities. This follows a survey created by Disability Visibility Project founder Alice Wong in partnership with Lucasfilm’s ILMxLab, which covered user...

‘High Fidelity’ Makes First Strides into its Blockchain-based Digital Economy

High Fidelity, the social VR app founded by Second Life founder Philip Rosedale, recently launched Avatar Island - the first of many future in-world stores stocked with digital assets for its users to buy. While purchasing digital items like hats and t-shirts may not...
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Free ‘Farpoint’ DLC Adds 1v1 Multiplayer Combat & Expanded Weapon Selection, Now Available

Farpoint (2017), PSVR's bug-shooting showcase for the mightily impressive PS Aim, has had one free expansion so far, the 'Cryo Pack', which added additional co-op levels and challenge mode. Now the game has just received its next free DLC in...

‘Justice League VR: The Complete Experience’ Launches on PSVR, Rift & Vive

Justice League VR: The Complete Experience is making its way from IMAX VR locations to PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift & HTC Vive headsets in the multi-hero experience that has you stepping into the shiny boots of Batman, Wonder Woman,...

‘Gang Beasts’ PSVR Support to Come in Subsequent Update Following PS4 Launch Next Week

Gang Beasts (2014), the multiplayer brawler made famous on PC, is finally heading to PlayStation 4 next week. Although the December 12th launch date means you can technically buy the game, it won't have PSVR support until "some time...
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‘Wands’ Comes to HTC Vive via Viveport Today, Cross-play & Steam Launch Coming Soon

Wands (2017), the first-person magic-dueling game, is available today for HTC Vive via Viveport. Already supporting Gear VR, Daydream, and Oculus Rift platforms, developing studio Cortopia confirmed with Road to VR that cross-play with other headsets is coming today, or...

HTC: Valve is Still “very committed” to Making its Three Full VR Games

Back in February this year, Valve confirmed that they were internally developing three “full” VR titles. While there's still no information surrounding genres or launch dates, it now looks like Valve may just be keeping them tight under wraps as usual,...

‘L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files’ to Launch on HTC Vive December 15th, Pre-orders Now Available

Rockstar Games' partial VR port of L.A. Noire (2011) was delayed last month to much chagrin. The game, which promises to deliver 7 of the original's case files in all of their immersive glory, is now officially coming to HTC Vive...

Vive Hangs Onto Steam Majority Market Share as Windows VR Headsets Enter the Fray

According to the just-released November figures from Steam’s Hardware & Software Survey, the HTC Vive has scraped its way back from nearly losing the majority market share of VR headsets in use on Steam last month, finally ending a months...

Sunsoft’s VR MOBA for PSVR ‘Dark Eclipse’ to Launch in Spring 2018

Sunsoft, the Japanese publisher and developer, today announced their multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) for PlayStation VR Dark Eclipse will be launching Spring 2018. If you’re heading to Sony's annual PlayStation Experience next week you'll be able to get your hands on...

Varjo Secures $6.7M Investment, First Batch of “Human Eye-Resolution” VR Prototypes Shipping to Partners Soon

At Slush 2017, Helsinki-based Varjo Technologies today announced an additional investment of $6.7 million from the Finnish business development group Tekes to continue development on their "human eye-resolution" display for VR headsets. The company also announced they'll be shipping their first Alpha Prototype...
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‘Star Wars: Droid Repair’ VR Experience Comes to Consumer Headsets Next Week – New Trailer

Hold onto your extendable plastic lightsabers, kiddies, because ILMxLAB and Lucasfilm recently announced a new Star Wars-themed VR experience, Star Wars: Droid Repair Bay — Astro-Mechanic for the Resistance. While the experience was originally only announced to debut... for some reason... in Nissan...

HTC Invests in 26 More AR/VR Startups in Vive X Accelerator

HTC today announced its third batch of AR/VR startups backed by the company's Vive X accelerator program. A total of 26 new companies from across the world have been selected to participate in the program with the goal of "building...

Madcap Puzzle Adventure ‘Elevator … to the Moon!’ Comes to SteamVR Headsets

Elevator ... to the Moon! (2017) has been available for Oculus Rift and Gear VR since its release in October. Now, the stylish low-poly puzzler is available on SteamVR headsets via Steam, including HTC Vive, Windows VR headsets and Oculus...
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