2023 Sections
Square Enix Launches Its First Vive-exclusive Game, ‘Kai-ri-Sei Million Arthur VR’, in Japan
Videogame publisher and developer Square Enix, famous for its Final Fantasy franchise, among others, has launched its first game for the HTC Vive, Kai-ri-Sei Million Arthur VR in Japan.
In collaboration with game developer GREE, Square Enix has published its first Vive title,...
HTC’s New ‘Link’ Mobile VR Headset is (bizarrely) Not Part of the Vive Brand
In a curious move, HTC has revealed a new mobile VR headset called Link that is not part of the company's Vive brand. The move comes just a week after the company announced a mobile standalone Vive headset in...
Launching May 30th, ‘Galaxis Wars’ Expands on One of Valve’s Best VR Mini-games From ‘The Lab’
Valve's The Lab is home to a number of fun mini-games, all of which feel like great blueprints for a full VR game. Developer Clear Ink Studios has stepped up to the plate to flesh out Valve's unique VR 'bullet-hell' mini-game,...
Sony’s Richard Marks Expects Natural Voice Input to Play Major Role in VR’s Future
In a recent interview with Glixel, Dr. Richard Marks, head of Sony’s Magic Lab R&D team, talked about PSVR’s development history, social VR, and a possible holodeck-style future. He thinks voice input has unrealised potential, and could become the...
Oculus Teams With Crytek to Share VR Locomotion Experiments
Oculus recently published the first installment of their ‘Developer Perspectives’ video playlists, detailed on the developer blog. Crytek’s VR movement research is presented by Julius Carter, Game Designer at the studio behind award-winning VR games
Artificial VR locomotion—moving the player...
‘SUPERHOT VR’ Launches on Vive This Thursday, But You Don’t Have to Wait
SUPERHOT VR is surely one of the best pieces of VR content available today, but has remained exclusive to Oculus since launch. The developers have teased that the game is coming to the HTC Vive this Thursday, May 25th, but you...
‘Audio Factory’ is a Compelling Showcase of Google’s Spatial Audio Engine for VR
Google has released a Daydream VR app called Audio Factory, a polished and even entertaining demonstrating their Spatial Audio Engine for VR. Described as “VR’s second sense”, spatial audio is a key aspect of maintaining a high level of...
Now You Can Own a Fidget Spinner in VR, Because Why Not
Fidget spinners—little spinning hand toys—are one of the latest fads to see explosive growth, rising rapidly in popularity faster than the most hopeful startup. With a seemingly endless number of spinners available to purchase, developer Vladimir Storm decided to make...
Valve’s New ‘SteamVR Home’ Beta May Mean You Never Leave VR
Valve's new SteamVR Home Beta just launched and it represents a vast improvement on what has gone before with fully 3D, customisable environments, a glut of new social features and a fully featured Steam interface. Will you ever want...
Watch: ‘TO THE TOP’ is an Exhilarating Climbing Game With Great VR Locomotion
Electric Hat Games' TO THE TOP is a vibrant, rapid-paced climbing game that demonstrates a brilliantly innovative locomotion technique that the development team claims results in "zero motion sickness".
Take Crytek's The Climb, mix in a dash of Mirror's Edge and...
Watch: Sairento VR Now Lets You Brutally Dismember Your Foes
Action shooter / slasher title Sairento VR just received a big update from developers Mixed Realms including new locations, a new enemy, AI tweaks and a much-requested feature - brutal, bloody enemy dismemberment.
One of the most interesting new VR...
Oculus Launches Improved Developer Hub, Updated Documentation
Oculus’ new developer hub website is up and running, featuring better navigation, documentation and search capabilities. The improvements address many of the requests and feedback received from the recent global developer survey, and follows an initiative to increase overall...
‘Evangelion: VR’ Experience Immerses With a Motion Sim Cockpit and HTC Vive
On May 16, the Bandai Namco-backed VR studio 'Project i Can' announced a new project called Evangelion VR: The Throne of Souls where you can maneuver an Eva, just like in the classic mech anime, Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995).
This...
Half of SteamVR Tracking Course Attendees Using Tech for Non-gaming
In August of last year, Valve created the SteamVR licensing program to allow any developer to create their very own SteamVR tracked object. At that time, Valve partnered with Synapse, a Seattle-area product development firm, to provide a mandatory...
VR RTS ‘Cosmic Trip’ to Leave Early Access with New “Fully-featured” Strategy Mode
First-person real-time strategy VR game Cosmic Trip will leave Early Access on May 24th. Developer Funktronic Labs is readying the ‘fully-featured’ RTS mode for the v1.0 launch, along with a digital Deluxe Edition which adds an artbook and soundtrack.
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