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‘Raw Data’ Early Access Review, Now with Oculus Touch Support
Raw Data, a first-person combat game from Survios currently in Early Access, is one of the most fast-paced and exciting games out for HTC Vive and Oculus Touch right now. Far from being a simple shooting gallery, Raw Data gives you an...
‘Lone Echo’ Developer Shows Impressive Procedural Hand-posing System for VR
Lone Echo, Ready At Dawn’s upcoming space-based VR game, employs a physics-based movement system where the player pushes and pulls themselves around a zero-gravity environment. A video presented at GDC highlights their procedural animation system that allows for convincing...
‘Robo Recall’ Behind-the-scenes – Insights & Artwork from Epic Games
After years of making some of the most impressive VR tech demos of their time, Epic's Robo Recall is not only the company's first VR game proper, but a culmination of what the company has learned about VR game...
On the Hunt for VR’s Killer App with Vive’s China President, Alvin Wang Graylin
Everyone in the VR industry can envision a world in the next 10 years that’s radically changed by virtual reality. From healthcare, education, social, training, cinema, gaming, and more, VR has a lot of Killer Use-cases. But it seems...
‘Obduction’ Adds Motion Control, Coming to Vive and Oculus Touch This Month
Cyan’s spiritual successor to Myst is launching with all-new motion control support on March 22nd for HTC Vive and Oculus Touch. The game originally released on Steam in August 2016, receiving initial VR support for the Rift in October.
Following...
‘Waltz of the Wizard’ ‘Ghostline’ Analytics Reveal Some Surprising Player Behaviour
Aldin Dynamics has released a detailed breakdown of user data gathered during over 300,000 sessions of Waltz of the Wizard gameplay. Launched in May 2016, the motion-controlled VR game was developed with the insights gained from using Aldin's own...
‘AirMech: Command’ Gets Major Oculus Touch Update, Launches on Steam VR
VR motion control comes to AirMech: Command, and the game has been released on Steam with support for multiple VR headsets and controllers through OpenVR. The game originally appeared as a launch title for the Oculus Rift in March...
‘Bigscreen’ Social Computing Space Metrics Show Big Value for VR Power Users
Bigscreen VR announced that they raised $3 million dollars for their "social utility" VR application. Bigscreen gives you access to your computer screen in VR, which is a deceptively simple idea but one that is unlocking new ways of...
Students Hack Positional Tracking onto Gear VR with SteamVR Tracking
In a reverse engineering exercise, two students at Utah State University have hacked positional tracking onto a Gear VR headset using SteamVR Tracking technology. Mobile VR solutions like Samsung’s Gear VR currently employ rotational tracking only.
The popular forms of...
‘Chess Ultra’ is Bringing its Luxurious Game Environments to PSVR, Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive
Ripstone Games, makers of Pure Chess (2012), are bringing their upcoming sequel Chess Ultra to PlayStationVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. The classic chess game features a number of beautifully rendered environments that will finally make you feel like the rich and magnanimous...
NVIDIA GTC VR Content Showcase to Award $30k in Cash & Prizes to Non-gaming Applications
At NVIDIA's upcoming GTC 2017 conference on May 8-11, the company plans to award $30,000 in cash and prizes to the winners of the VR Content Showcase which is seeking companies focusing on content other than gaming which is using or...
Photogrammetry Showcase ‘Realities’ Update Brings New Content, Touch Support, and Improved Visuals
Realities, a ‘virtual travel’ title that presents near photo-realistic VR captures of real-world locations, has received a major update. In addition to a new explorable location, the software has been overhauled to support forward rendering and improved support for...
PlayStation VR to Get Improved Tracking and 3D Blu-ray Playback in Next PS4 Update
Among other additions to the console's base experience, the forthcoming PS4 System Software Update 4.50 will bring improved tracking and 3D Blu-ray playback to Sony's PlayStation VR headset.
In time for the launch of Farpoint and the PSVR Aim controller, the...
Hands-on: ‘VELOCIBEASTS’ Explores Another Promising Form of Experimental VR Locomotion
Moving around in VR isn't a solved problem. In 5 years, the best games and experiences won't be using point-and-click teleportation. At GDC 2017 last week, I saw two promising new types of experimental locomotion in VR. First was...
Hands-on: Reactive Grip Haptic Controller Prototype with Vive Tracker, Touch, and Custom SteamVR Tracking
Tactical Haptics, developers of the Reactive Grip controller, are showing their latest prototypes now with attachments for the Vive Tracker, Oculus Touch, and a custom-built SteamVR Tracking solution. The controller employs a unique solution to haptic feedback which aims...


















