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‘Mythica VR’: VR LARP With D&D-style World Building Hits Kickstarter

Arrowstorm Entertainment is what you might call 'serial Kickstarters', as they've successfully completed 13 different campaigns on the crowdfunding site—mostly focusing on small budget sword and sorcery flicks starring the likes of Kevin Sorbo from Hercules (1995) and Kristian Nairn (aka Hodor) from Game of Thrones...

Sketchfab: Largest Social Media Site for 3D Objects Adds VR Navigation

Originally launched in 2012, Sketchfab has grown to be the largest social media website for sharing 3D objects and scenes with over 500,000 members and close to 1 million experiences. At SIGGRAPH, Sketchfab launched their VR browser to be...

Survey: 78% of AR/VR Developers Not Planning Platform-exclusive Content

In a survey published by VRDC, AR and VR developers are largely leaning toward platform agnostic development for their next projects. While Oculus and Valve/HTC continue to take two different approaches to stoking the development of VR games and applications—Oculus...

PlayStation VR Pre-Orders Had “Quickest Sellout in GameStop’s History”

GameStop executives have revealed that the last pre-order event for the soon-to-be-released PlayStation VR was the "Quickest Sellout" in the company's history. GameStop held its 2016 second quarter fiscal year conference call this week, and Sony's forthcoming PlayStation VR, due...

Uncorporeal Claims They Can Create 3D VR Scenes from Your Photos

Uncorporeal are unveiling what it terms as it's "Holographic Photography Technology" which the team claim will allow anyone with a smartphone to create 360 VR viewable scenes with 3D parallax from a few dozen photos. Static photogrammetry, the process of capturing...
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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...
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‘PlayStation VR Worlds’ Gets New Features to Improve Casual and Competitive Play

PlayStation VR Worlds is a collection of VR mini-games created by Sony's talented London Studio. The studio has detailed new features designed to improve first-time VR experiences for those showing VR to their friends and family, and competitive features...
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Sos Sosowski’s ‘Mosh Pit Simulator’ is Disturbing, Funny, and Unapologetically Terrible

A video game is a reflection of its maker, and usually the smaller the developer team, the more clear it is to see something of its creator within. I think I caught a glimpse of project creator Sos Sosowski somewhere in Mosh...

‘Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’ VR Experience to be Shown on PSVR at Official Fan Event

Debuting early next month at Call of Duty XP 2016, the official fan celebration hosted by Activision, attendees will have a chance to see what's being called an "exclusive" Call of Duty VR experience running on PlayStation VR. The experience...
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New Drive Club VR Gameplay Video on PSVR Impresses

Drive Club VR from Reflections is due to land on PlayStation 4 within the launch window beginning October 13, and this new hands-on gameplay footage demonstrate why it's becoming one of the most hotly anticipated titles for any VR...

New Thinner, Lighter HTC Vive 3-in-1 Cable Spotted in the Wild

An HTC Vive customer has posted images of a replacement headset cable which looks to significantly reduce the size and weight of the original. One of the aspects most mentioned in the first rush of reviews to appear after the...
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‘Firebird: La Peri’ Adds LoTR Actor in a Re-launch of One of VR’s Finest Experiences

The artful and delightful virtual reality ballet La Peri has has been re-launched with a new name, adding Lord of the Rings voice actor John Rhys-Davies alongside numerous other enhancements in this unique 'must own' VR experience, now known...

VR Design Best Practices with Google VR’s Alex Faaborg

At the company's annual I/O conference, Google announced the Daydream VR platform and mobile headset that will be coming to the latest Android phones later this year. There's a DIY dev kit that you can start using today to...
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‘Battlerite’s’ Impressive New VR Spectator Features May Trump ‘DOTA 2 VR Hub’

Stunlock Studio's PvP brawler Battlerite has just received a state-of-the-art feature update that puts it toe to toe with DOTA 2. A new VR spectator and camera system that seems to trump even Valve's own. Battlerite is a game you...
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Dual Wield Guns and Magic in this Cool Oculus Touch Game Prototype

Guns are cool. Magic is cool. Motion controls are cool. Combine all three with virtual reality and you have a prototype experience that looks, well, really cool! Developers have now had access to retail quality, VR-focused motion controllers via the...
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