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VRTGO 2014: CCP Games – ‘EVE: Valkyrie – The Making of a Cross-platform VR Exclusive’, Live...

EVE: Valkyrie is a VR-exclusive, fast-paced space dog-fighting game from EVE: Online creators CCP Games. As one of the first games to showcase the incredible possibilities of VR technology in games, EVE: Valkyrie has played a pivotal role in...

News Bits: 1 Day Left to Save Up to 80% on VR Games in Steam Holiday...

There's still time to cash in that cheque grandma gave you this holiday season (for piano lessons) and turn it into your favorite VR supported games, because Steam's yearly Holiday Sale is coming to an end on January 2nd. Among others,...

Speculation: Unreal Engine 4 May Soon be Free for Oculus Rift Dev Kit Owners

Just last week we reported that Oculus Rift support would be made available for developers using the free version of Unity, the 3D game engine, previously only available with Unity Pro costing $1500 or $75 per month on subscription....

Thoughts On Sony’s Project Morpheus

What does Sony's entry into the VR arena mean for Oculus and the future of virtual reality? Having live-blogged the announcement conference, I didn't have time to stop and think about what was actually being said until it was all...

VRTGO 2014: RSI – ‘Supporting VR in Star Citizen’, Live Blog @14:00 GMT

Star Citizen is of course the space combat game funded by a hugely successful crowdfunding campaign, which has pledged support for the Oculus Rift. With VR still a developing technology, many games may opt to support VR rather than build...

News Bits: New Oculus Rift Mod Aims to Give You an Out of Body Experience

A new project by Polish open source software tutorial website mepi.pl aims to give you the opportunity to follow your own movements as if you were a 3rd person spectator on your own life. The project rigs a dual, customised webcams...
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Convrge Devs Release ‘Stacks’ Demo – Create Delightful Worlds in VR, Then Destroy Them

The team behind Convrge, the online VR social platform, have just released a great new demo for the Oculus Rift DK2 which encourages the player to build and create structures within a virtual world and then destroy them with...

First ADR1FT Trailer Shows Dazzling Visuals, Tense Gameplay

Developer Three One Zero has released the first trailer for its 'astronaut in peril' title ADR1FT, which also promises ground-up Oculus Rift support. Debuting at the Video Game Awards this year, it looks pretty special too. VR 'Gravity' It's not clear...

Rev VR Podcast (Ep.67): Interview with the Sony Project Morpheus Team at E3 2014

I had some time on the last day of E3 2014 to hang out with Anton Mikhailov and Jeff Stafford, members of the Sony Project Morpheus team. They were wrapping up their final demos and wanted me to come...

Source Claims Sony PS4 VR Headset to Debut Next Month at GDC 2014

It seems the long rumoured Sony VR HMD is finally set to appear at this year's Games Developer Conference in March. But will Sony now beat Oculus to the consumer marketplace? Sony First to Consumer VR Marketplace? TechRadar reports that Sony...

Oculus Connect: Oculus Partnership Means Free Rift Support for ALL Unity Developers

The cross platform 3D development engine Unity 3D, it's fair to say, has been incredibly important in the drive to get content created for virtual reality. According to Oculus' VP of Product Nate Mitchell, at one point, Unity based...

VR Dungeon Crawler ‘Crystal Rift’ Launches Kickstarter Campaign

It's interesting to see genres and themes returning in an entirely new and yet familiar form. Grid-based dungeon crawler Crystal Rift is built from the ground up for virtual reality, yet draws on some very traditional game mechanics....

News Bits: VRClay Beta is Now Available For Download

VRClay, the digital sculpting software built for virtual reality and motion sensing peripherals, has just launched the first public beta. VRClay is an intuitive, digital 3D sculpting tool that aims to being 3D modelling to the masses using the power...

News Bits: Sony ‘Virtual Reality – A New Era for Games’ Panel at PlayStation Experience (video)

At Sony's PlayStation Experience event earlier this month, the company brought together four prominent folks from the game industry to chat about the future of virtual reality and Sony's 'Project Morpheus' VR headset for the PS4. Earlier this year, Sony...

News Bits: MemoRift the VR Emulator Interface – Demo Now Available For Download

We reported on MemoRift a little while back and admired it's approach to providing users looking for a virtual reality room in which to experience your nostalgic applications within. We bring good news. MemoRift R1 is now available from their...
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