Category: virtualreality

‘Iron Man VR’ will arrive on July 3rd

[ad_1] Sony delayed Iron Man VR a second time in early April due to the impact of COVID-19, and it has now found a new release date for the virtual reality shooter. All going well, it’ll be available for PS VR on July 3rd. Thank you to our amazing, supportive fans for sticking with us. […]

‘Half Life: Alyx’ will hit Steam on March 23rd

[ad_1] Half-Life: Alyx, available March 23, 2020 https://t.co/NCOLWqSp3e pic.twitter.com/Q04EZwNfBt — Valve (@valvesoftware) February 13, 2020 You can save 10 percent on the game’s $60 price if you pre-order it, though if you managed to snag the Valve Index headset, you’ll get Half-Life: Alyx for free. Pre-order bonuses for people who bought the headset include Steam […]

‘Iron Man VR’ is delayed until May 15th

[ad_1] In order to deliver on our vision and meet the high expectations of our amazing community, we’ve made the difficult decision to move Marvel’s Iron Man VR to a May 15, 2020 release. We truly appreciate your patience and understanding. You’ll be hearing from us again soon! — Camouflaj (@Camouflaj) January 17, 2020 Camouflaj […]

Oculus is rolling out its expanded social VR features

[ad_1] They include messaging with your Oculus pals, along with photo and video sharing and livestreaming to Facebook. You can create events to set up a time to play games with your buddies or arrange meetups, and form parties that all your Oculus friends can join (parties were invite-only until now). Your Facebook friends will […]

Facebook buys ‘Beat Saber’ creator Beat Games

[ad_1] We’re excited to announce we’re joining @oculus Studios as an independently operated studio in Prague! This is a big step for us and we can’t wait to push VR even further together! https://t.co/WzWLjtnN7g — Beat Games (@BeatGamesStudio) November 26, 2019 Beat Games will “continue to ship content and updates for Beat Saber at the […]

Microsoft patent application describes a vibrating floor mat for VR

[ad_1] “In some examples, [the] computing device may take the form of a gaming console, and [the head-mounted display] and peripheral control devices […] may be peripheral to the gaming console,” it wrote in the filing, while the illustrations depict an Xbox as well as a Kinect. While some VR systems warn users when they’re […]

‘Iron Man VR’ will hit PS VR February 28th

[ad_1] In Iron Man VR, Stark has retired from making weapons to spend more time creating tech to aid his alter ego’s battle against evil. But Ghost holds a grudge against him after witnessing all the damage his weapons caused. Ghost, a long-time antagonist of Iron Man in Marvel’s comics, appeared in the movie Ant-Man […]

Google used photogrammetry to create a detailed VR tour of Versailles

[ad_1] Google collected over 4TB of data and textured 15 billion pixels, it said. The app will give you a tour the King and Queen’s State Apartments, the Royal Opera House, Royal Chapel and Hall of Mirrors, just to name a few of the iconic rooms. “Tapestries, paintings, ceilings, sculptures and furniture, everything is within […]

Mark Zuckerberg hints finger tracking is coming to Oculus

[ad_1] Notably, Facebook just bought CTRL Labs, a startup that enabled finger tracking with an armband that reads electrical signals. The social giant filed a patent for its own finger-tracking armband earlier this year. Meanwhile, as Upload VR notes, Oculus software developers, including one who formerly worked on hand-tracking at Leap Motion, have teased something […]

HBO’s ‘Westworld Awakening’ VR game arrives August 20th

[ad_1] Westworld Awakening should be deeper than previous Westworld VR experiences. It takes place during the show’s second season and has a separate storyline with five chapters, according to Variety. The main character is a host named Kate, who tries to survive and take charge of her destiny as she becomes self-aware in a world […]