VR Health & Exercise Institute Finds Many VR Games Are Better Exercise Than a Treadmill
According to Aaron Stanton, director of the newly-founded Virtual Reality Institute of Health and Exercise, many of the popular VR games and applications are actually more effective at burning calories than a traditional treadmill exercise routine. The organisation recently...
‘Bioflight VR’ for Medical Training, Patient Behavior Modification, & Diagnosis
The design team behind Bioflight VR has worked on television shows such as CSI and ER, and they've been able to translate their VFX visualization skills into a virtual reality medical education venture. Their original plans were to use...
Google Releases ARCore for Android, The Company’s Answer to Apple ARKit
In an answer to Apple's recently released ARKit, a developer tool used for making augmented reality apps and games that run on newer iPad and iPhones, Google today released a preview of a new Android-compatible software development kit (SDK) called ARCore.
Google prides...
‘Windlands’ Currently 75% Off on Steam, Sale Ends September 4th
Windlands (2016) is a first-person exploration game from Psytech Games, and as one of the first truly great titles to come to all major VR headsets, the temporary $5 price tag on Steam—down from its normal $20—is an absolute steal for what...
Hands-on: ‘Marble Land’ Promises Hours of Complex Physics-based Puzzles, Launching on All Major Platforms
Marble Land is a physics-based puzzle game from Devious Technologies, a Bucharest, Romania based studio. We got a chance at this year's Gamescom to pop into the unique little puzzler, which is slated to launch in the next few...
PlayStation VR All-in Bundle $50 Cheaper Thanks to ‘Free’ Tracking Camera
Amidst all the VR headset price cuts, PlayStation VR is finally seeing a discount, albeit not nearly as dramatic as Oculus Rift's or HTC Vive's.
In the US and Canada, the headset will soon come bundled with a PlayStation Camera—an integral part of...
‘Sparc’, the 1v1 VR Sport From CCP Games, Launches Today on PSVR
Originally starting its life as an experimental VR project called 'Project Arena', the competitive-focused VR sport Sparc launches today on PSVR.
Update (8/29/17): Sparc launches today on PSVR priced at $30 / €30 / £23. Because the game is primarily focused on 1v1...
‘Dance Tonite’ is an Excellent (and groovy) Showcase of WebVR’s Potential
Amsterdam-based interactive designer Jonathan Puckey and Studio Moniker’s collaboration with Google's Data Arts Team has produced a compelling experience called Dance Tonite, which runs from a single website and offers something for everyone from mobile to desktop to VR....
Hands-on: Microsoft’s “Mixed Reality” VR Motion Controllers
Microsoft debuted the lengthily-named "Windows Mixed Reality motion controllers" back in May, but until now we haven't had a chance to actually try them out. During a recent meeting with Microsoft in San Francisco, I got to try the...
SteamVR Will Support Windows VR Headsets
Microsoft today announced that Windows VR headsets will be able to play SteamVR content.
Microsoft is working toward the launch of consumer Windows VR headsets coming this holiday, and today co-announced with Valve that the headsets will support SteamVR content.
“The...
