Massive Particle Simulation Playground ‘Chroma Lab’ Launches on SteamVR
VR design is still in the very early stages, but something that we know leads to immersion in VR is interactivity. One developer is taking interactivity to the extreme with Chroma Lab, a VR experience now available on SteamVR that...
Preview: Not Much Memorable in ‘Remember: Remember’
Everyone agrees: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) is a maddeningly good film. It is too good to tolerate, nearly. There is no one who does not think this; it is True. But everyone knows it’s missing something,...
Hands-on: ‘The Talos Principle VR’ Feels Like It’s Come Home in Virtual Reality
The wildly popular puzzler The Talos Principle (2014) from Croteam is soon to be making its way to VR in a separate version, playable on SteamVR-compatible headsets; i.e. HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Getting a chance to go head-first into...
‘Doom VFR’ Devs Detail Gameplay, Setting, and Locomotion in New Video
In 2016, Bethesda announced it was working on a Doom VR project, and earlier this year at E3 the company revealed it as Doom VFR. Due to launch in Q4 2017, a Q&A video with the game's developers shines more...
‘MakeVR Pro’ Introduces Precision Tools for 3D Modelling in VR
There’s some healthy competition in the VR 3D modelling space, as Sixense brings serious enhancements to MakeVR in a new version of the product named MakeVR Pro, with precision tools to assist in detailed 3D creativity and production. Both...
HTC Says Vive Price Drop Wasn’t a Reaction to Oculus
Next to Oculus' big $400 Summer of Rift sale, the $800 HTC Vive felt as if it was in another price bracket altogether. Now after a price drop to $600, the Vive feels very much back in the game...
VR Headsets Based on Kopin’s 2K Display Expected by End of 2018
After we went hands-on with Kopin's prototype headset featuring their 2K VR micro display last week, people are curious to know when the screens might actually hit the market. Speaking with Kopin and manufacturing partner Goertek, the companies tell...
‘Mario Kart VR’ Blows Visitors Away at Japan’s Shinjuku VR Zone
IGN's Lucy O'Brien traveled to Japan's Shinjuku VR Zone, Bandai Namco's newly opened VR arcade featuring bespoke VR games from top properties including Dragon Ball, Gundam, Evangelion, and yes, Mario Kart.
O'Brien is seen on video describing her experience with...
HTC Vive Gets Major Price Cut, Now $600
Hot on the heels of the $400 Summer Rift sale, HTC is doing some of its own price slashing, bringing the complete Vive system down by $200 to a new permanently lowered price of $600.
VR's momentum continues as the...
‘Manifest 99’ Takes You on a Train Ride to the Afterlife, Launching on PSVR September 12th
Manifest 99, a new release coming to PSVR on September 12th, is being described as an "interactive narrative VR experience" that "straddles the line between dream and nightmare."
Manifest 99 is the first PSVR title from developer Flight School Studio (though they...
