Strategy Game ‘League of War: VR Arena’ Comes to PSVR This Fall
Independent developer MunkyFun is bringing League of War: VR Arena exclusively to Sony’s PSVR platform this Fall. Detailed in an entry on the official PlayStation Blog, the studio’s first VR game is described as being similar to ‘holographic chess’...
New Procedural Speech Animation From Disney Research Could Make for More Realistic VR Avatars
A new paper authored by researchers from Disney Research and several universities describes a new approach to procedural speech animation based on deep learning. The system samples audio recordings of human speech and uses it to automatically generate matching...
Horror & Gore in VR – Designing ‘Killing Floor: Incursion’
Killing Floor: Incursion is a horror game featuring lots of gore that is sure to evoke visceral reactions in players. I had a chance to play a demo at GDC 2017, and I can say that it's definitely an...
‘EVE: Valkyrie Warzone’ Update Adding Non-VR Mode and PS4/PC Cross Platform Play
One of the earliest big exclusive releases for VR, EVE: Valkyrie from CCP Games, continues to evolve and with the latest free expansion dubbed 'Warzone' the developers have opened its particular brand of slick online space shooter to players...
Navigating Paradox, Reality Bubbles, & Multiple Worldviews with VR
Dr. Marilyn Schlitz is a social anthropologist, consciousness researcher, and co-author of the books Consciousness & Healing and Living Deeply. Her anthropological work has been at the frontier of researching how different cultures use various indigenous practices to invoke...
Strider VR is an Intriguing New Omnidirectional Treadmill Solution
Strider VR uses a novel approach to omnidirectional treadmill design, using a rotatable ball array positioned above a traditional linear treadmill, combined with a Microsoft Kinect 2 sensor. The system is currently available as a development kit from German...
‘VRChat’ Anecdotes and Dealing with Harassment & Tolling in Social VR
Gunter S. Thompson has been hosting VR meetups in VRChat for the past three years where he will give guided tours through the latest additions to the VRChat metaverse, and he also hosts a live talk show every Tuesday...
EVE: Valkyrie Now Supports Oculus Touch as a Gamepad Alternative
CCP Games have rolled out a small ‘2017_R3.1’ update this week, enabling work-in-progress support for Oculus Touch. As described on the EVE: Valkyrie website, this attempts to map the gamepad controls to the buttons, triggers and sticks of the...
Oculus Details ‘Buffered Haptics’ for Advanced Haptics on Touch Controllers
Oculus has added new documentation to their developer knowledge base detailing the 'buffered haptics' feature of the Oculus SDK, a method for programming more advanced haptic feedback from the company's Touch controllers.
Oculus Touch uses linear actuators to provide feedback,...
HTC is Giving Away a Vive to Celebrate The International Dota 2 Championships
If you've yet to hop on the VR train, here's a shot at scoring a free HTC Vive system and some swag from the 2017 International Dota 2 Championships. This giveaway is open to those in North America, Europe,...
