‘Bigscreen’ Overhaul Brings High-Quality Multiplayer Video Streaming, More Users Per-room to Follow
Bigscreen is a social VR app which lets VR users bring their PC desktops into virtual reality, as if sitting at their computer next to friends or co-workers. Users inside of Bigscreen can see each other's desktops which means you...
Arcade Slot Car Racer ‘Tiny Trax’ Launches on PlayStation VR
Tiny Trax (2017), the tiny slot car racing game, is now out for PlayStation VR. Created by Brighton-based studio FuturLab, Tiny Trax gives you the tiny HotWheels-sized cars from your childhood and lets you tear around and the room,...
Facebook Update Adds 4K 360 Video Streaming Support to VR Headsets and More
Facebook today announced new updates coming to their 360 streaming service including live 4k streaming support to VR headsets, image stabilization and a number of features that puts VR-ready 360 video more in line with the company's standard streaming video service. Facebook...
Using Google Earth VR to Study Awe – Towards a Virtual Overview Effect
One of the unique affordances of virtual reality is its power to convey the vastness of scale, which can invoke feelings of awe. Denise Quesnel is a graduate student at Simon Frasier University's iSpace Lab, and she has been...
HoloLens 2.0 to Put a Custom A.I. Chip at the Heart of Its On-board Processor
Microsoft has undoubtedly been working on the next version of HoloLens, the company's AR headset, but now we know a little more about what's going into the next iteration: a Microsoft-built custom AI chip designed to carry out low-latency...
10 Oculus Exclusives HTC Vive Owners Should Play Using Revive Hack
Thanks to ReVive, a hack that lets SteamVR-compatible headsets play Oculus Rift exclusives, anyone with an HTC Vive can enjoy a number of unofficially supported games from the Oculus Store. Here we take a look at 5 of the games...
Oculus’ Nate Mitchell on the Fate of ‘Rooms’ and ‘Parties’ on Rift
VR is in many ways awesome, but still in many ways lacking. Ease-of-use, especially when it comes to playing in VR with friends, is presently a huge pain point for the experience. Oculus' solution to that pain point—announced more...
Acclaimed ‘Racket: Nx’ Getting Major ‘Early Access 2’ Update This Week
Racket: Nx is an impressively polished and physical VR arcade sport which plays like a mashup of futuristic racquetball and pinball. Currently in Early Access (and rated 99% positive), the game is due to get a major 'Early Access...
‘Ready Player One’ Film Gets First Teaser Trailer
Ready Player One, the upcoming film directed by Steven Spielberg based on the VR-centric novel by Ernest Cline, just saw its first teaser trailer, released at this year's San Diego Comic-Con.
As written by Cline, Ready Player One follows Wade Watts on his...
ARKit Project Shows Turn-by-Turn Directions in AR, Giving a Glimpse into Future of AR-enabled Maps
What's that building in the distance? Where's the nearest Starbucks? How do I get to there from here? These are questions you'd likely find answers to in your smartphone's map application—but with Apple's ARKit, one developer showed it could...
