As much as roomscale tracking in virtual reality has opened up many doors in terms of the types of games we can play, the difficulty presented by restrictions in real world space is very much apparent in many contemporary releases. IronWolf VR looks to fix that with some unique locomotion …
Read More »‘Available when we’re sober,’ VR’s bar room brawler: Drunkn
The developers of virtual reality's first drunken bar room brawl simulator, Drunkn Bar Fight, have said the game will be “available when we're sober,” according to the game's Early Access Steam page. It also depicts some of the in-game action, which involves punches, kicks, drinking and the classic throwing of …
Read More »Wireless HTC Vive upgrade kit available to pre-order in China
Once again the HTC Vive looks set to steal the thunder of the Oculus Rift. With the latter headset's impending Touch release just a few weeks away, HTC has announced an upgrade kit for the Vive headset that makes it completely wireless. The kit will purportedly cost buyers around $220 …
Read More »Eye tracking could be coming to all next-gen VR headsets
Eye tracking is something that hasn't been implemented in many games, but it could be common place when the next generation of virtual reality headsets rolls around. When we chatted to Tobii president of business development, Oscar Werner, he suggested that most VR systems would incorporate eye tracking in the future. …
Read More »HTC Vive and accessories now have free shipping
If you were looking to grab yourself a little pre-Christmas present, or want something to really wow the in-laws with when they all pile into your home in a few weeks' time, the HTC Vive is a little more affordable now. Yes its price went up when the pound tanked, …
Read More »John Wick Eye for an Eye VR game shown off at ComicCon
It's rare that video game adaptations of famous movies are that good, but I feel like John Wick was similar enough to a shooter that it could translate rather well – especially in VR. Payday developer Starbreeze is currently working on a full length John Wick VR game, called Eye …
Read More »Steam VR public licenses now include more commercial options
If you want to let members of the public try out Steam VR games and experiences using your hardware, you need Valve's free commercial license to do so. However that limits you to only a few pieces of software for people to play. To expand that further, you need paid …
Read More »Nintendo, Facebook and Google all using Unity for future games
Unity held its annual Unite conference yesterday, where it launched the new 5.5 game engine and a new Timeline feature for the editor. However the big news was some of the partnerships it has made recently, including ones with Nintendo, Facebook and Google, each of which will be using the …
Read More »HTC and HP team up for ‘budget’ Vive VR system bundle
Hopping on to the virtual reality bandwagon isn't cheap. Not only do you need to shell out around £800 for the headset and make sure your gaming PC is up to scratch, but the recent downturn in the pound's value against the dollar hasn't helped things. To ease that blow to …
Read More »We will learn more about Microsoft’s VR headsets in December
While Microsoft has been mostly pushing Augmented Reality this year with the Hololens, earlier this month the company revealed that it will also be jumping into the virtual reality market. Microsoft has partnered up with the likes of Asus, Acer, Dell, HP and Lenovo to bring out a line of …
Read More »Binding of Isaac VR demo created by Owlchemy labs dev
It turns out that working on the Rick and Morty VR game at Owlchemy labs doesn't quite scratch that VR itch for developer Zi Ye, as he's built a Binding of Isaac VR demo just for fun. Unfortunately this isn't an indication of an official project, but original series creator, Edmund McMillen …
Read More »Rick and Morty creator’s first VR effort is fun nonsense
Job Simulator showed us that it doesn't really matter if what you're doing in virtual reality is ridiculous, it can be fun all the same, especially if it's funny. That's the ball that Justin Roiland's Squanchtendo has taken and it's run with it in the first VR release from the …
Read More »Astronauts may have virtual friends in future space missions
Beyond the physical challenges of hurling tonnes of plastic, metal and fuel at Mars, getting there with humans aboard has a whole host of problems related to the psychological problems of such a journey. To keep astronauts from going nuts in deep space like every movie tells us they will, future …
Read More »Arktika.1 is an FPS built from the ground up for Oculus Touch
Oculus has had a difficult six months, with us and just about everyone else claiming that the HTC Vive is the superior headset to its Rift, but that may be harder to justify when Touch controllers arrive. Especially since some of the games that have been built for it from …
Read More »Valve shows off new HTC Vive controller design
Valve has debuted one of its internal VR developments at the developer only Steam DevDays conference: a new HTC Vive controller design. The motion tracked controller looks shorter than its predecessor and is purportedly capable of being let go or half-held, potentially offering a new interaction method in game. Although …
Read More »Croteam on why it chose to develop Serious Sam for the Vive
Serious Sam is one of the more ridiculous shooter series over the past couple of decades, with endless enemies, elaborate weaponry and beautifully expansive open levels to explore. Serious Sam looks set to become as good a fit for VR as it was for FPS gaming, but here's Croteam to …
Read More »Reading comics might actually be better in virtual reality
Comics have been a storytelling medium for over a century for a good reason: they're a great at it. As popular as movies based on those characters are though, it could be that virtual reality offers the best way to read about your favourite heroes and villains, by adding motion, …
Read More »Wireless Oculus Rift prototype shown at Connect 3
Oculus VR made a lot of announcements at this year's Connect event, but one of the more exciting demonstrations was for a new wireless prototype called Santa Cruz. As well as untethering itself from a PC, it contains a battery pack, on board processing and self-contained positional tracking, meaning you …
Read More »Making music with paintings: the first TiltBrush music video
This year's debut of consumer grade virtual reality hardware and software has seen a lot of ‘firsts,' from first educational titles, to first sports titles, to first multiplayer shooters. At the beginning of August however, it gave rise to the first virtual reality music video, created entirely in Google's TiltBrush. …
Read More »Samsung to wait and see where VR goes before making standalone headsets
Samsung has been quick to make a name for itself in the Virtual Reality market with the GearVR headset but the Oculus-powered device does have one drawback- it currently requires a high-end Galaxy Smartphone to run. This has led to whispers of a standalone VR headset from Samsung but it …
Read More »Oculus executives back founder over Trump meme investment
Palmer Luckey's co-executives at Oculus VR have come forward with a message of solidarity for the company founder, despite a lambasting the 24 year old received online for his investment in a company posting memes and spam related to Donald Trump. They defend his right to support whatever political causes …
Read More »Oculus 1.8 update offers deeper Facebook integration
It looks like Facebook is going to be much more involved with the ongoing Oculus VR experience moving forward, as with the latest 1.8 update for the headset's companion software and store, Facebook integration is possible. If you use it though, prepare for your VR skirts to be lifted. If …
Read More »Realistic hand interactions coming to VR thanks to VirtualGrasp
Swedish robotics maker, Gleechi, has shown off some innovative developments in virtual reality, that could see in game hands and fingers grip and grasp objects far more realistically. It's hoped that this would help improve immersion, through letting you grab things in game as you would in the real world. As …
Read More »Steam Enhanced VR Launcher opens up per app supersampling
Supersampling in virtual reality can make a tangible difference to the perceived detail of your VR gaming experience, but depending on the game it can be rather resource intensive. Fortunately someone has made a new launcher just for Steam VR games and it offers a number of per-app features that make …
Read More »Oculus VR on why it delayed the launch of Touch controllers
One of the big reasons we opted to recommended the HTC Vive over the Oculus Rift in our testing earlier this year, was because of the wand motion controllers. It turns out though that the Rift could have shipped with them, but Oculus wanted to give developers more time to …
Read More »Build For Power Monster Rig and Cooler Master VR Experience
The sheer size of this Build4Power rig stopped us dead in our tracks in Cologne. The Dutch specialist system builder has gone to town with something that, at first look, appears to be a large, luminous, custom PC desk on it's side. At the same time, it also has something of …
Read More »One of the minds behind Rick and Morty is making VR Games
Rick and Morty co-creator and voice actor, Justin Roiland, has announced that he's starting his very own virtual reality game development studio, along with Epic Games alumni, Tanya Watson. It's called Squanchtendo and we know this because “Little Splzooshly,” the new studio's mascot, told us all about it in a …
Read More »Facebook/Oculus deny Zenimax copyright claims
In the ongoing legal battle between Facebook owned Oculus VR and id Software parent company, Zenimax, the VR firm has denied all allegations that it breached Zenimax copyright and non-disclosure agreements in creating the Rift headset. It has also called Zenimax's tactics misleading, unjust and lacking in good faith. Oculus …
Read More »MSI’s new Pascal mobile laptops debuted at big conference
MSI hauled in press from around the world for its big press conference to officially unveil its new line up of Pascal equipped gaming laptops. Information on these notebooks has been showing up piecemeal over the past few weeks, but now we have the official specs and some official images. …
Read More »MSI Pro-Modding competition and GT73 VR at Gamescom 2016
With almost 350,00 visitors expected to tour the vast halls of the Koelnmesse before Gamescom closes its doors on 21st August 2016, KitGuru walked a marathon on your behalf to find the best bits. While the MSI booth did have hands-on opportunities for gamers to try out the latest GT73 …
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