Android N operating system will include a ‘VR Mode’ to boost performance of experiences on ‘Daydream-ready’ smartphones
Read More »The Vaulting Dead: Implementing first-person parkour in Dying Light
In Dying Light, the recently deceased aren’t just walking: they can scale buildings, jump fences and more. Luckily, so can the living. Develop chases down lead designer Maciej Binkowski and lead programmer Bartosz Kulon to discover how they implemented first-person parkour movement
Read More »EA forms Frostbite Labs to focus on developing future tech
Virtual humans in VR and ‘deep learning’ among ‘longer-term’ topics being researched by 30 to 40-strong team
Read More »Nexon opens dev submissions for VR exhibition
Six games will be showcased in the ‘VR, why just be part of the audience?’ display at the Nexon Computer Museum, with first-place winners also invited for workshops in South Korea
Read More »Studio Wildcard offering ‘a considerable amount of money’ to buy Ark: Survival Evolved fan mods
‘We intend to continue to regularly select what we consider to be the most and most polished mods from among the many thousands available on Steam Workshop,’ says lead designer Jeremy Stieglitz
Read More »Katamari Damacy creator and Funomena working on AR game using Google’s Project Tango
Woorld said to ‘mix digital and physical play’ by utilising the camera on a compatible mobile device
Read More »Oculus invests $1m in VR for Good campaign
Oculus is hoping to change with world with the power of VR, having launched a new initiative designed to encourage social change through virtual reality experiences. The VR for Good campaign is currently tilted towards filmmakers, with two new programmes – the 360 Filmmakers Challenge for Students and the 360 …
Read More »Dark Souls board game crowdfunds £3.7m, is second-highest tabletop Kickstarter to date
Adaptation of From Software’s brutal RPG series is second only to the Exploding Kittens card game
Read More »Oculus invests $1m into improving society through the use of VR
VR for Good initiative launches with two programmes aimed at filmmakers
Read More »Starbreeze teams up with Acer for StarVR headset
Collaboration will see games firm and PC manufacturer work together on design, manufacturing, promotion, sales and more of virtual reality hardware to professional and location-based sectors
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