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Crytek’s upcoming dinosaur VR experience, Robinson: The Journey will launch on PSVR next month. While no date was ever given for the title before now many assumed that it would be a launch title for PSVR, which launched today. Instead it will miss the launch by a few weeks, hitting …
Read More »A new controller for the HTC Vive was shown off at Steam Dev Days
At the Steam Dev Days event Valve demoed a new prototype controller for the HTC Vive. Information on the new controller is thin on the ground, as the event is only for developers and not press. The only real information that we have to go on is that players can …
Read More »Forecast suggests only 3% of Briton’s will own VR headset by end of 2016
Although by 2020 1 in 3 adults will own their own headset
Read More »Develop October 2016: The Virtual Reality Special
Print and digital editions out now, 60-page issue dedicated entirely to VR development
Read More »Carmack says VR can’t rely on novelty for long
Virtual reality developers will need to step up and start offering titles that offer more than just a novelty appeal. That’s according to Oculus CTO and industry veteran John Carmack, who told an audience at Oculus Connect that the appeal of the new cannot be the sole selling point of …
Read More »Facebook hire EA’s Rachel Rubin Franklin for social VR team
Franklin has been with EA since 2011 before departing for new Facebook role
Read More »There are now over 10,000 games on Steam
Valve has announced that there is now over 10,000 games on its Steam distribution platform. Valve announced the figure at its Steam Dev Days event, saying that over the last 10 years more than 10,000 games have hit the PC, Mac and Linux. While this news is great for Valve, …
Read More »John Carmack: VR developers need to start judging themselves
Carmack suggests developers are coasting on novelty, should be working hard to lower bar to adoption
Read More »OPINION: Why PlayStation VR is virtual reality’s first real test
In his latest regular column, former Sony Studio London and indie virtual reality developer Dave Ranyard talks about the imminent launch of PlayStation VR. So, this is it. Next week, Sony launches PlayStation VR. This is the first real consumer test of VR. Yes, we have had Oculus and Vive …
Read More »Mike Bithell unveils Daydream VR game EarthShape
Mike Bithell has revealed his next project, EarthShape, which is a Daydream View VR game featuring Sue Perkins from The Great British Bake Off. EarthShape initially started out as a small side project for Bithell when working on Volume Koda. Made up of Unity store assets he was playing around …
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