In exciting news for Mech combat fans, Zone of the Enders 2, Hideo Kojima’s 2003 game about insurgency on a future Martian colony, is coming to the Playstation 4 and PC, with complete support for virtual reality via Playstation VR for its particularly balletic form of combat. Sony announced the news today at their section … Continue reading Zone of the Enders 2 Getting PSVR Support, Releases 2018
So Nintendo have said that they’ll probably give VR a skip. Why? They don’t think it’s really fun. Oh Nintendo. You’ve been consistently surprising during this current generation of console gaming. Not in the way we’ve all come to know the company, but in a surprisingly unsurprising way. Confused? You see, Nintendo has never been … Continue reading Nintendo isn’t Keen to Get Into VR
When you think of cutting-edge technology in music entertainment, it’s probably thoughts of holographic performances by artists who are either dead or never existed in the first place. I tell you what I don’t think of: ABBA. The Swedish pop group got together in 1972, when vinyl was the peak of musical technology snobbery. … Continue reading Money. Money. Money: ABBA to Go on a VR Tour in 2019
Can you believe that it’s been 10 years since since the first Apple iPhone launched? It still seems that the big fruit company crashed into the phone industry recently, but we’ve come a long way from that first smartphone which has been copied endlessly since. It’s easy to forget that, when the first iPhone launched, … Continue reading Finally Here’s the iPhone X: Apple’s AR Flagship
There’s something fascinating about watching surgery videos. You can find academic and educational videos of just about every surgical procedure imaginable. Yes, if you have a weak stomach these videos can also be incredibly disturbing, but for those who are fascinated by biology and medical science easy access to videos such as these are an … Continue reading Brain Surgery Recorded in VR a World First
Let’s be honest, although there’s plenty of exciting stuff that in VR and AR we’re all waiting for, it’s been a while since anyone has announced something that actually feels like it’s changing the game. The boredom was roundly shattered by none other than Microsoft with its announcement of Windows Mixed Reality. No Hololens For … Continue reading The Windows Mixed Reality Launch is the Biggest VR News of 2017
The single biggest study conducted into dementia research has launched a version of their mobile app, Sea Hero Quest, onto Gear VR, a move which they claim will provide even more worthwhile data into navigation and help research into dementia studies.
Haptic technology in consumer devices are getting better quickly. It’s just happening in ways that are less dramatic than full body motion tracking or dazzling, high-resolution VR headsets. Take the new Nintendo Switch console for example. The console comes with a technology Nintendo calls “HD Rumble”. This is a much more refined version of the … Continue reading Oculus Upgrades the Touch Controller with “Buffered” Haptics
Virtual reality technology has improved by leaps and bounds over the last few years, but most VR experiences are still either consumed sitting down or standing in one spot. The Vive has given us room-scale experiences, but that also means that the virtual world is bound by room scale too. That’s why the idea … Continue reading Will Strider’s Omnidirectional Treadmill Be the One To Buy?
When Facebook first bought Oculus, the first premier VR headset maker for the consumer market, a lot of people were skeptical about their decision. After all, this was before consumers had a real chance to engage with VR in a meaningful way and there was no guarantee that the technology would take off. Today VR … Continue reading Facebook Also Wants to Own the AR Market with their Smart Glasses
