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Konami’s Remastered ‘Zone of the Enders 2’ to Launch on PSVR September 2018

Road to VR

Konami’s 4K/VR remastering of Zone of the Enders 2 (2003), called Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner MARS, now has an official street date: September 4th in the US and September 6th in the EU and Japan.

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‘Sparc’ Developer CCP Games to “Talk About Additional Platform Support Later This Year”

Road to VR

Sparc is an intriguing 1v1 virtual sport created by CCP Games, the studio behind VR flight combat game EVE: Valkyrie (2016) and the iconic (non-VR) MMO EVE Online (2003). Less than a year later, CCP had added support for both the HTC Vive and PlayStation VR, and offered cross-play multiplayer between all three headsets.

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Simula One aims at becoming your portable Linux VR computer

The Ghost Howls

I can make an analogy to what happened in 2003, when most people believed that Windows and Palm were destined to control the mobile market, but instead, an obscure Linux-based OS named Android (running on a small number of ultra-premium phones, like the T-Mobile Sidekick) actually beat them to it! 100% keyboard controllable.

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Sinespace Aims to Become the Second Life of VR

VRScout

Whether it’s the controlled, sterile environment of the once-dead Altspace , or VRChat, the very embodiment of chaos, the current social options provided are all unique in their own rights. If this sounds a lot like the 2003 smash hit social simulator Second Life , that’s no coincidence.

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‘Need for Speed VR’ Channels Past Entries For Flawed But Fun Street Racing

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

True, the publishing giant already launched a short tie-in piece for Star Wars: Battlefront on PS VR earlier this week, but for its first full VR game it’s decided to skip that headset along with the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. What’s most damaging about the controls, though, is an issue out of EA’s hands.

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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’s Free VR Experience is a Beautiful Glimpse at the Future

Road to VR

From its incredible, trailblazing debut in 2000, through a questionable sequel in 2003 the first person action RPG has more recently seen a return to form in the hands of developers Eidos Montreal and publishers Square Enix. That is, there’s no teleportation in this experience whether you play with motion controllers or not.

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How Hollywood Has Predicted VR in Movies

VRScout

Head mounted display: With expansion to at home devices came the transition away from an arcade cabinet to setups a little closer to what you’ll see coming from the Big Three (Oculus, HTC, and Sony). Once controlled, all players believe they are playing a game when they are actually acting in real life. Disclosure (1994).