Road to VR
JULY 9, 2020
Sony Corporation announced today that it will invest $250 million in Epic Games, the company well known for its hit game Fortnite and the Unreal Engine game engine that powers it. Unreal Engine is the second most popular game engine for building VR content, and has powered PSVR games like Farpoint , Moss ,and Firewall: Zero Hour.
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 6, 2022
Cast your mind back to the ancient dystopian days of 2016, reader, and you may recall that at one point, Sony planned to have its hilarious Jump Street reboot series cross over with Men in Black. Flashforward 6 years, and the film MIB 23 , which would’ve also effectively served as 23 Jump Street, has sadly not happened … Read more.
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Road to VR
DECEMBER 29, 2016
The demonstration included the now familar Unreal Engine 3 powered citadel area, one which would become the setting for one of the most famous early VR applications of all time, Rift Coaster. Sony however, having debuted it’s PlayStation 4 powered ‘Morpheus’ (later. CES 2016: Consumer VR Wars.
Road to VR
APRIL 26, 2017
If you don’t already know Cliff Bleszinski from his involvement with the Unreal Tournament and Gears of War franchises, you may remember him from Oculus’ 2012 Kickstarter video. Bleszinski (middle right) and Boss Key Productions developers present at GDC 2016 | Photo courtesy Official GDC ( CC BY 2.0 ).
AllThingsVR
JUNE 13, 2017
For many in 2016, the hardware that delivers the most immersive experiences was too expensive and the software too shallow for many to justify the purchase just yet. Gaming is likely to be the bridge to that change — the content that offers a reason to buy it and helps put immersive hardware in millions of homes. Things are changing though.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
But if 2016 was VR’s debut year, then 2017 needs to be the year of VR content. What to Expect from Sony. The long and short of it is that you shouldn’t expect much from Sony at GDC this year. We’re still waiting for an Unreal Tournament or Gears of War-caliber game from Tim Sweeney and company.
The Ghost Howls
AUGUST 4, 2020
The game has always been in Early Access and a passionate community has kept it alive since 2016. Nothing is certain in business and regarding VR, all the previous predictions about the XR space have always been wrong (2016 is the year of VR! The new upcoming PS5 (Image by Sony). What can prevent that? Ouch, what about 2020?).
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