TechCrunch VR

MARCH 12, 2020

Epic Games announced today that it’s buying Cubic Motion, a computer vision startup that’s been building out a platform for capturing more realistic facial animations with a complex camera rig and software platform. Last year, Epic acquired game studio 3Lateral which built more realistic human avatars.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Groundhog Day (1993) , the iconic ’90s film starring Bill Murray, is getting its very own full-length VR game soon—well, sort of. The game is said to include a similar narrative mechanic to The Invisible Hours , which lets you live out different parts of the story and repeat them until you learn how to make it out of the time-loop.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 2, 2018

We’ve rounded up a list of 20-something VR games launching in 2018 that we’re excited about, covering all three major VR systems: PSVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. ARK Park is a multiplayer adventure game based on the world of ARK:Survival Evolved (2017). Ace Combat 7. Platform : PSVR (2018). Check out our hands-on here.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

During the PlayStation State of Play presentation, Sony announced that L.A. Noire which launched as a non-VR game way back in 2011. The VR version of the game is getting a surprise launch on PSVR today, Sony announced during its State of Play presentation. Image courtesy Rockstar Games. In our review of L.A.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 10, 2020

It seems that the new players have found some other interesting games to play (or that are busy modding). 80% of Quest users don’t care about playing games on SteamVR and are only interested in playing on a standalone device. Image by Sony). It is not clear, and we hope that Sony will clarify his.(Theoretically

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 5, 2023

South Korea’s LG Electronics announced on Monday a partnership with Oorbit to develop serious gaming metaverse technologies for LG TVs. Oorbit, a metaverse tech company, will leverage LG’s televisions for gaming and immersive experiences. Oorbit, LG, and Serious Gaming. Oorbit, LG Explore Metaverse Infrastructure.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 9, 2022

Since the first game launched all the way back in 2005, God of War has been a staple of PlayStation's lineup. Across seven releases, the teams at Sony laid out the tragic story of a Spartan warrior who becomes the Greek God of War, and a god-slayer himself, after his wife and child fall victim to the machination of Olympian deities.

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2017

Supermassive Games, the makers of VR titles Until Dawn: Rush of Blood (2016) and Tumble VR (2016), are coming out with a new psychological horror game for PSVR called The Inpatient that seems to offer a level of realism thanks to some very well-tuned facial motion capture. ” image courtesy Supermassive Games.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The price is incredibly low: $299; Announced that in 2021 it will release a pair of smartglasses made in collaboration with Ray-Ban; Teased the work it is doing in AR; Revealed that is working with Ubisoft for two AAA VR games developed around the IPs of Splinter Cell and Assassin’s Creed; Discontinued the Rift. Image by Sony).

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Cats and VR

MARCH 11, 2017

Faceware is the leading facial animation solution provider for clients such as Double Negative, Digital Domain, Blur Studios, Activision-Blizzard, Rockstar Games, Microsoft, 2K Sports, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Sega, Sony, Bethesda, Motion Theory and Moving Picture Company.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Sony’s London Studio—who built the well received VR Worlds experiences for PSVR—is back. Since it’s still in its infancy, VR game design is moving very fast compared to traditional game design. The game, powered by the studio’s in-house engine, sits right up there with the best looking PSVR titles to date.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

HTC VIVE’s Ultimate Trackers will offer next-generational motion-capturing (mocap) technologies for avatars and real-time 3D (RT3D) content development. This will eventually narrow competition with Meta’s Quest 3 mixed reality headset in a bid to attract VR game developers, instructors, and creatives.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Image by MegaDodo Simulation Games). Some of its features are: 2,160 × 2,160 resolution per eye 90Hz framerate 4-cameras inside-out tracking (like the Quest) Touch-like controllers with Knuckles-like finger-sensing Face tracking Hips tracking (for better orientation in games) Integration with SteamVR games Wireless add-on.

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TechCrunch VR

AUGUST 10, 2023

It’s the 50th SIGGRAPH, so a disproportionate amount of the event was dedicated to retrospectives and such like, though the expo hall was full of the latest VFX, virtual production, and motion capture hardware and software. Our colleagues at Engadget wrote up the particulars of the tech ahead of its debut last week.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 12, 2016

It was created by a small Polish developer named Plastic, working with Sony’s Santa Monica Studios. The game starts as a pregnant woman walks onto a beach, then gazes out at the waves. There are towering monsters throughout the game that may attack you or attack one another, more overwhelming presences in an unreal landscape.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 15, 2016

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

As the gaming industry eclipses the movie and filmmaking sector, gaming firms are leveraging their technologies to create next-level immersive experiences. Companies such as Meta, holoride , Improbable , Steam, Sony, and many others have begun tapping their serious gaming technologies to achieve this.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 25, 2022

Sony Pictures Animation has given audiences such daring and dynamic animated movies as Surf's Up, Hotel Transylvania, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. — are threatened by an overzealous taxidermist (a gamely over-the-top Nicole Kidman), who is ruthlessly determined to make him her next specimen! Credit: Netflix.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 29, 2022

One of the strongest verticals for entertainment and media metaverses is gaming. Arguably more lucrative than the movie industry, gaming has remained a massive market for content creators. Solutions developed for the gaming industry have also led to the creation of serious gaming technologies.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

In homage to the greatest movie ever made, Sony Pictures Virtual Reality – the VR arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment – has developed a virtual reality game that puts you in a Punxsutawney time loop. The game will comes to PlayStation, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive later this year. Click To Tweet.

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Road to VR

MAY 28, 2019

Sony’s next big PSVR exclusive, Blood & Truth is finally here. But its biggest contribution might just be the performances and visuals of the game’s virtual characters which are the best we’ve ever seen in VR. Gunplay and handling is also suitably refined.

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Steki Amusement

OCTOBER 22, 2021

This video game hall-like form exploded with unexpectedly strong vitality and quickly became an important part of the VR industry. With the gradual maturity of VR products, traditional video game halls have been involved, and even some offline entertainment venues are also involved, including some KTVs and restaurants. billion U.S.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

BigscreenVR has partnered with many of the major movie studios including Paramount Pictures and Funimation (Sony Pictures). The Venture Reality Fund has looked at over 5,000 startups in the space and invested in 40, including Beat Games, acquired by Facebook, and Rec Room, the first VR software Unicorn. 13- Amitt Mahajan.

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